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The world is looking at the Asia-Pacific region with new interest. Blacksmith Books publishes non-fiction about Hong Kong, China and the wider region – mostly in the fields of biography, business, culture, current affairs, food, history, photography and travel. And through bookshops in Asia, the US, Canada, Australia and the UK, we present the works of our local and expat authors to a worldwide readership.
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Back in print: Sunset Survivors
We're pleased to share the news that 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?" But it maybe shouldn't be surprising because it [...]
Video talk by Ian Gill: Uncovering my mother’s past in a vanished China
Our author Ian Gill’s first visit to Hong Kong in 1975 took an unexpected turn when he met his Chinese mother Billie’s friends and fellow ex-prisoners of war, lifting the veil on a tumultuous past in Hong Kong and Shanghai. He moved to Asia and started to unravel her intriguing journey: from her controversial adoption [...]
Free talk by Les Bird: “Revisiting Hong Kong’s Vietnamese Refugee History”, October 13th
This session of Tai Kwun Conversations accompanies the opening of a new permanent heritage exhibition at F Hall, which makes reference to the historical function of Victoria Prison as a place of detention for Vietnamese boat people and undocumented immigrants from different places. It brings together two speakers from diverse backgrounds to share personal and [...]
Book extract: Riding out Typhoon Rose in Hong Kong
Riding Out Typhoon Rose by Iain Ward Typhoon Rose was one of the worst storms to hit Hong Kong in the last fifty years. Winds gusted between 130 knots (150 mph) and 150 knots (172 mph) and some 12 inches of rain fell during the storm. Over 150 people were killed (no one knows the [...]
Book excerpt: Hong Kong footballer Derek Currie tells of playing alongside Kenny Dalglish as teenagers
The photo is from Kowloon's Kai Tak Stadium tonight, as Liverpool FC play AC Milan: stadium CEO John Sharkey presents Liverpool legend 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. Currie came to the city [...]













