Today marks the 20th anniversary of Hong Kong's Handover from Great Britain to China. While few have anything to celebrate and it's no more than a morose milestone, I thought I'd put together a list of books that people were reading in Hong Kong 20 years ago as the Handover … [Read more...]
ALA 2017!
This weekend I attended my first big book convention. I didn't get a ticket because I'm an author, but rather because I'm a trustee of my local public library. The American Library Association's annual conference is a big one and authors and publishers and library software … [Read more...]
Book Discussion with Sonali Dev
Thursday, August 3, 2017 - 6:00pm - 7:30pmSusan Blumberg-Kason and Sonali Dev will discuss writing as mothers, setting their stories overseas, and why we need diverse books. … [Read more...]
Book of the week–A Paris Year
Janice MacLeod's memoir, Paris Letters, is one of my favorites. It's visually stunning, as she includes gorgeous paintings and sketches of Paris along with her fairytale story of how she met her husband in the City of Light. I thought there'd be no way she could outdo herself, … [Read more...]
Book of the week–The 100-Pound Gangster
Back in the late 1990s, I lived in the most dangerous neighborhood in San Francisco. The only familiar retail outlet was a Walgreen's pharmacy a few blocks away. The neighborhood had been an old Maltese enclave, but only one Italian grocery remained from those years. The main … [Read more...]
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