The face of Heywood Hill bookstore in Asia
— July 19, 2015Charlotte Merritt, bookseller-at-large for store where Nancy Mitford wrote two novels, sees a bright
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Bi Feiyu opens readers’ eyes to blind masseurs’ world
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Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers
— October 25, 2014Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers. Kate Whitehead
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Past lives haunt Beijinger in intriguing novel
— July 6, 2014Gripping novel spans centuries in China as modern Beijinger is stalked by sinister mystery soul mate
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Chan Koonchung remains banned, but big in China
— May 21, 2014Chinese novelist Chan Koonchung says he writes for “his Beijing friends” though they can’t buy
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Polish poet Adam Zagajewski
— March 23, 2014Adam Zagajewski’s exile-tinged poems strike a chord on the mainland
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The ties that bind
— March 22, 2015A pictorial book documents the last women in China with bound feet, writes Kate Whitehead
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Hobby turns into career for lesbian erotica writer
— October 7, 2014Former civil servant becomes Hong Kong’s only dedicated author of adult genre
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Chan Koonchung finds humour in China-Tibet dynamic
— May 25, 2014Chan Koonchung satire shows how inequalities of power warp the China-Tibet relationship
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Pages of history
— April 1, 2014Fulfilling a specialist niche, Hong Kong’s rare and antiquarian bookshops focus on the passion for
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My life: Ma Jian
— November 10, 2013The London-based dissident novelist talks to Kate Whitehead about the Cultural Revolution, challenging
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