At CNN Alisha Haridasani reports that Myanmar comes in from cold with bookish revival, finding a literary and reading revival -- though with a long way to go:
A local library I visited in Bagan was a case in point -- bookshelves creaking under the weight of unloved, mildew-covered books, most of them obscure and unrecognizable. According to a survey by the Asia Foundation, almost 90% of books at libraries such as this one are religious texts.See also the (limited) index of books from and about Burma under review at the complete review.