Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami last night accepted Israel's prestigious literary award, the Jerusalem prize for the Freedom of the Individual in Society, despite opposition from pro-Palestinian groups. Murakami was presented with the $10,000 (£70,000) prize, given to the author whose work "best ...

Saturday night was a perfect date.  The boy and I ate gyros and then went to the bookstore after.  And I had a gift certificate left over from Christmas.  So I got to do some shopping!  I purchased five books - Dance Dance Dance and Kafka on the Shore - both by Haruki Muraka...

On Sunday, my stagecoach--pulled by a Rottweiler--turned back into a pumpkin, the F train, and I hung up my Dogsitter hat, which had allowed me to live in Soho in my sister's apartment for 24 hours and attend the Printing House, her state-of-the-art gym. (When I told the director of the gym that I b...

ABC News, Haruki Murakami hard at work on ‘horror’ novel: “Internationally acclaimed novelist Haruki Murakami is working on an extremely lengthy novel, but is cherishing every moment. “Every day, I am sitting at my desk for five to six hours. I have been writing the novel for...

On Friday, I went to Grafton Street for a one-hour drink with Mike Stopa, my friend and collaborator. It’s a good way for both of us to wind down after a week of hard work. We have met together two weeks in a row now, and this weekly gathering may become a tradition. The week before, we were a...

The project continues; it’s going to take some time, reading these journals accumulated from the past years. I had made a decision and an effort not to document or talk about my running in the notebooks, as I’d, after all, kept some other records when I was in training for, say, a partic...

Dear Santy Claus, As you probably know, I have had a year of ups and downs. I have tried really hard to be good. Of course its impossible to be good all year. Sometimes I get frustrated with my lack of progress (and others) and I let that frustration get the best of me, but please know that I am alw...