Blog Category - Books

When the Color Started: Examining the Short Stories of Fore Bradford Philen
“I don’t hear God like that. I just feel him when he grabs my throat.”
Write a Novel in Just One Month? NaNoWriMo for the Busy Beijinger
NaNoWriMo is when people all over the world commit to writing 50,000 words during the month of November.
Spittoon Dives Into Truth With the Launch of Its New Non-Fiction Night, Sep 20
Last month, Beijing bade farewell to Mathew Byrne, but the literature must go on.
Volunteer at the Upcoming Roundabout Book Fair
Do you love books and helping people? Then this is the opportunity for you!
After Two Postponements, abC Art Book Fair Returns This Weekend, Jul 24-26
The event, with a focus on art books from all over the world, returns for its fifth edition this weekend.
Spittoon Presents: The Unicorn King
"Truth told, it all started with the fish-market children."
Discussing the Importance of Isolation With Beijing-Based Poet Zuo Fei
"At first, I felt quite, quite isolated, and I needed to talk to somebody."
DP: Jetlag Books Offers a New Home to Unorthodox Literature in Taikuli
Sanlitun art and literature enthusiasts with an aversion to all things mainstream now have a new go-to spot to shop.
R Become a Beijing Expert With the Kindle Unlimited Free Books Offer
Kindle is now offering access to over 1 million different titles – all for free!
Pulpy Passions: WBcomics is the Best Beijing Graphic Novel Store You've Never Heard Of
This might just be Beijing's premier graphic novel outlet.
'Midnight in Peking' Author Paul French Returns With Tales of Murder in Old China
Midnight in Peking author Paul French just can't resist a good crime story from Beijing or Shanghai, Harbin, or anywhere else in China.
DP Year in Review: books
We look back on a selection of the Beijing and China-related books that caught our eye this year, and made waves both here and abroad.
In China, Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction: A Review of an 'American Bum In China'
"In one sense, it’s useful and timely to have what some expats rather cruelly refer to as a Loser Back Home as a protagonist."
Spittoon Presents: Vision and Departure
This work of fiction is provided by our content partners Spittoon Collective. You can read more content just like this from Beijing's creative...
Breaking: The Bookworm Bookstore to Close
The closure marks the end of a long and rich chapter in Beijing's literary history.