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Haruki Murakami on the Year Dave Hilton Debuted for the Yakult Swallows

Haruki Murakami on the Year Dave Hilton Debuted for the Yakult Swallows

“It felt as if the spring sunlight shone more intensely around him,
and him alone.”

By Haruki Murakami | April 5, 2021

Haruki Murakami on His Favorite Young Novelist: Mieko Kawakami

Haruki Murakami on His Favorite Young Novelist: Mieko Kawakami

Introducing the Freeman's Channel at Literary Hub

By Haruki Murakami | October 4, 2017

Haruki Murakami: The Moment I Became a Novelist

Haruki Murakami: The Moment I Became a Novelist

At a Baseball Game in 1978, The Writer Who Almost Wasn't

By Haruki Murakami | June 25, 2015

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