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- Tuesday
May 10th 7:30pm
The Book and The Sword
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a book talk and
something by Graham Earnshaw
- Tuesday
May 17th 7:30pm
Falling Off Air – A Book Talk by Catherine Sampson
- Tuesday
May 24th 7:00pm
May WildChina Lecture: The Forbidden City and the
town it lived in
Tuesday
May 10th 7:30pm
The Book and The Sword
– a book talk
and something by Graham Earnshaw
Graham Earnshaw is editor in chief of Xinhua Finance
News and managing director of SinoMedia Ltd in Shanghai.
Graham has a varied background, including a career
as a journalist during which he served as Beijing
bureau chief for both Reuters and the London Daily
Telegraph, and Reuters editor for Asia. As an entrepreneur,
he has started several companies, including the
Park 97 nightclub in Shanghai. He has written several
books, including "Life and Death of a Dotcom
in China", published in 2000. His translation
of the kung fu novel "The Book and The Sword"
was published in December by Oxford University Press.
His musical career includes leading China’s first
rock band, the Peking All-Stars 1980-1984, and being
the first person ever to play the kazoo on the Great
Wall of China. On May 10th at The Bookworm, he will
talk about martial arts novel translation, books
in Beijing, Chinese rock history, and probably play
a few tunes on his guitar.
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Tuesday
May 17th 7:30pm
Falling
Off Air – A Book Talk by Catherine Sampson
Catherine Sampson was born and brought up in Britain,
and attended universities in Leeds, Shanghai and Boston.
After graduating, she taught English in Fujian Province,
then started working for the BBC in London, and came
to Beijing in 1988 to be the correspondent for The
Times newspaper. When she left Beijing in 1994 she
embarked on a life of childbirth, freelancing, and
experimenting with fiction writing. Ten years later,
and living once more in Beijing, her first crime novel,
Falling Off Air, was published last autumn by Macmillan
in Britain and Time Warner in the USA. Her second
novel, Out of Mind, will be published in August. Catherine
will talk about the evolution of the crime fiction
genre, and about the transition from journalism to
fiction.
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Tuesday
May 24th 7:00pm
May
WildChina Lecture: The Forbidden City and the town
it lived in
Professor H.L. Kahn
On May 24, H.L. Kahn, Professor of History Emeritus
of Stanford University, will give an exciting lecture
on Beijing’s most famous landmark, the Forbidden City.
Consisting of 999 rooms, this massive Ming masterpiece
consisting of government buildings, courtyards, imperial
residences, and gardens was the seat of successive
emperors. Professor Kahn will give us a glimpse into
the fascinating social universe within the Forbidden
City, where the lives of countless servants, eunuchs,
chefs, ministers, and concubines revolved around the
Son of Heaven and the managing of the state.
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Building 4, Nan Sanlitun Road,
Chao Yang District, Beijing
100000, P.R. China
Tel: (010) 6586 9507
Email: [email protected]
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