The author of Master of None was interviewed at length by Ming Pao, the Hong Kong newspaper. The translated text is reproduced below. (To read it in the original Chinese, click the image on the right). Freedom Behind Bars – John Hung “Human beings created justice, as well as injustice,” he said. A man who has been treated unfairly in [...]
From the South China Morning Post Lai See column: A flyer came across our desk yesterday inviting us to a booksigning event featuring John Hung’s book Master of None, How a Hong Kong High- Flyer Overcame the Devastating Experience of Imprisonment. Hung, it will be recalled, not so long ago stepped out of Stanley Prison after a 16-month sojourn for [...]
In the latest issue of Cha, the excellent Hong Kong-based online literary journal which publishes fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews and photography, I've shared some insights from what I've learned about publishing over the past seven years in business. People often express amazement that English-language publishers can survive in Hong Kong. I share their surprise. Hong Kong is a small place, [...]
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Thanks to the South China Morning Post for a great review of Chris Thrall's crystal meth memoir! A triad-controlled nightclub, of course, is not a clever place to work if you're addicted to a drug with a tendency to induce horrifying paranoia. A lot of bad stuff is going to happen and it's very easy for an Ice-addled mind to [...]
In the run-up to the 2011 Hong Kong Book Fair, which opens this week, Blacksmith Books is featured in a Hong Kong Trader story about publishing in Asia. Hong Kong has always been viewed by the publishing world as a place to print books rather than to have them published. That's changing due to shifting global focus on Asia. At [...]
Find out by reading this interview with the author of King Hui and the new Alphabet of Vietnam. What is your most recent book? Tell us a bit about it. My latest book is a novel called The Alphabet of Vietnam. Vietnam is a word that simultaneously conjures up a country and a war – and not just any war. [...]
Following his recent climbs in Dubai and Istanbul, French daredevil Alain Robert, author of With Bare Hands, was interviewed by Al Jazeera's Riz Khan:
As an update to our earlier preview of Eating Smoke, Chris Thrall's memoir of a crazy year spent living on the edge in Hong Kong, Chris has now been interviewed by Time Out. So Chris, how much contact did you really have with the triads? I had contact with them every day. One of my fellow doormen was a 6’7” [...]
Here's what people have been saying about Kirsteen Zimmern's The Eurasian Face: "Zimmern ... has taken what she called "a fleeting glimpse into the lives and faces of a number of Eurasians," and ended up fascinated by what she discovered. She has produced a lovely and evocative book to tell their stories." –- Asia Sentinel "Half Chinese and half Scottish, [...]
There's a full-page interview with extreme climber Alain Robert in today's China Daily. Asked why he's not afraid of the dangers posed by his unaided ascents, Alain explains his approach to life. "A lot of people are dreaming but they don't have the guts to make their dreams come true. At least I'm the one who did it. I'm not [...]
Muhammad Cohen's Hong Kong On Air is now available in the US, and it's caught the attention of New Yorker Tracy Quan -- author of Diary of a Manhattan Call Girl -- who says: "In this irreverent comic novel, The World of Suzie Wong meets CNBC's Squawk Box, and sweatshop lingerie proves a harsh mistress. Hong Kong On Air is [...]
Thanks to Time Out Hong Kong for a full-page interview with Annelie Rozeboom, author of our newest title: a book of interviews which explores the life stories of Chinese and Tibetan people in and around Tibet. Click to see at full size. Also read a great review of the book in Cairns Media Magazine: Almost everything that's revealed in Waiting [...]
How long would it take to walk across the world's most populous country? Find out by listening to Graham Earnshaw's story. He'll be speaking at Garden Books -- 325 Changle Road, Shanghai -- at 6pm on Saturday 26th February. 40 RMB includes one drink. Graham's book The Great Walk of China is a journey into China's heartland, away from its [...]
A sneak preview on the right of an upcoming title which has been receiving a lot of attention on the internet. Watch this space for launch date! Or you can follow author Chris Thrall's Facebook page to stay updated. The Eurasian Face has also had a lot of publicity recently. It's just been reviewed by the online newspaper Asia Sentinel.
Thanks to everyone who came to our book launch at Lotus! The crowd was bigger than we expected, so it was lucky we had an open-fronted venue which allowed people to spill onto the street. Kirsteen Zimmern was supposed to say a few words at 7:30, but it was past 9:00 before she was able to edge out [...]
In the news this week: Bernd Hagemann, author of Sleeping Chinese, was interviewed by Urbanatomy Guangzhou; Alain Robert's spine-tingling book With Bare Hands was given four stars by US climbing magazine Rock and Ice; Great Walk of China author Graham Earnshaw was interviewed by Paul French for the Ethical Corporation podcast; and Blacksmith Books was featured in a [...]
Philip Chan Yan-kin, legendary Hong Kong movie actor, director, and producer, has said the following about Feng Chi-shun's Kowloon memoir Diamond Hill: It was with red, teary eyes and a pain in my stomach that I closed the last page of Feng Chi-shun’s flashback of his youthful days in and around the infamous Diamond Hill. For me, the place itself [...]