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Diamond Hill
"Diamond Hill was one of the poorest and most backward of villages in Hong Kong when Hong Kong itself was poor and backward. We moved there in 1956 when I was almost 10. I left when I was 19. Those were the formative years of my life. It’s a time that I remember well and cherish."

No Minister & No, Minister
The outbreak of SARS in Hong Kong had only a short-term impact on the local economy, but left the city with a political hot potato. Mike Rowse launches his new book — subtitled The True Story of HarbourFest — at the FCC. Click for more details.

Apologies Forthcoming
It was some decade. The universities were closed. Students were at war. Poetry was banned. And the word “love,” unless applied to Mao, was expressly forbidden. Artists were denounced, and many opted for suicide. This is the time — its madness, its passion, its complexity — that Xujun Eberlein brings vividly to life in her moving collection of short stories about the millions who lived during China’s Cultural Revolution.

詠春善戰者–葉問的私徒
本書以全新的角度出發——訴說功夫世界冒起的時代，三名最強而最具智慧的一代宗師的故事，描繪他們如何在戰後香港的功夫舞台上聯合起來，對武術和後世帶來巨大的影響。此三名宗師包括傳奇的葉問、功夫的代表偶像李小龍、以及鮮為人知的梁紹鴻及其令人嘖嘖稱奇的一生。本書已面世，並為中國武術界帶來震撼的迥響。

Chinese Gods
Who are they? Where did they come from? What do they do? Chinese folk religion is the underlying belief system of more than a billion people. Go into any home, office or restaurant and you will see altars, statues or paper ‘good luck’ images. And wherever there is a Chinese community there are temples and Earth God shrines. But what is the religion that makes sense of all these expressions of belief?

Wing Chun Warrior
Duncan Leung was introduced to Wing Chun Kung Fu by his childhood friend, famed screen star Bruce Lee. At the age of 13, he became the formal disciple of sixth-generation master Yip Man. Yip taught him how to apply Wing Chun to actual fighting. Since moving to Virginia Beach in 1976, Leung has taught US Navy SEALs, members of the FBI, and various SWAT teams. Now you can read his true fighting tales!

CHINA: Portrait of a People
Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo and Mao Zedong, Tom Carter made his own Long March throughout the entire People's Republic. On his route through over 200 cities and villages, Carter left footprints in every province, becoming one of the few Westerners ever to have done so. This small-format book fills the need for a better understanding of the diverse Chinese people. Read the reviews that CHINA: Portrait of a People has been receiving.

NEWS
Book Giveaway
Every month, we give away copies of our newest title to the first three people to correctly answer our prize question. Go to our blog to find out more!

Bound by ambition
Time Out asks how to get a book published in Hong Kong, and Blacksmith's Pete Spurrier is one of the local publishers interviewed.

Apologies Forthcoming
"Chinese-American authors such as Iris Chang and Amy Tan have made a significant contribution to factual and fictional literature, but few have a tale to tell as piquant as Xujun Eberlein's." — South China Morning Post

Forging the Future
Blacksmith Books was profiled in Time Out magazine. Read the article here.

Look Inside the Book!
We're offering a sneak peek inside Blacksmith Books titles. Just click on the links on each book's page to see sample pages pop up in pdf format! Try it now by going here.

Wing Chun Warrior
"The story of Duncan Leung — childhood friend of Bruce Lee and disciple of Wing Chun master Yip Man — is valuable not only for the insights it offers into Chinese martial arts but also for its portrayal of the lost Hong Kong of the 1950s and 1960s." — Asia Times

CHINA: Portrait of a People
"A striking, kaleidoscopic vision of China's lands and people." — The Beijinger
"Anyone interested in China should love owning it." — Cairns Media Magazine
"Well worth having on your bookshelf." — South China Morning Post
“Tom Carter is an extraordinary photographer whose powerful work captures the heart and soul of the Chinese people.” — Anchee Min

Reel Life
Yeeshan Yang’s investigative work Whispers and Moans has been brought to the big screen by Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau. Starring Athena Chu Yan, the movie premiered at the Hong Kong International Film Festival, where Yau was honoured as Director in Focus.

China lifts ban on French Spiderman
Just months after he was expelled from China for climbing Shanghai's tallest building without permission, a daring French climber is preparing to scale another Chinese peak – but this time at the invitation of the government. Alain Robert, dubbed the French Spiderman for his ascents up some of the world's tallest buildings without climbing gear, will scale one of China's best known mountains in the northern province of Hunan.

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