Hong kong is one of the worlds most enigmatic cities and its complex history has captured peoples imaginations around the world, these ten mustread books about hong kong will help visitors understand what makes this extraordinary citys heart beat. One of hong kongs leading international bookshop chains has removed politically sensitive books from its shelves in the wake of the mysterious disappearance of five of. The bookstore sold a number of political books that are considered sensitive and banned in mainland china. For those of you who want to venture out, jenny bakery kowloon tsim sha tsui store, bobbys fashions, isquare are just some of the attractions. Offering more than just a coffee shop is this joint designed like mashup of a european train station and a hong kong mtr station. Buy the professional conduct of lawyers in hong kong, by michael wilkinson, michael sandor, isbn 9789888477418, published by lexisnexis hong kong from. If i cant id love to buy some second hand books or cheap new ones.
We charge by the weight of the order and not by the number of books. The following list is the bookstores that sell japanese books with a focus on jlpt textbooks that i. The chaotic 48 hours i have been itching to write my experience of helping lily bookshop x flowbooks up and running with other fellow booklovers, but never have the right mood to do so until now. Oxfam also runs second hand shops for books, clothing, home and fashion accessories, one in central lg8, jardine house, 1 connaught place and one in causeway bay shop 33, 11f windsor house, 311 gloucester road. It was one of about 110 independent hong kong bookshops that rent out space in upstairs locations to avoid high rents at street level. A local favourite among booklovers in hong kong, its become a community hub for literary events and readings. It all traced back to two particular days in september. Room fg, 1st floor, kai fung mansion, 189 queens road, central, sheung wan, hong kong. Lee is a recent novel that is also set in hong kong.
Biggest bookstore in hong kong eslite bookstore, hong. Trying to remain on the cutting edge of trends, hong kong just added a 24hour bookshop, called eslite bookstore, in the recently opened hysan place shopping mall in causeway bay. In hong kong, the case of the booksellers plays into a broader fear that the communist party is step by step stripping away the citys freedoms. David tang collection to go on display in hong kong bookstore. For travelers who want to take in the sights and sounds of hong kong, lily garden guest house is the perfect choice. Collectables hong kong historical posters published by the late urban council.
Shatin book plaza new town plaza shatin book plaza hilton plaza passage, hong kong heritage museum branch tseung kwan o branch tai po branch sheung shui branch tuen mun branch trend plaza tin shui wai branch cp plus, tai wai university bookstore, the chinese university of hong kong. We have over 3 million books available for you to buy online, in thousands of categories and deliver to both hong kong and macau. Add it to the list, sophie, we use these lists as aide memoirs as to what to read next and having just checked out the blurb on the piano teacher, that might just be the one i. The ultimate guide to hong kong book stores highlights of hong kongs best sources for english language books, including art books, used book shops, specialty book stores, and online retailers. Whatever roared by like this along the road was not part of the landscape. Once a british colonial outpost, the worldclass city of hong kong is now one of asias most popular destinations. Clarks comics, shop b7, bf, causeway bay centre, 1523 sugar street, causeway bay, hong kong, p. Its one of the best hong kong bookstores to shop comics. No, more like the same old procrastination bullshit. Cars drove past along with the trucks and trams, but by now maigret had realized that they were not important. Welcome to the largest online bookstore in hong kong.
Flow books x lilys book shop is a communitybuilding secondhand bookstore in sheung wan. There are more than half a million books being processed and flowed through flowbooks in the past 17 years. It can grow in semishade light woodland or no shade. Libraries and second hand book stores hong kong forum. Oxfam hong kong is an independent international development and humanitarian organisation working against poverty and related injustice. Easter brunch is served from 11am 4pm, everyday until 2 april. Richard is an incredibly gentle wandering intellectual from the states who happened to stay in hong kong for three months before heading for a teaching position in china. Please stay tuned or sign up at our website so that you will be notified of the new event date timelyhong kong bookstores tourread more in time of adversity. At least two of them disappeared in mainland china, one in thailand. Between october and december 2015, five staff of causeway bay books went missing. They have got an array of books and comics of different genres.
Participants will gather 8 persons in a group with a distance of 1. Com hong kong online bookstore, toy shop, gifts serving hong kong and macau. To that aim, ive scoured both the internet and hong kong for bookstores that sell books in japanese. One of five hong kong booksellers who went missing in late 2015 said thursday he was kidnapped after crossing the border into mainland china.
The men were among five booksellers who vanished last year from china, hong kong and thailand, before surfacing in chinese custody amid an investigation into their publishing business. From here, guests can enjoy easy access to all that the lively city has to offer. The best hong kong bookstores for all you book lovers. Secondhand bookshop to reopen as social enterprise after donors. The species is hermaphrodite has both male and female organs and is pollinated by bees. This interesting concept has worked well in taiwan so perhaps it will do fine here in hong kong. Hong kong bookseller abducted by china vows to reopen shop. Beaches, ocean views and stunning nature are just a few of the many benefits to life on hong kongs bright side. Hong kong bookseller abducted by china vows to reopen shop in taiwan this article is more than 2 years old lam wingkee plans to open an offshoot of causeway bay books in. Tick off the citys top attractions in half a day on this convenient and comprehensive sightseeing tour, which includes stops at victoria peak, stanley. Books are sold to the public or donated to charities and individuals. Causeway bay books, located in causeway bay, hong kong, was founded in 1994 by lam wingkee.
We are a french family based in hong kong with a growing passion for books and story time. Home to hong kongs largest selection of vintage paperbacks. The saga of hong kongs abducted booksellers takes a. Hong kong bookstore online bookstore serving hong kong. All books that flow in become a lively flowbook again. One of hong kong s oldest and most trusted booksellers as well as tsim sha tsuis premier englishlanguage bookstore swindon has got everything you could want, spread across two floors. Room fg, 1st floor, kai fung mansion, 189205 queens road, central, sheung wan, hong kong. Good little bookshop in stanley over two levels selling english books, magazines and stationery on the ground floor, with the top floor reserved. Eslite bookstore hong kong 2020 all you need to know. Lily garden guest house guesthousebed and breakfast hong. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal memoirs, these are our ten best books about hong kong. So, i decided to aim for n1 of the japanese language proficiency test jlpt for july 2016. It s a three minutes walk from exit e2 from sheung wan mtr, at the junction of queen s rd central and jervois st.
Mysteries, classics, romance, westerns, travel, history. Hong tai, our long time customer and a friend of richard whom they met while working together in iceland. The causeway bay books disappearances are a series of international disappearances concerning five staff members of causeway bay books, a former bookstore located in causeway bay, hong kong. Com room fg, 1st floor, kai fung mansion, 189205 queens road central, sheung wan, hong kong 1892051. Hong kong bookshops pull politically sensitive titles.