Blog Category - Books

Spittoon Collective Sends Off 2021 with Fiction Fest
Fiction, live music and art, oh my!
Stock Your Library at the PAGEONE Foreign Book Fair
Because there's no such thing as having one too many books.
Discovering Commercial Kids Libraries in Beijing
After missing libraries for so long, you could imagine the excitement to be had when stumbling across one here.
Mandarin Monday: What Did Elon Musk Just Post?
Maybe Elon wants to use beanstalks in the next Space X project?
Harry Potter in Beijing: Your Spell Book For The Hutong Wizards And Witches
Don't forget your broomsticks are subjected to the plate number restriction here
Trending in Beijing: Power Cuts, Douying Volume and More
Trending in Beijing is a wrap-up of Beijing's top stories told by hashtags, local press, and the general power of the internet.
PAGEONE Sanlitun Reopens on Sep 30
Beijing bibliophiles rejoice!
In Search of Beijing’s Best Reading Cafes
In a city with practicality, money, and no classics, we see the quiet Beijinger.
Photo by Haiwei Hu/Getty Images. All Rights Reserved.
A new book attempts to capture the full history and splendor of the Forbidden City.
Roundabout moves its Book Store Online – Here's How to Use It
My heart broke a little when I walked into Roundabout and discovered that they no longer have the giant book section.
A New Page for Page One: Openings, Closings, and Remodelings Abound for the Beijing Bookstore
There's a lot happening at Beijing's favorite bookstore chain.
Sit Back and Read Up on the Latest at Spring Whispers Magazine Space
Print media is still alive and – well, it’s not doing well per se – but it is alive!
Spittoon Presents: The Quarantiner by Evelyn Fok
A foreigner is placed in quarantine in a small housing compound in Shanghai. The neighbors are frightened – they do not approve.
Ivan Stacy Talks Spittoon U Launch and Postwar Fiction
Spittoon has drive and ideas, but surely the momentum has got to peter out…right? Wrong!
Roundabout Book Fairs Back on Track, Next Fair This Sunday at BIBA
Books will be available in various languages for adults and children.