New books in our November newsletter, plus book talk and radio drama

<html><br /><head><br /><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /><br /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" /></head></html></p><p><meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge" /><br /><title></title></p><p><body data-rsssl=1 style="margin: 0pt; padding: 0pt;"><script type="text/javascript" defer src="https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/cache/autoptimize/js/autoptimize_ea55f3551ab1e8f676280b03f2406d77.js"></script></body></p><div id="social_bar" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #c4c4c4; background-color: #f3f3f3;"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #e0e0e0;"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #e6e6e6;"><div style="border-bottom: 1px solid #ededed;"><div style="background-color: #f3f3f3; padding: 2px 0;"> <a title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fs%2F1%2FmhgR%2F1d3AOgV%2Fumgaz" target="_blank" style="padding: 0 4px;" class="social"><img alt="Share on Facebook" src="https://i2.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/facebook_16.png?w=1100" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a><br /> <a title="Share on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/?status=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fs%2F1%2FmhgR%2F1d3AOgV%2Fumgaz" target="_blank" style="padding-right: 4px;" class="social"><img alt="Share on Twitter" src="https://i1.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/twitter_16.png?w=1100" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a><br /> <a title="Share on LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fs%2F1%2FmhgR%2F1d3AOgV%2Fumgaz" target="_blank" style="padding-right: 4px;" class="social"><img alt="Share on LinkedIn" src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/linkedin_16.png?w=1100" style="border: none; vertical-align: middle;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></div></div></div></div></div></div><table width="100%"><tr><td id="streamsend_header"><div id="social_bar" style="border-bottom-color: #ffffff; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;"><div style="background: #f3f3f3; border-bottom-color: #c4c4c4; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;"><div style="border-bottom-color: #e0e0e0; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;"><div style="border-bottom-color: #e6e6e6; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;"><div style="border-bottom-color: #ededed; border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px;"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#f3f3f3"><table width="100%" height="20" border="0" align="left" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#f3f3f3" class="contenttable"><tr><td align="left"><table style="min-width: 245px;" width="100%" height="20" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" bgcolor="#f3f3f3" class="removewidth"><tbody style="float: left;"><tr><td colspan="18" height="4" style="font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;"></td></tr><tr><td width="4" style="font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;"></td><td width="35" style="color: #878787; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;">Share</td><td width="4" style="font-size: 1px; line-height: 1px;"></td><td width="16" style="line-height: 16px;"> <a title="Embed Email" href="http://app.streamsend.com/s/1/mhgR/1d3AOgV/umgaz?social_bar_action=embed" class="social"><img alt="Embed Email" src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/icons/embed_16.png?resize=16%2C16" border="0" width="16" height="16" style="display: block;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td><td width="4"></td><td width="16" style="line-height: 16px;"> <a title="Share Email" href="http://app.streamsend.com/s/1/mhgR/1d3AOgV/umgaz?social_bar_action=email" class="social"><img alt="Share Email" src="https://i1.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/icons/email.png?resize=16%2C16" border="0" width="16" height="16" style="display: block;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td><td width="4"></td><td width="16" style="line-height: 16px;"> <a title="Share on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fs%2F1%2FmhgR%2F1d3AOgV%2Fumgat" class="social"><img alt="Share on Facebook" src="https://i2.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/facebook_16.png?resize=16%2C16" border="0" width="16" height="16" style="display: block;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td><td width="4"></td><td width="16" style="line-height: 16px;"> <a title="Share on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/?status=New+books%3A+Sheriff+of+Wan+Chai+%2F+Collected+Hong+Kong+Stories%2C+book+talk+and+radio+drama%3A+http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fs%2F1%2FmhgR%2F1d3AOgV%2Fumgav" class="social"><img alt="Share on Twitter" src="https://i1.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/twitter_16.png?resize=16%2C16" border="0" width="16" height="16" style="display: block;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td><td width="4"></td><td width="16" style="line-height: 16px;"> <a title="Share on LinkedIn" href="http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&title=New+books%3A+Sheriff+of+Wan+Chai+%2F+Collected+Hong+Kong+Stories%2C+book+talk+and+radio+drama&summary=Sheriff+of+Wan+Chai%3A+How+an+Englishman+helped+govern+Hong+Kong+in+its+last+decades+as+a+British+colony.+In+1976%2C+Peter+Mann+left+a+gloomy+England+for+the+last+corner+of+the+British+empire%3A+Hong+Kong.+As+a+police+inspector%2C+he+commanded+a+sub-unit+and+led+a+district+vice+squad+in+Kowloon%2C+before+joining+the+colonial+government%E2%80%99s+Administrative+Service+and+working+in+the+fields+of+transport%2C+housing%2C+security%2C+environment+and+tourism.+He+also+served+as+District+Officer%2C+Wan+Chai.+From+raids+on+gambling+dens+to+organising+Governors%E2%80%99+visits%2C+his+work+involved+him+in+all+levels+of+Hong+Kong+society.+Mann%E2%80%99s+memoir+is+an+anecdotal%2C+historical+and+racy+account+of+Hong+Kong%E2%80%99s+last+decades+as+a+British+colony+and+the+colourful+story+of+a+young+Englishman+in+the+twilight+of+empire.++Click+on+this+link+to+read+pages+from+Sheriff+of+Wan+Chai+and+see+images+from+the+book.&url=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fs%2F1%2FmhgR%2F1d3AOgV%2Fumgax" class="social"><img alt="Share on LinkedIn" src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/linkedin_16.png?resize=16%2C16" border="0" width="16" height="16" style="display: block;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td><td width="4"></td><td width="49" style="line-height: 16px;"> <a id="facebook-tab" title="Post a tab on Facebook" href="http://app.streamsend.com/s/1/mhgR/1d3AOgV/umgat?social_bar_action=tab" class="social"><img alt="Post a tab on Facebook" src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/facebook_tab_custom.png?resize=46%2C20" border="0" width="46" height="20" style="display: block;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td><td width="4"></td><td width="49" style="line-height: 16px;"> <a id="facebook-like" title="Like on Facebook" href="http://app.streamsend.com/s/1/mhgR/1d3AOgV/umgat?fb_like=1" class="social"><img alt="Like on Facebook" src="https://i2.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/forms/share/facebook_like_custom.png?resize=49%2C20" border="0" width="49" height="20" style="display: block;" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td><td width="4"></td></tr><tr><td colspan="17" height="1"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table></td></tr></table></div></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><td id="streamsend_content"><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#a3a88c" align="left"></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#a3a88c" align="left"><table width="591" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; padding: 10px;" align="left"> If you cannot view this email,please<br /> <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1125//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fprivate%2FmhgR%2FCQs%2F%2Fbrowse%2F27856597" style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;">Click Here<br /> </a> to view an online version.</td><td style="color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10px; line-height: 12px; padding: 10px;" align="right"> Unsubscribe/Update Profile<br /> |<br /> <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1127//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fapp.streamsend.com%2Fprivate%2FmhgR%2Fb%2F1d3AOgV%2Fp%2F%2Fshares%2Fnew" style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;">Share With Friends<br /> </a> |<br /> <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/public/mhgR/CQs/subscribe/27856597" style="color: #ffffff; text-decoration: none;">Subscribe<br /> </a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"><table width="591" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="5" valign="top" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/header_top.gif?resize=591%2C15" alt="" style="display: block;" width="591" height="15" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td width="1" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C1" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="1" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td><td width="21" valign="top" bgcolor="#f4f4df" align="left" height="41"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=21%2C1" alt="" style="display: block;" width="21" height="1" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td><td width="444" valign="top" bgcolor="#f4f4df" align="left"><b><font size="3"><span style="color: #7c7758; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-weight: bold;"></span><span style="background: transparent none repeat 0% 0% scroll; font-family: arial,sans-serif; height: 10px; width: 92px;"></span></font></b><span style="color: #7c7759; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;">Blacksmith Books, Hong Kong</span></td><td width="124" valign="top" bgcolor="#f4f4df" align="left"> <span style="color: #7c7759; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold;"><br /> Newsletter</span><br /> <span style="color: #d49100; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /> November 2016</span></td><td width="1" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C1" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="1" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="5" valign="top" bgcolor="#f6e8c9" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C1" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="1" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table><table width="550" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center"><tbody><tr><td><div data-type="region"><div style="" data-type="block"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"> <span style="color: #dcab39; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><font size="4">New book: <span style="color: #274e13;"><font face="Arial">Sheriff of Wan Chai</font></span></font></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><br /> </font></span><br /> </b></font></font></span></b></font></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="10"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/divider.gif?resize=534%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="534" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" align="left"><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;"><tr><td valign="top" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px;" width="354"> <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1129//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Fsheriff-of-wan-chai-how-an-englishman-helped-govern-hong-kong-in-its-last-decades-as-a-british-colony%2F">Sheriff of Wan Chai: How an Englishman helped govern Hong Kong in its last decades as a British colony</a> <i>by Peter Mann</i>In 1976, Peter Mann left a gloomy England for the last corner of the British empire: Hong Kong.</p><p>As a police inspector, he commanded a sub-unit and led a district vice squad in Kowloon, before joining the colonial government’s Administrative Service and working in the fields of transport, housing, security, environment and tourism. He also served as District Officer, Wan Chai. From raids on gambling dens to organising Governors’ visits, his work involved him in all levels of Hong Kong society.</p><p>Mann’s memoir is an anecdotal, historical and racy account of Hong Kong’s last decades as a British colony and the colourful story of a young Englishman in the twilight of empire.</p><p>Click on <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1131//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Fsheriff-of-wan-chai-how-an-englishman-helped-govern-hong-kong-in-its-last-decades-as-a-british-colony%2F">this link</a> to read pages from <i>Sheriff of Wan Chai</i> and see some images from the book.</td><td valign="top" width="180" style="padding: 0px 0px 16px 16px;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="right" style="padding: 0px;"><a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1133//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Fsheriff-of-wan-chai-how-an-englishman-helped-govern-hong-kong-in-its-last-decades-as-a-british-colony%2F" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/sheriff_of_wan_chai_em-a661fea23a362219ee21bfbce21ee881.jpg?resize=180%2C278&ssl=1" border="0" width="180" class="user_uploaded_image" style="display: block;" height="278" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="273" valign="top" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C29" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="29" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td><td width="277" valign="top" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="" data-type="block"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"> <span style="color: #dcab39; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><br /> <span style="color: #3d85c6;"><font size="4">New book</font></span></span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><font size="4">: <span style="color: #274e13;"><font face="Arial">Collected Hong Kong Stories</font></span></font></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><br /> </font></span><br /> </b></font></font></span></b></font></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="10"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/divider.gif?resize=534%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="534" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" align="left"><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;"><tr><td valign="top" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px;" width="354"> <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1135//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Fcollected-hong-kong-stories%2F">Collected Hong Kong Stories</a> <i>by David T. K. Wong</i>For an arresting mosaic of the great and complex metropolis known as Hong Kong – and an insight into what the people of the city live by and die for – a reader need look no further than the <i>Collected Hong Kong Stories</i> of David T. K. Wong.</p><p>Wong has drawn upon his own experiences as a journalist, educator, government official and businessman to assemble a range of memorable characters for his tales. They range from barmen to labourers, from jockeys to expatriate bureaucrats, from scholars to tycoons, and each is infused with insights into the collective soul of the edgy, anomalous and perplexing place he finds himself.</p><p>These 18 stories are carefully crafted in the grand tradition of O. Henry, Maugham and Saki. Each has been individually published in a magazine or broadcast over radio in Britain, the US, Hong Kong or elsewhere. They can be dipped into and savoured separately or feasted upon all in one go. Either way, the result can only be satisfying.</p><p>“David T. K. Wong is an exceptionally fluent writer whose compelling stories cover a wide range of themes. His talent sparkles, inveigles and mesmerizes,” says Sylvia Tankel, editor of <i>Short Stories International.</i></p><p><a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1137//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Fcollected-hong-kong-stories%2F">Click here</a> to read sample pages from <i>Collected Hong Kong Stories</i>.</td><td valign="top" width="180" style="padding: 0px 0px 16px 16px;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="right" style="padding: 0px;"><a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1139//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Fcollected-hong-kong-stories%2F" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/collected_hong_kong_stories_em-711e2f92d07fba3fe1e826d1dfe3e787.jpg?resize=180%2C274&ssl=1" border="0" width="180" class="user_uploaded_image" style="display: block;" height="274" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="273" valign="top" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C29" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="29" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td><td width="277" valign="top" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="" data-type="block"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"> <span style="color: #dcab39; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><font size="4"><font face="Arial">Book talk: <span style="color: #274e13;">Umbrellas in Bloom</span></font></font></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"> <span style="color: #3d85c6;">at HKU Library</span><br /> </font></span><br /> </b></font></font></span></b></font></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="10"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/divider.gif?resize=534%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="534" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" align="left"><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;"><tr><td valign="top" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px;" width="354">The Umbrella Movement of 2014 put Hong Kong on the map and<br /> elevated the city to a model for<br /> pro-democracy campaigns across the globe. <em>Umbrellas in Bloom</em> is<br /> the first book in English to chronicle this history-making<br /> event, written by a Hong Kong-born author based on his<br /> firsthand account at the main protest sites.<b>Jason Y. Ng</b> will talk about his book at The University of Hong Kong on <u>17 November 2016 (Thursday) at 6.30pm</u>. The event is free of charge and open to all. Full details <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1141//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Flib.hku.hk%2Ffriends%2Freading_club%2Fbt2016_05.html">here</a>.<br /> Didi Tatlow of the <em>New York Times</em> wrote: “Ng captures the<br /> lifecycle of the occupy movement with compassion and wit.” Zeb Eckert of<br /> Bloomberg Television called the book “compelling and full of surprises,”<br /> and said that Ng “combines a journalist’s precision with a Hong<br /> Konger’s passionate heart.”</p><p>The talk will be moderated by David Bandurski, the author of <em>Dragons in Diamond Village</em> and editor of The University of Hong Kong’s China Media Project website.</td><td valign="top" width="180" style="padding: 0px 0px 16px 16px;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="right" style="padding: 0px;"><a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1143//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Fumbrellas-bloom-hong-kongs-occupy-movement-uncovered%2F" target="_blank"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/umbrellas-em-796233a59eb75276394edf7d4599de5b.jpg?resize=180%2C293&ssl=1" border="0" width="180" class="user_uploaded_image" style="display: block;" height="293" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="273" valign="top" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C29" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="29" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td><td width="277" valign="top" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="" data-type="block"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"> <span style="color: #dcab39; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><font size="4"><font face="Arial">Now a radio drama: <span style="color: #274e13;">Eating Smoke</span></font></font></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #38761d;"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><br /> </font></span><br /> </b></font></font></span></b></font></span></span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="10"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/divider.gif?resize=534%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="534" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" align="left"><div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-table-lspace: 0; mso-table-rspace: 0;"><tr><td valign="top" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px;" width="354"> We were delighted when Phil Whelan at RTHK Radio 3 decided to dramatise Chris Thrall’s popular Hong Kong memoir, <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1145//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Feating-smoke-one-mans-descent-into-drug-psychosis-in-hong-kongs-triad-heartland%2F">Eating Smoke</a>.After editing the story down for radio, we then had hours to spend in the recording studio, and in voice actor Nick Atkinson we found the right man to voice not only Chris but also all the other colourful characters in the book.</p><p>The radio adaptation was broadcast in three parts last month, but if you missed it, it is now available as a podcast. Please <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1147//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.rthk.hk%2Fpodcast%2Fitem_all.php%3Fpid%3D1130%26lang%3Den-US">click here</a> to listen in at your leisure.</td><td valign="top" width="180" style="padding: 0px 0px 16px 16px;"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="right" style="border-collapse: collapse;"><tbody><tr><td align="right" style="padding: 0px;"><a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1149//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fbooks%2Feating-smoke-one-mans-descent-into-drug-psychosis-in-hong-kongs-triad-heartland%2F" target="_blank"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/production-streamsend.ezpublishing.netdna-cdn.com/assets/330259/images/Eating-Smoke-reprint-em-7973e400e9f5424aed884ec385eea444.jpg?resize=180%2C278" border="0" width="180" class="user_uploaded_image" style="display: block;" height="278" data-recalc-dims="1" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></table><div style="clear: both;"></div></div></td></tr><tr><td width="273" valign="top" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C29" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="29" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td><td width="277" valign="top" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="" data-type="block"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"> <span style="color: #dcab39; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span><span style="color: #7c7759; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold;"><br /> </span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="10"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/divider.gif?resize=534%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="534" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="color: #333333; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" valign="top" align="left"><p style="margin: 0pt;">This newsletter is sent only a few times a year, whenever we have new books out. If you like it, please help us out and share it with your friends. If not, please click the ‘unsubscribe’ link at the top and you’ll be taken off the mailing list straight away. To be kept up to date with book news, giveaways, excerpts and events, please subscribe to our <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1151//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.blacksmithbooks.com%2Fnews%2F">blog</a>, follow me on <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1153//mhgR?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fpetespurrier">Twitter</a> or like our <a href="http://app.streamsend.com/c/27856597/1155//mhgR?redirect_to=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FBlacksmithBooks">Facebook page</a>. Thanks for reading!</p><p style="margin: 0pt;"><p style="margin: 0pt;">Pete Spurrier, Publisher</p></td></tr><tr><td width="273" valign="top" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C29" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="29" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td><td width="277" valign="top" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#f6e8c9" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C1" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="1" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td style="color: #7c7759; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: center;" valign="middle" bgcolor="#f5f4df" align="center" height="30"> Warehouse: Unit 26, 19/F, Block B, Wah Lok Industrial Centre, 37-41 Shan Mei Street, Fo Tan, N.T., Hong Kong</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C2" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="2" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#f6e8c9" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C1" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="1" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff" align="left"> <img src="https://i0.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/spacer.gif?resize=1%2C19" alt="" style="display: block;" width="1" height="19" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="left"> <img src="https://i1.wp.com/app.streamsend.com/images/templates/1051/bottom_img.gif?resize=591%2C7" alt="" style="display: block;" width="591" height="7" data-recalc-dims="1" /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td valign="top" bgcolor="#a3a88c" align="left"></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td id="streamsend_footer"></td></tr></table><p><img src="https://app.streamsend.com/v/27856597//mhgR" /></p><p>