I'm not one to shy away from a Hong Kong guidebook--always comparing what's in them with what I remember from living there 20-25 years ago--but when I learned about Jason Wordie's Streets: Exploring Kowloon (Hong Kong University Press, 2007), I grabbed it extra quickly.The … [Read more...]
Treasures from a past life
For a while now, I've been thinking about the Chinese textbooks I used in college 25 years ago and how outdated they must seem now. I knew I'd kept at least one, and had looked through some bookshelves but it wasn't until this evening that I found one. And next to it was a … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Paul’s Records
For some reason I've always associated 1970s songs with Hong Kong, especially Kowloon. Maybe it's because my mom's family spent a lot of time there during that decade or because when I walked around Kowloon in the 1990s, it evoked a bygone era.So I was extremely excited to … [Read more...]
Book of the week–Informal Solutions
I'm always on the lookout for new photo books about Hong Kong, so when I heard about Michael Wolf's new paperback, Informal Solutions: Observations in Hong Kong's Back Alleys (WE Press, 2016), I knew I needed to buy it.Hong Kong is often presented as a glitzy and … [Read more...]
Book of the week–His Dream of the Skyland
My friends look out for me, especially when it comes to books. I can't count how many friends have given me picture books set in Hong Kong or have told me about other books that take place there.When my friend Christine told me about the graphic novel, His Dream of the … [Read more...]
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