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Grief, love and Elvis in Lisa Marie Presley’s memoir, finished by daughter
After Lisa Marie Presley’s death, Riley Keough helped complete her mother’s memoir of love, grief and life with the King of Rock & Roll.
11 Oct 2024 - 5:50AM
Moon Unit Zappa is frank about her celebrity upbringing in new memoir
30 Sep 2024 - 7:15PM
Normal People author Sally Rooney on new novel, old anxieties
25 Sep 2024 - 4:15PM
Arts & Culture
How TV’s Connie Chung affected Asian-Americans in ways she didn’t even know
Connie Chung, so ubiquitous on American TV news that hundreds of Asian-American women have been named after her, tells all in a new memoir.
20 Sep 2024 - 7:16AM
Former US television journalist Connie Chung at the 50th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards in 2023. Hundreds of Asian-American women have been named after her, she learned a few years ago from one of them. Photo: Getty Images
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In the US, Chinese bookseller stocks titles he could never sell before
Effectively forced to shut in China, Yu Miao opened a store in Washington selling Chinese books including titles from Taiwan and Hong Kong.
18 Sep 2024 - 7:15AM
Arts & Culture
‘Obliviousness of men’ shown in satirical stories of toxic masculinity
Daniel Bird’s new book Sorry Men takes aim at toxic masculinity in a short-story collection about men who avoid vulnerability and honesty
11 Sep 2024 - 5:15PM
Arts & Culture
Kung fu expert shares his Chinese martial arts philosophy in book, film
An expert in Chinese martial arts, Laurence Brahm has released a book and documentary promoting the philosophical principles of kung fu, based on his years of travelling to discover its essence.
4 Sep 2024 - 11:15AM
Arts & Culture
Captivating photos of Macau highlight its ‘strange blend of extremes’
Adam Lampton took thousands of photos of Macau between 2006 and 2019, from half-built casinos to local people, that show the crossroads of its gaming industry and Chinese-Portuguese history.
2 Sep 2024 - 12:45PM
“Prince”, Bellboy at The 13 Hotel, by Adam Lampton, taken on August 10, 2019. Photo: Adam Lampton
Arts & Culture
4 must-read translated books by women, a Man Booker prize winner’s picks
Award-winning translator Jennifer Croft shares her top translated reads – and explains why a translator should be seen ‘as the co-author of the translated book’.
31 Aug 2024 - 1:23PM
Arts & Culture
‘We knew he was talented.’ Tanya Smith on Prince, and stealing US$40 million
A teenage Michael Jackson fan and a bank robber, Tanya Smith spent over 13 years in jail. She’s written about that and more, including seeing singer Prince start out, in a memoir. Expect a screen adaptation soon.
26 Aug 2024 - 4:36AM
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The Great Gatsby prequel novel shows the iconic character’s rise
Gatsby’s Rival by Richard Guimond transports readers to Gatsby’s life before he was the great pretender known as The Great Gatsby in an epic adventure story that rivets the reader from page one.
24 Aug 2024 - 5:15PM
Travel & Leisure
5 must-shop events in Hong Kong this weekend, August 16-18
Whether you are a fan of tea, storytelling and books, artistic wood and glass designs, or unique jewellery, here are 5 shopping suggestions for you and your family this weekend.
16 Aug 2024 - 11:29AM
The reading corner at Airside in Kai Tak. Whether you are a fan of storytelling and reading books, tea, artistic wood and glass designs, or unique jewellery, we have five must-shop events for you and your family in Hong Kong this weekend. Photo: Airside
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How the horse shaped human history, from farming to fighting
Horses might have gone extinct after the Ice Age had man not domesticated them, first for milking, then for herding, and turned them into instruments of war, as a new, in-depth history of the horse recounts.
14 Aug 2024 - 4:15PM
Entertainment
Why Bruce Willis is the last classic Hollywood movie star in author’s eyes
Bruce Willis started in 1980s TV series Moonlighting, hit the big time with the Die Hard franchise, and took risks with roles in Pulp Fiction, The Fifth Element and Sixth Sense.
10 Aug 2024 - 4:15PM
Arts & Culture
Street photography veteran Greg Girard passes on his skills in Hong Kong
Since Canadian Greg Girard arrived in East Asia in 1974 he’s photographed its changing cityscapes. He’ll guide participants in an upcoming workshop to capture the essence of Hong Kong and Taipei.
10 Aug 2024 - 9:41AM
Fashion & Beauty
5 shopping hits in Hong Kong this weekend, August 9-10
Fun, sustainable gifts at a Hong Kong exhibition, NewJeans cushions and key rings, and a stunning lipstick collection await shoppers this weekend in Hong Kong.
9 Aug 2024 - 11:47AM
The Antiquarian Books and Prints Fair showcases rare art and books. Photo: Tai Yip Art Bookshop
Arts & Culture
Japanese crime mystery novels see surge in popularity in Britain
Japanese crime mystery novels are seeing a surge in popularity in Britain, with books such as Kotaro Isaka’s Ax (The Mantis in English) being nominated for Crime Writers’ Association awards.
5 Aug 2024 - 11:11AM
Arts & Culture
Blossoms novelist Jin Yucheng on his writerly art and debut Hong Kong show
Chinese author and artist Jin Yucheng, whose novel was made into the TV series Blossoms Shanghai by Wong Kar-wai, holds his first art exhibition in Hong Kong featuring evocative portrayals of China.
22 Jul 2024 - 5:24PM
Arts & Culture
Concert organiser on the time Jiang Zemin outsang Pavarotti in Italian duet
Jiang Zemin was the most knowledgeable world leader Luciano Pavarotti ever met, the tenor said after being outsung by the Chinese leader in an Italian debt, former Hong Kong impresario recalls in memoir.
22 Jul 2024 - 3:12PM
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Thai novelist channels dad’s tales of Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City
Ahead of giving lectures and workshops in Hong Kong, Pim Wangtechawat talks about mining her father’s experiences in Hong Kong for her magic-realist novel about a time-travelling British-Chinese family.
19 Jul 2024 - 5:35PM
Thai-Chinese author Pim Wangtechawat used her father’s experiences working in Hong Kong’s Kowloon Walled City as inspiration for her debut novel about a time-travelling British-Chinese family. The author is visiting Hong Kong for lectures and workshops. Photo: amara pr
Entertainment
Summer 2024 fun in Hong Kong – 6 events from Mamma Mia! to anime convention
Want to turn up the fun in Hong Kong this summer? We have you covered, including a book fair, Doraemon exhibitions, a pop-up water park and the Unheard Sound and Music Festival.
17 Jul 2024 - 7:54PM
Arts & Culture
How malaria, or ‘barrack fever’, messed with British Hong Kong’s beginnings
Marsh miasma, barrack fever, Hongkong Fever – colonisers called the disease that struck as they built their new town on the north shore of Hong Kong Island by a variety of names. It’s the subject of a new book.
15 Jul 2024 - 11:11AM
Arts & Culture
How martial arts novelists Jin Yong and Liang Yusheng became legends
A century after wuxia novelists Louis Cha and Liang Yusheng were born in 1924, their influence on martial arts culture – from TV series and movies to books and radio – is as big as when they were alive.
9 Jul 2024 - 11:03AM
OPINION
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Macanese writer-lawyer’s fiction gives powerful flavour of old Macau
19 May 2024 - 3:56PM
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Shopping, sedan chairs, seeing China – tips for 1930s Hong Kong tourists
6 May 2024 - 7:45AM
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The eclectic publisher jailed for plotting to kill Mao Zedong
9 Apr 2024 - 7:45AM
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A brief but beautiful encounter with a key literary figure from 1930s China
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A Hong Kong amateur historian dead 35 years but whose work still resonates
3 Jul 2023 - 7:45AM
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Published in 1957, this is still Hong Kong’s most comprehensive history book
31 May 2023 - 7:45AM
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