Synergy Journal

Lots of novels on the to-read list 🥰

The 2026 Women’s Prize for Fiction longlist💚

What do you think of this year’s list? Let us know which book you’ll be reading first in the comments.

The International Booker Prize has announced their long list. Find the titles and authors in comments, as welm as their translators into English.

Non-fiction books longlisted

The 2026 for Non-Fiction longlist is here💜

Which book will you be picking up first? Let us know in the comments!

A new issue of Synergy Journal is online. It includes articles presented at the ASE Conference of Japanese Studies "Japan: Pre-modern, Modern and Contemporary" the 2024 iteration. Many thanks to our coordinators, Magda Ciubancan, director of the Centre for Japanese Studies in ASE, and Angela O. Dragan.
Our gratitude, as always, to Editura ASE and its high professionalism.

Novels published so far in 2025 and recommended by BBC Culture.

These are the 12 best fiction books of 2025 so far, according to BBC journalists: https://bbc.in/3ZBeuLy

Here are the six novels and authors who have made it to the 30th Women's Prize for Fiction 2025.

The International Booker Prize longlist has been announced. Have you read any of the books?

BBC recommendations of novels published in 2024. Link in comments.

A new issue of Synergy journal is online with articles from the areas of education, foreign language learning and cultural studies.

A special issue of Synergy Journal, in French, on the topic "Genre, pouvoir, discours". The articles can be read online and downloaded, as the journal is open access.

A new issue of Synergy Journal 1/2024 is online. It is dedicated to Japanese studies and coordinated by Magda Ciubancan, Angela Dragan, Irina Holca, Alexandra Mustatea, Roman Pasca and Carmen Sapunaru Tamas

Link in comments.

The 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist: https://bit.ly/49Z6XIZ

Just announced, the longlist for the 2024 Women's Prize for Fiction! From capitalism's false promise to a transformative tale of reinvention, discover this year's outstanding nominees here: https://bit.ly/49Z6XIZ