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• Tuesday May 10th 7:30pm
  The Book and The Sword – 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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