Its Day 4 of Launch Week for The Olympics Beat: A Spectators Memoir of Beijing. You can check out yesterdays post to find out what has been happening so far.Over the last 24 hours, Ive made appearanc...
A few of my friends from Colgate University sent me a picture of their Kindle.The lovely mother of one of my former studentstook a picture of my book (on an iPad, I think).Its Day Three of ...
Its Launch Week for The Olympics Beat here at A Kindle in Hong Kong. My mini travel memoir (only 80 pages) about the Beijing Olympics is climbing the charts at Amazon. The e-book is currently #2 in t...
Its official. Today, with exactly two months to go until the Opening Ceremonies of the London Olympics, I am launching my e-book, a short, fun travel memoir about an incredible adventure. If you want...
THE GIST:A young couples memoir of going west to chase the American dream, only to find themselves going broke in a devastating economy. THE VERDICT:Shetterly and her husband Dan are newly married wh...
This weekend I visited the annual Hong Kong Art Fair at the Wan Chai Convention and Exhibition Center. The popular event was overflowing with an incredible array of art and interesting people to watc...
This Sunday I went to the HK Art Fair, a huge annual exhibition of artwork from around the world. The fair warrants a post of its own, so Ill be doing an Art Fair walking tour later this week. At the...
Macau is well-known for its busy casinos and beautiful Portuguese architecture. It is most common for people to visit the Taipa side of Macau, commonly referred to as central Macau.Youve seen a lot o...
Nearly four years ago, my dad and I took the trip of a lifetime. I had received a fellowship from my university (Colgate in New York) that allowed me to travel anywhere in the world to conduct a rese...
THE GIST:A bestselling author offers the same advice on writing and living that she gives to students in her writing classes.THE VERDICT:This is a relaxed book that reads like a warm talk with a frie...
This was definitely a week for bookspotting in Chinese. I counted nine Chinese books, mostly on the MTR. Thats a lot more than normal, and included two textbooks. I also spotted one guidebook to Hong...
THE GIST:An American teenager goes on the run through the Mexican desert, searching for a man named Jesus.THE VERDICT:This is a strange book, and I had a hard time figuring out what to write about it...
My new author photo by the lovely and talented Joanna SuenThis week I spotted yet another Hunger Games reader on the MTR. She may have actually been reading Catching Fire, the second book in the seri...
THE GIST:Death narrates the tale of a German girl during World War II. She likes to steal books.THE VERDICT:This story is a love letter to words in content as well as form. The main character arrives...
Welcome back to another episode of Bookspotting in Hong Kong! This week I spotted a woman reading an English paperback on the MTR. When she left the train, I saw a flash of bright blue on the cover, ...
For this weeks walking tour, we are going way out into the New Territories, the not-so-new part of Hong Kong that actually still has some rural space. Ma On Shan Country Park is in the eastern New Te...
I was on holiday for most of this week, so I didnt spend much time on the MTR, my primary bookspotting grounds. Today was my first day back, and on my way home from work this afternoon I spotted a yo...
THE GIST:An epic fantasy series in which politics and characters are more important than magic and dragons (although that stuff is there too).THE VERDICT:Game of Thrones is the reason there havent be...
I must confess that there has been very little bookspotting in my life this week. Its a school holiday, and Ive spent the last 7 days alternately focussing on a cool new project I have coming up and ...
Heres the latest video about my writing journey. Check out my critique partners blog: Jane Cornelius. Shes really cool and you guys are going to love her book! (P.S. Thats my face in her March 29th p...
This week I took the ferry out to Discovery Bay on Lantau Island. On the way there, a man was reading Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War by Karl Marlantes. Disco Bay is an expat enclave that look...
THE GIST:An exploration of the role of introverts in a culture that celebrates extroversion.THE VERDICT:This is a smart examination of what its like to be an introvert in America. Susan Cain delves i...
Welcome to another week of bookspotting! Earlier this week, I saw two schoolgirls reading side-by-side on the train. One had a Chinese book and the other had a James Patterson novel. I spotted a man ...
How I figured out the plot of my travel memoir. Interested in more videos about my writing journey? I talk about some books that have inspired me, my post-it organization strategy, and how it fe...
A few days ago I wrote about the talks given by Michael Dunne and Maria Tumarkin at the Shanghai Literary Festival. On my last day in Shanghai, I also got to listen to Barbara Demick, author of Nothi...
On Saturday, I attended the launch of the Hong Kong Women in Publishing Societys annual anthology: Imprint. The event was at the Foreign Correspondents Club in Central, and it was attended by many Wi...
On the most difficult part of the writing journey (for me). See my other writing videos on YouTube or the tab above.
Last weekend I spent three days in Shanghai for the International Literary Festival where I had the opportunity to listen to a group of fascinating writers. Michael Dunne (pictured below) discussed h...
Okay, this isnt a proper walking tour, but Shanghai is such a beautiful city. I wanted to show it to you even though I dont know it well enough to take you on a tour.At times it looks like Hong Kong....
Im back from a very cool long weekend in Shanghai. I stayed with my awesome writer friend and went to the Shanghai Literary Festival. Needless to say, I spotted lots of books. Ill do longer wri...
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