Bloomsbury Asian Arguments – 2026 Commissioning Round

Posted: March 4th, 2026 | No Comments »

I’m looking to commission some new titles for my Asian Arguments series for Bloomsbury Publishing. Contemporary issues, concisely written, approx 65k words. Perspectives from journalists, NGO folk, think tankers, academics aiming for a wider trade market, all welcome…

Subjects that particularly interest me right now:

Organised crime, cyber fraud, scam economies

China-Afghanistan relations

Xinjiang and Central Asia society/relationships

Nomadic communities

Mongolia and the commodities curse

China-Russian Far East developments

The state and prospects for the Japanese far right

Any other good ideas….

(At the moment i’m good for anything related to Myanmar, Hong Kong, DPRK)

Next title in the series, Jerome Sauvage’s Witness to North Korea is out this August….

The whole series is here – https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/series/asian-arguments/

Anyone with ideas and the right background to write the book drop me an email (paul@chinarhyming.com)

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