Video: Wordjazz for Stevie
Listen to author Jonathan Chamberlain reading from his memoir Wordjazz for Stevie.
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September 2010
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September 2010
Dozens of Chinas
More US media coverage. Tom Carter's photo book has been reviewed by Mike Revzin of the Christian Science Monitor: In China: Portrait of a People, Tom Carter shows us that there are actually dozens of Chinas. The American photojournalist spent two years traveling 35,000 miles through every province of China by bus, boat, train, mule, motorcycle, and on foot. What [...]
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August 2010
Blacksmith Books goes south (in a good way)
We're proud to announce that our books will be available as of next month in Australia and New Zealand, through Central Book Services of Melbourne. If you're located down under, please ask for our titles in any bookshop, and if they're not in stock they will be able to order them in. Our Australian-Chinese author Liza Chu is already planning [...]
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August 2010
CNNGo and China Daily interview Tom Carter
Two new interviews with CHINA: Portrait of a People author Tom Carter have just appeared. First, CNNGo stopped Tom before his talk at Shanghai's Glamour Bar to get some insight into his "beautiful and groundbreaking 600-page photo collection". CNNGo: How do you think photojournalism gives people a deeper understanding of China than traditional journalism? Tom Carter: ... I believe that [...]
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August 2010
China photographer Tom Carter appears at Expo 2010’s USA Pavilion
For Immediate Release USA Pavilion Sponsors an Afternoon of Photography and Sound at Two Cities Gallery [SHANGHAI, 4 August, 2010] – The USA Pavilion proudly presents a joint show by two published American authors, Tom Carter and Terence Lloren, that portrays modern China. The show is scheduled to run at the Moganshan Road Art Centre’s Two Cities [...]
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July 2010
Cover story and book talk: The Real Face of China
Tom Carter's photo book CHINA: Portrait of a People is the cover story for this month's Shanghai TALK Magazine. After two years teaching English in Shandong and Beijing, Tom Carter still felt like he didn’t know the “real” China, so the self-proclaimed nomad put his camera and life savings into a backpack and began an epic trek through the Middle [...]
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July 2010
How is a book made?
That was Caroline Chan's question to author Liza Chu and I on her Connect2 programme on Radio 3. And what personality issues are involved in the development of a book? Find out by listening in at the RTHK website.
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July 2010
#1 on Amazon!
Tom Carter's CHINA: Portrait of a People -- with a new cover for its US release this month -- is leading its Photography/Travel/Asia category on Amazon. Thanks to everyone who has bought a copy of this great little photo book.
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June 2010
Dim sum of the day
From Liza Chu's new Dim Sum: A Survival Guide! Not all the dishes in the book can be called true dim sum, but you'll find them on the menu in dim sum restaurants nevertheless, and this little book shows you what's in them and how to order them. Click the pictures to enlarge.
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June 2010
Wordjazz for Stevie — “maybe the most moving story you will ever read”
In 1986, Jonathan Chamberlain and his wife Bernadette had their first child, Stevie, a daughter. Stevie was immediately diagnosed with Down’s syndrome. A few months later it became clear that she had a serious heart defect that required a ‘hole in the heart’ operation. Something went wrong during the operation and Stevie suffered a momentary lack of oxygen that left [...]
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June 2010
May Moon Rescues the World Economy
A new book on the financial crisis considers children's advice for preventing the next one! May Moon Rescues the World Economy also helps children learn about the causes of the recent recession. The new book follows May Moon and the Secrets of the CPAs and How to Raise a Money-Wise Child which were published in 2005 as part of the [...]
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May 2010
“CHINA: Portrait of a People” at the Suzhou Bookworm
Will you be near Suzhou this weekend? Travel photographer Tom Carter, author of CHINA: Portrait of a People, will be meeting readers at the Suzhou Bookworm and speaking about his two-year backpacking adventure across the 33 provinces of China. Saturday May 29th 2010, from 7:00pm - 9:00pm, at The Suzhou Bookworm. Address: Gunxiufang 77, Shiquan Road, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China.
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May 2010
Radio 3’s Bookmarks website
If you haven't done so already, take a look at RTHK Radio 3's great book club website Bookmarks -- it features audio interviews with all the authors who have recently visited the Naked Lunch studio, including Graham Earnshaw (right); plus readings, recommendations of Chinese literature and book news.
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May 2010
FCC author event: Graham Earnshaw
How long would it take to walk across the world’s most populous country? Graham Earnshaw is finding out. The long-time Hong Kong and China journalist is making a journey into China’s heartland, away from its surging coastal cities, where the ripples of prosperity are only just beginning to be felt and many find themselves left behind. Through his conversations with [...]
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April 2010
No Minister: available next week in Chinese
Mike Rowse's No Minister & No, Minister: The True Story of HarbourFest, which came out last November, has been adapted into Chinese and will be published next week under the title 問責 不 問責 - 巨星滙的真相. More details by the weekend.
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April 2010
Book giveaway — Dim Sum: a survival guide
Why limit yourself to the English menu when ordering dim sum? Cantonese teacher Liza Chu has a part-time career as a Hong Kong dim sum guide, and she has distilled her knowledge of Chinese cuisine and dining etiquette into a practical guidebook to eating out. Each photographed dish is identified with Chinese characters and pronunciation, and icons alert those with [...]
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April 2010
Crossing Salisbury
As someone who makes a living partly from writing guidebooks, I was a natural choice to show a friend of a friend around on their brief stopover in Hong Kong recently. She was only in town for a few hours, so I met her at her hotel on the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront and planned to take her on a [...]
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April 2010
Litfest podcasts
If you were unable to attend the Beijing Bookworm Literary Festival in March, all is not lost: City Weekend magazine has uploaded podcasts of their talks. Thanks to them, you can listen to Graham Earnshaw and Jack Leblanc talk about their China books. Thanks also to James Chau for moderating Jack's session.