This smart, welllaidout book store specializes in chinese art and is an oasis for artistic locals and expats in hong kong. Hong kong bookstore online bookstore serving hong kong. Booksmart is a small bookstore in hong kong selling quality, inexpensive, new and used english books. Most book shops in china will sell books in english. Trying to remain on the cutting edge of trends, hong kong just added a 24hour bookshop, called eslite bookstore, in the recently opened hysan place shopping mall in causeway bay. This interesting concept has worked well in taiwan so perhaps it will do fine here in hong kong. Tick off the citys top attractions in half a day on this convenient and comprehensive sightseeing tour, which includes stops at victoria peak, stanley. The worldrenowned global art book publisher taschen is now in hong kong, and its moving into tai kwun. If youre looking for alternative bookstores to shop from or just hang out at. We specialize in medical and nursing books, video, cdroms and stethoscopes as well. Citygate outlets is the largest outlet mall in hong kong. Welcome to the largest online bookstore in hong kong. Shatin book plaza new town plaza shatin book plaza hilton plaza passage, hong kong heritage museum branch tseung kwan o branch tai po branch sheung shui branch tuen mun branch trend plaza tin shui wai branch cp plus, tai wai university bookstore, the chinese university of hong kong. A local favourite among booklovers in hong kong, its become a community hub for literary events and readings.
If your little bilingual genius is starting to learn their 1, 2, 3s, then my hong kong numbers is just the book for you. It features around 150 international brand names under one roof, offering discounts of up to 90% yearround. Add it to the list, sophie, we use these lists as aide memoirs as to what to read next and having just checked out the blurb on the piano teacher, that might just be the one i. Taschen hopes to bring more quality publications by worldfamous artists and designers to hong kong readers, including its a long list. The causeway bay books disappearances are a series of international disappearances concerning five staff members of causeway bay books, a former bookstore located in causeway bay, hong kong. As a fellow book lover, i share alberts passion for building an english reading community in hong kong, and wish him all the best in bringing bleak house books to more people. The man hong kong international literary festival opens tomorrow, celebrating its tenth anniversary with a packed schedule of lectures, readings and discussions. Millions of products at discount prices its shopping made easy. The best hong kong bookstores for all you book lovers. Malls and department stores hong kong tourism board.
Specializing in englishlanguage books, booksmart has something for everyone, with thousands of books in stock. No big surprise, hong kongers love to complain and make fun of their government. Flexible is using flexible shipping method to minimize the shipping fee. One of hong kong s oldest and most trusted booksellers as well as tsim sha tsuis premier english language bookstore swindon has got everything you could want, spread across two floors. Eslite bookstore hong kong all you need to know before. Shipping fee will be calculated by locations and book weight which saves you a lot of money. If you are not satisfied due to any undelivered issue, we will refund your money at any time. About us besides actual bookstores, hk was found in 2016, it is our online bookstore for general public. Founded in 1997 by a husband and wife, browsing the shelves at flow books is the quaintest of shopping experiences, with every nook and cranny crammed with overflowing volumes. The devotion hong kong applies to shopping is a sight in its own right.
The best secondhand bookshops in hong kong culture trip. Dymocks with several branches including ifc mall, peak galleria, princes building central and hopewell centre has a good. Its a big change from a decade ago, when the festival was a lonely outpost in the wilderness of hong kong englishlanguage literature. A few articles have popup in the press recently mocking hong kong english and in particular senior government officials. Page one is a bookstore chain and publisher founded in singapore by mark tan, with locations in singapore, hong kong, taiwan, malaysia, and. Many people expect hong kongers to be fluent in english due to british colonialism, this is quite frankly wrong.
Alternative book stores to visit in hong kong the loop hk. The following list is the bookstores that sell japanese books with a focus on jlpt textbooks that i. We have over 3 million books available for you to buy online, in thousands of categories and deliver to both hong kong and macau. We charge by the weight of the order and not by the number of books. Far beyond a commercial transaction of goods, secondhand bookstores are precious in that they facilitate an exchange of the human reading experience, be it across. English bookshop in xian china lonely planet forum. As far as we see, there are english bookstores in gent. But if you want to find some professional or special subject books, just go shopping online. Located on the beautiful ajuinlei right next to the canal in ghents city centre, the english bookshop is run by british expat godfrey mason. Mcbarron book company mcbarron book company, established in 1986, is one of the leading medical booksellers in hong kong. The best book stores in hong kong tatler hong kong. Biggest bookstore in hong kong eslite bookstore, hong. The ultimate guide to hong kong book stores highlights of hong kongs best sources for english language books, including art books, used book shops, specialty book stores, and online retailers.
Shaman the best of a few holeinthewall used book shops in the khao san road vicinity, shamans selection is a direct reflection of what travellers on the southeast asia backpacking trail are reading. Buy bestselling and newlyreleased hong kong books, magazines, and other chinese books from hong kong with free international shipping. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. Hong kong english is the english language as it is used in hong kong. The citys heritage as an international centre of trade has led to an incredible variety of goods, while the local passion for buying and selling infects almost every corner of the city and all those who enter it. English bookstore gent photo flickr ivo jansch creative commons. Along with an entire wall of fiction, youll find no shortage of books on travel, spirituality, philosophy and art all regularly debated subjects in khao san cafes. The website doesnt have much information about the products they carry. At least two of them disappeared in mainland china, one in thailand. The evolution of english literature in hong kong cnn. Despite the closure of englishlanguage bookstore chains dymocks and. Hong kongs latest independent english book store, its uniqueness.
Discover book depositorys huge selection of hk books online. They carry both old and new books in english and chinese, including outofprint and rare first editions. It has the largest collection of english and chinese book titles in hong kong with over 27 million titles for selection. Between october and december 2015, five staff of causeway bay books went missing. One is called audiovox in sintpietersnieuwstraat 15, phone 09 224 24 88 and the english book shop in ajuinlei 15. Pages in category novels set in hong kong the following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total. Closure for bookshop to support efforts to prevent the spread of covid19 in hong kong, we have suspended operations at our british council admiralty centre and it will not be opened to the public until further notice. The variant is either a learner interlanguage or emergent variant, primarily a result of hong kongs british overseas territory history and the influence of native hong kong cantonese speakers. Best fiction and nonfiction books, novels and memoirs that take place primarily in the city of hong kong. Foreign language books books hong kong online bookstore.
Eslite bookstore hong kong 2020 all you need to know. Hong kong is a popular layover destination, but with limited time to spare, a guided tour is the best way to maximize your layover. From secondhand books and graphic novels to the latest english and french releases, these are the best hong kong bookstores. In 1949, popular set up world publishing company in hong kong to retail and publish magazines and chinese books for the local and southeast asian markets the following year 1950, educational publishing house eph was established in hong kong to publish chinese textbooks. Page one a chainstore in hong kong, has one in malls like festival walk, harbor city, times square, and one in central district. Lee is a recent novel that is also set in hong kong. This hong kong layover tour includes train transfers to and from the airport, a ride on the peak tram to the sky terrace, and visits to the aberdeen fishing village, stanley market and more. Page one have large stores at times square, harbour city and festival walk and a good selection of books although i cant recall having seen japanese books there i think the asahiya bookstore in sogo dept store causeway bay on the 11th floor may sell japanese books.
Today, it is one of the market leaders of preschool and primary textbooks in hong kong. Hong kong bookstore hong kong online bookstore, toy shop. So, i decided to aim for n1 of the japanese language proficiency test jlpt for july 2016. Com hong kong online bookstore, toy shop, gifts serving hong kong and macau. Textbooks for secondary schools english language open. Our favourite hong kong childrens authors and books. Eslite the taiwan megabookstore has 3 stores in hong kong. These days, more people in hong kong are writing in english than ever before. With adorable illustrations from real life scenarios in hong kong like a container ship at a cargo port. English bookshop gent all english bookshops brussels.
Selection of foreign language books of special interest to hong kong audiences. Once there, you find a veritable book lovers treasure trove, a readers cave made up of the spines of countless secondhand books. The owner can also help to locate specific titles on request. And there is fnac, veldstraat 88, and the standaard boekhandel kouter, kouter 31. Online second hand english book shop with options to trade in your own books for store credit and sell books through the site on a consignment basis. From treasure troves filled with rare first edition books to finest art titles and more, get lost for hours in the best book stores selling english titles. To that aim, ive scoured both the internet and hong kong for bookstores that sell books in japanese.
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