Blog Tag - The Bookworm

He Jiahong: China's "John Grisham" Lays Down the Law
Author He Jiahong says China’s salvation lies with attorneys. The novelist and law professor has been vocal about the need for legal reform in the...
Win a Pair of Bookworm Event Tickets at iQiyi
The Bookworm Literary Festival is coming up, and tickets are now available! The festival will run between March 13 and March 29, and this is your...
Win a Pair of Bookworm 'Meet the Authors' Event Tickets
The Bookworm Literary Festival is coming up, and tickets are now available! The festival will run between March 13 and March 29, and this is your...
Bookworm International Literary Festival 2015 Needs Volunteers
The Bookworm International Literary Festival is back in Beijing between March 13 and 29, for the ninth time, connecting more than 110 Chinese and...
The Bookworm Launches Literary Award, Publishing House
On Friday our favorite Beijing bookstore launched China Bookworm Press, "an independent publishing venture that will publish contemporary fiction and...
'Maus' Author to Speak at Bookworm Jan 12; Grab Your Tickets Pronto
Reknowned graphic novelist Art Spiegelman is speaking at the Bookworm this January 12 in an awesome opportunity for Beijingers to get up close in...
Dec 10 Book Talk: Ancient Chinese Wisdom Has Gone to the Dogs
Perhaps you’ve heard or read some ancient Chinese philosophy and enjoyed it but wouldn’t it be a lot more interesting in, say, dog form? Author-...
Bookshelf: Bob Blunt, Novelist
The book that has most sentimental value to me is A Little Book of Language by David Crystal. It was a great gift sent here from my old man. After...
Drunk Women and Drunk Trivia: Best Regular Bar Events of 2014
The votes have been counted and it is almost time for the 2014 Reader Bar & Club awards themselves. Before the party of the year this Sunday we...
Talking Travel: Springtime in Suzhou
To help you with your upcoming Qingming travel plans, we suggest Suzhou as a lovely springtime getaway. Suzhou may be one of the most chill places...
Steven Davies' The Voyage of the Keying Offers A Flashpoint in Chinese Maritime History
It’s hard to imagine a time when buying a boat would have been illegal, but in 1846, that was the case. China, believing that the ships it built...
The Beijinger Gets a Sneak Peak at the Bookworm Literary Festival Schedule
Everyone's favorite Beijing book nook The Bookworm will be announcing the full schedule for the Eighth Bookworm Literary Festival this week, but the...
Uniformity: Ben Redden
"Uniformity" is a segment in the Beijinger magazine in which we interview a local personality of distinction about the ins and outs of formal attire...
Don't Rob Yourself of This Haggis: The Bookworm Hosts Burns Supper Friday
It's been used as a pizza topping, it can be delectably deep fried, and it has even been realized as a three-legged animal of folklore that lives on...
 Capital Bites: Haggis and Whiskey, Plus New Pizza and Burgers in Shuangjing
This weekend is Burns Night in honor of Scottish poet Robert Burns and celebrations are happening the world over. Beijing has a few things on: This...