Blog Tag - Bookworm

5 Things To Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear And See, May 17-19
Beijing can be an overstimulating place to live, to say the least. Let’s be real: sometimes even our sixth sense (the one that tells you when that ...
Peter Crane Bookworm Gingko Tree Talk, Mar 22
Before they became a common sight lining the streets of New York, Tokyo, Beijing, and numerous other cities, ginkgo – an archetypical Chinese tree –...
This Weekend Paul French Unravels Beijing's Mysterious Past and the Writers Who Called It Home
As part of this year's Bookworm Literal Festival, Paul French, British author of several critically acclaimed books about China, including the New...
5 things To Taste, Smell, Touch, Hear And See, Mar 15-17
Beijing can be an overstimulating place to live, to say the least. Let’s be real: sometimes even our sixth sense (the one that tells you when that ...
Where to Watch Super Bowl 53 in Beijing
No intro needed here – if you're reading this blog, you already know what the Super Bowl is and that it kicks off at 7.30am on Monday morning in...
Danish Museum Director Talks the History of Shit, Cutting up Dead Animals Ahead of Bookworm Talk
The days of stodgy and dull museum exhibits are reaching their end, at least if Rane Willerslev has anything to say about it. The director of the...
Man Booker Winner and Author or 'Atonement' Ian McEwan Comes to The Bookworm
As arguably one of England’s all-time famous novelists and screenwriters, the late announcement that Ian McEwan would appear at The Bookworm via the...
Events That Won't Leave You Hungover, Sep 18-23
Our Events Watch series aims to highlight happenings that aren't focused on alcohol and drinking, but instead take a more educational or productive...
Filipino Funnyman Ron Josol Talks Making Rednecks Laugh Ahead of Aug 19 Bookworm Set
What could possibly be funny about a stressful, potentially dangerous inspection at the border? Well, not much, yet comedian Ron Josol finds humor in...
Old China Hand: New Bookworm Manager David Cantalupo Looks Back on His 30 Years in China
David Cantalupo hasn’t been in Beijing so long as to have taken a slow boat to China, but he did in fact once take one back to the US. Decades before...
Comic Kate Willett Talks Working on the Jim Jeffries Show and Skewering Incels Ahead of May 6 Bookworm Set
From performing at sports bars where she competed for patrons' attention with TV's blaring playoff games, to working as a correspondent on The Jim...
Designed to Entertain and Enlighten: Dan Goldman Talks Penning Comic Book, Video Game and AR Stories Ahead of Mar 11 Bookworm Talk
If you can name it, Dan Goldman can write for it. From comic books to AR, video games to prestige TV, there seem to be no limits for the Detroit-born...
Partition, OBOR, and India's Relationship With China: Q&A With Author Nisid Hajari Ahead of Feb 6 Bookworm Talk
Although 70 years have passed since the Partition of India, its reverberations are by no means restricted to that era or that region. In fact,...
Confucius Says Ease Off the New Year's Resolutions, According to Author Edward Slingerland (Appearing at the Bookworm, Jan 10)
Our bustling modern Beijing lives could use a bit of good old-fashioned Daoist chill, at least according to Edward Slingerland. The author and...
Tonight, There's 'Something For Everybody': Penguin Specials' Lena Petzke Celebrates Publishers' Anniversary at The Bookworm
Anyone who has ever wandered into the halls of Bookworm, most likely stumbled upon a set of books undoubtedly coming from the same family. Pocket-...