Our November 2017 newsletter, with a new book and author events

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outline: medium none" data-type="block" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"><p><span style="color: rgb(220, 171, 57); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"></span><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19)"><b><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font face="Arial">New book: <i>The Dictionary of the Asian Language</i></font></span></font></span></span></span></b></span></font><b><font size="3"><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19)"><span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif"></span></span></font><span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px"><span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198)"><span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px"><span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198)"><span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px"><span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198)"><font size="4"><font face="Arial"><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19)"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px"><font face="Arial"><span lang="en-au"></span></font></span></span></font></font></span></span></span></span></span></span></b><br /> <span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><span style="color: rgb(61, 133, 198)"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"><font size="4"><font face="Arial"><b><span lang="en-au"></span><br /> </b></font></font></span></b></font></span></span></span></p></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: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px" width="354"> <a href="https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/books/dictionary-of-the-asian-language/">The Dictionary of the Asian Language</a><br /><i>by Todd Crowell, with cartoons by Ming</i></p><p>Of course there is no single Asian language. But plenty of vogue words from this booming continent are entering English.</p><p>Did you know there is a flower named after former North Korean dictator Kim Jong-il? The Chinese have a word – shengnu, literally leftover – for the new phenomenon of unmarried women over thirty. Can you tell your jeepney from your jilbab, or yakuza from the yellowshirts? These are just some of the hundreds of words that illuminate little corners of life and culture in a pan-Asian selection of keywords from the zeitgeist.</p><p><b>Look inside this book!</b><br /> Click on the following link to read pages from <i>The Dictionary of the Asian Language</i>. <a href="https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/asian_dictionary_A.pdf">Aaiiiyah! to Ayutthaya</a></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="line-height: 100%; padding: 0px"><a href="https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/books/dictionary-of-the-asian-language/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/asian_dictionary_em-de176ee58be12ba4aa01905724b8eef4.jpg?resize=180%2C271&ssl=1" border="0" width="180" class="user_uploaded_image" style="display: block" height="271" 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="border: 0px hidden rgb(0,0,0); outline: medium none" data-type="block" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"><p><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in">November 9 book talk: <span style="font-family: arial,sans-serif">Pot-shots at the Police </span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span></p><p></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span></p></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: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px" width="354">Under-resourced and ill-prepared, three constables at the squalid Police Station on Cheung Chau stood no chance against a ruthless pirate gang in 1912. Five more policemen lost their lives in a bloodbath in Wan Chai that might have been averted. But travel forward just a little and the outcome at a hold-up in Canton Road is very different.</p><p>These three incidents, spread over 11 years in the early 20th century, were some of the most significant events for the Hong Kong Police Force. Using material from her book <i>Policing Hong Kong – an Irish History</i>, Patricia O’Sullivan will revisit the infamous crime scenes and sketch some of the consequences and outcomes for Hong Kong’s police.</p><p><span class="fontstyle0"><b>When:</b> Thursday 9 November, 6.15pm for 7pm<br /><b>Where:</b> </span><a href="http://www.cafe8.org/">Cafe 8</a>, above the Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Pier 8, Central, Hong Kong<span class="fontstyle0"><br style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px"><b>Admission:</b> Royal Asiatic Society members HK$150, non-members HK$200<br />Welcome drinks / light meal / snacks at Café 8 are included<br /><b>Booking:</b> Please email </span><a href="mailto:membership@royalasiaticsociety.org.hk"><span class="fontstyle0" style="color: rgb(0,0,255)">membership@royalasiaticsociety.org.hk</span></a><span class="fontstyle2"> </span><span class="fontstyle0">to reserve your place and pay at reception</span></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="line-height: 100%; padding: 0px"><a href="https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/2017/11/book-talk-november-9-pot-shots-hong-kong-police/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/policinghongkong_em-eadc407bc62fd8719bd69e86bb98e8ee.jpg?resize=180%2C281&ssl=1" border="0" width="180" class="user_uploaded_image" style="display: block" height="281" 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="border: 0px hidden rgb(0,0,0); outline: medium none" data-type="block" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"><p><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in">November 11: the authors of <i>Hong Kong 20/20</i> at the HK International Literary Festival<span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span></p><p></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span></p></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: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px" width="354">PEN Hong Kong brought together some of the city’s most prominent literary and creative minds to reflect on the Fragrant Harbour’s post-colonial development in an anthology of essays, poems, fiction and artwork that marks the 20th anniversary of the handover.</p><p>Come and hear some of the contributors to <i>Hong Kong 20/20: Reflections on a Borrowed Place</i> read from their pieces in their own voices. Moderated by Simon Westcott.</p><div><div class="event-details-item"> <span><b>When:</b> Saturday </span>11 November,<b> </b>2:30-3:30pm</div><div class="event-details-item"> <span class="detail-venue detail-medium-venue"><b>Where:</b> </span><a href="http://www.festival.org.hk/programmes/2017-venues/?marker=0">Underground Theatre, Fringe Club, Central<br /></a></div><div class="event-details-item"><span></span></div><div class="event-details-item"> <span><b>Admission:</b> </span>Free</div><div class="event-details-item">More details <a href="http://www.festival.org.hk/program/pen-hong-kong-2020/">here</a></div></div><p></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="line-height: 100%; padding: 0px"><a href="http://www.festival.org.hk/program/pen-hong-kong-2020/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/hk2020_cover_small-2d46821dc71be104758d7d15627cdeba.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="border: 0px hidden rgb(0,0,0); outline: medium none" data-type="block" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"><p><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></p><p class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0in">November 15: Book launch for <i>The Tiger Hunters of Tai O</i> and <i>The Green Phoenix</i><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span></p><p></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span><span style="color: rgb(39, 78, 19); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><font size="4"><span style="color: rgb(56, 118, 29)"></span></font></span></p></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: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: 400; line-height: 20px" width="354"><div><div class="event-details-item"> <span>Join us for the sixth </span>edition of “Meet the Authors” at Bookazine! Don’t miss the chance to talk to two great writers: <b>John Saeki</b>, author of a colourful and alternative portrait of Hong Kong in the 1950s, <i>The Tiger Hunters of Tai O</i>; and <b>Alice Poon</b>, author of a historical novel about Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, <i>The Green Phoenix</i>.</div><div class="event-details-item"></div><div class="event-details-item"></div><div class="event-details-item"> <span><b>When:</b> Wednesday </span>15 November, 6:30-7:30pm</div><div class="event-details-item"> <span class="detail-venue detail-medium-venue"><b>Where:</b> </span><a href="http://bookazine.com.hk/eshop/">Bookazine</a>, Shop 305-07, One Exchange Square, Central<br /></div><div class="event-details-item"> <span><b>Admission:</b> </span>Free, and wine will be served</p><div> <strong>RSVP:</strong> <a href="mailto:enquiries@bookazine.com.hk">enquiries@bookazine.com.hk </a></div></div><div class="event-details-item">See the event flyer at full size <a href="https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/2017/11/november-15-book-launch-tiger-hunters-tai-o-green-phoenix/">here</a>.</div></div></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="line-height: 100%; padding: 0px"><a href="https://www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/2017/11/november-15-book-launch-tiger-hunters-tai-o-green-phoenix/" target="_blank"><img src="https://i1.wp.com/www.blacksmithbooks.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/serie6_edm_em-c88569040f0dfb870684b0bb29cfa19d.JPG?resize=180%2C255&ssl=1" border="0" width="180" class="user_uploaded_image" style="display: block" height="255" 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="border: 0px hidden rgb(0,0,0); outline: medium none" data-type="block" class=""><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" align="left" height="24"><p> <span style="color: rgb(220, 171, 57); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><br /> </span><span style="color: rgb(124, 119, 89); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 19px; font-weight: bold"><br /></span></p></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: rgb(51, 51, 51); 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. 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