Blog Category - Books
My heart broke a little when I walked into Roundabout and discovered that they no longer have the giant book section.
There's a lot happening at Beijing's favorite bookstore chain.
Print media is still alive and – well, it’s not doing well per se – but it is alive!
A foreigner is placed in quarantine in a small housing compound in Shanghai. The neighbors are frightened – they do not approve.
Spittoon has drive and ideas, but surely the momentum has got to peter out…right? Wrong!
Books will be available in various languages for adults and children.
This story comes from the latest issue of the Spittoon Literary Magazine, which launched this past weekend.
Let these words nourish your mind and soul like the drizzling rains of springtime.
Pick up a copy of "Spittoon Literary Magazine Issue 7" at the launch party, this Saturday at Aotu Space.
![Lit Lovers Unite for "Spittoon Literary Magazine" Issue 7 Launch Party, this Saturday at Aotu Space](https://www.thebeijinger.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_list_image/public/thebeijinger/blog-images/384518/spittoon_beijing_literary_arts_magazine_chinese_poetry_english_translation_issue_7_arts_collective.jpg "Lit Lovers Unite for "Spittoon Literary Magazine" Issue 7 Launch Party, this Saturday at Aotu Space")
We caught up with "SLM" co-editors Xiao Yue Shan and Zuo Fei ahead of the Issue 7 launch party.
In this personal tale of transnational existence, Hoong discovers tea as a throughline across continents and generations, life and death.
![Back to Black: Paul French Returns with "Destination Peking" and "Peking Noir"](https://www.thebeijinger.com/sites/default/files/styles/blog_list_image/public/thebeijinger/blog-images/384518/destination_peking_front_and_back_cover_-_final.jpg "Back to Black: Paul French Returns with "Destination Peking" and "Peking Noir"")
Paul French talks to the Beijinger about why the city's history still captivates him.
The cause of most of the suffering I’ve had in my life was that I’m a woman.
I love sharing books. Books that I have loved, books I think people will love at different ages, books I wish I could read again for the first time.
A haunting tale of a childhood season, almost surreal and almost psychological, and also not so easy to leave behind.