Blacksmith is a Hong Kong-based publishing house. We focus on locally themed non-fiction and we have several bestsellers to our name. Tweets by publisher Pete.
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#BookOfTheWeek #China A Murder in Yunnan by David Leffman (2025) from @BooksBlacksmith - it's 1875 and a British diplomat, Augustus Raymond Margary, is murdered on the remote China-Burma border. A bad luck encounter with bandits, or were complex geopolitics involved?😲
The ever-popular Sunset Survivors is back in the shops, having just been printed for a sixth time.
Six print runs is pretty good going for a Hong Kong book. Even our printer was surprised. "What, you're printing this one again?"
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#books #hongkong
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From wartime Shanghai to Hong Kong internment camps, royal honors, and a vanished China, journalist Ian Gill traces his mother’s life across one of the most turbulent centuries in modern history. Join us on May 22: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/jf…
#JFSALON #IanGill #SearchingforBillie
Searching for Billie: Uncovering my Mother’s Past in a Vanished China
Speaker: Ian Gill
Date: May 22, 6:00-7:30 pm, Friday, in English
RSVP: zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/jf…
When Ian Gill first visited Hong Kong, it took an unexpected turn when he uncovered an extraordinary journey of his mother: from a controversial adoption in Changsha and fame as a radio broadcaster in Shanghai, to a tragic romance in a Japanese internment camp and a royal decoration by Queen Elizabeth II. The backdrop for this fascinating family story is China’s turbulent century from the Anglo-Chinese wars of the 1840s to the advent of communism.
About the Speaker
Ian Gill was conceived in a Japanese prison camp in Hong Kong in 1945 and born in New Zealand after liberation. With his mother, he spent his early life in England, China and Bangkok. He worked as a journalist in the Asia-Pacific region for 14 years.
May 22, Friday, 6pm–7:30pm, in English
JF Books, Washington DC, free entry
"Searching for Billie: Uncovering My Mother’s Past in a Vanished China" with Ian Gill
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#books #china #history
If you think Hong Kong is all skyscrapers and shopping malls, think again – and add remote islands, lush forests, seaside restaurants, heritage and hikes.
There’s no better way to explore all this than by ferry.
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Read one mariner's experience of being at sea during one of the most destructive typhoons ever to hit Hong Kong.
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#HongKong #Typhoon
At Kai Tak Stadium last night, as Liverpool FC played AC Milan: stadium CEO John Sharkey presents Sir Kenny Dalglish with a copy of "When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kong", Derek Currie's book about being the first European football star to play in Asia.
#LiverpoolFC #hongkong #books
Meet Lindsay Varty at the Hong Kong Book Fair tomorrow - mailchi.mp/blacksmithbooks/l…
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Drops today: in this week's ARB @NewBooksNetwork podcast, @nickrigordon talks to Paul French about his book "Destination Macao" @BooksBlacksmith asianreviewofbooks.com/podca…
![[REVIEW] “Jesus’ Pub Tales: Derek Currie’s 𝑊ℎ𝑒𝑛 ‘𝐽𝑒𝑠𝑢𝑠’ 𝐶𝑎𝑚𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔” by...](https://pbs.twimg.com/card_img/2119495977744912384/X4nr4ZkH?format=jpg&name=800x419)
"He is as interested in the way #Macau was portrayed—the Macau of the mind, as it were—as the reality. ... It is all heavily researched: the book is replete with very readable footnotes. French’s erudition is as refreshing (and fizzy) as a chilled glass of vinho verde." #books
Watch the video of Ian Gill's talk at the FCC last month.
Curious about his family history, Gill returned to #HK with his mother in 1975 & came in contact with her friends & colleagues from her past life. He discovered much more about his mother, which led him to trace his family’s lineage back to the 1840s & write "Searching for Billie", his latest book that was published by @BooksBlacksmith last year.
This World War II photo exhibition is opening tonight at The Foreign Correspondents' Club, Hong Kong (FCC) on Lower Albert Road in Central, and it will be open for public viewing throughout April.
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Meet authors Bill Lascher in Hong Kong and Paul French in Macau - mailchi.mp/blacksmithbooks/m…
