Pop into this tiny bookshop in yuen long for an eclectic range of books at absurdly. And hong kong does pretty well when it comes to stocking english language delights. From secondhand books and graphic novels to the latest english and french releases, these are the best hong kong bookstores. The personal touches at bleak house books make you feel at ease and comfortable browsing and reading. Biggest bookstore in hong kong eslite bookstore, hong. Commercial press on nathan road has a small english section. It was one of about 110 independent hong kong bookshops that rent out space in upstairs locations to avoid high rents at street level. The following is our pick of the best 7 in the city. Kubrick is less of a bookshop and more of a library experience, since all the books and magazines here are unwrapped and visitors are free to browse around or even have a read while sipping coffee in the adjoining cafe. Causeway bay books, located in causeway bay, hong kong, was founded in 1994 by lam wingkee. 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. Our large, bright and inviting classrooms stimulate learning. Hong kong bookshops pull politically sensitive titles.
Oxfam hong kong is an independent international development and humanitarian organisation working against poverty and related injustice. This is a list of bookstore chains with brickandmortar locations in the united kingdom and many parts of the english speaking world, they are known as bookshops and newsagents in american english, they are called bookstores, or sometimes newsstands, as they also usually carry newspapers and magazines. Could someone please tell me the name of the store and its location. Despite the closure of englishlanguage bookstore chains dymocks. Eslite bookstore shopping in causeway bay, hong kong.
The following year 1950, educational publishing house eph was established in hong kong to publish chinese textbooks. 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. Hong kong bookstore online bookstore serving hong kong. Pick up your kiddos next bedtime story at one of these top picks from central to kowloon and enjoy. Bleak house books, unit 2705, well tech centre, 9 pat tat street, san po kong, hong kong, hk, facebook page eslite bookstore. The best hong kong bookstores for all you book lovers. I have visited eslite few days ago and i would say it is much better now, much less people and much enjoyable, this bookstore contains millions of books and it never fail to impress me.
As one of the most popular bookstores among the englishspeaking community here in hong kong, bookazine prides itself on offering the best selection of. This list includes both current and defunct businesses, and also includes large. Compared to hong kong, macau has a lot less independent bookstores. If the crowds it packs in for readings and discussions are any indication, this lofty bookstore has achieved its goal. Covering the political and cultural angles on the city as well as fiction and personal memoirs, these are our ten best books about hong kong. A threestorey bookstore in hysan place, selling both chinese and english books, as well as a large collection of stationery and accessories. The eslite bookstore is currently the biggest bookstore in hong kong. One cannot make a list of japanese bookstores in hong kong without mentioning asahiya. Established by an exlawyer and a historian, bleak house books is one of the newest independent bookstores in hong kong, selling mainly english secondhand books.
The ultimate guide to hong kong book stores the hk hub. In hong kongs book industry, everybody is scared this article is more than 3 years old hong kong used to be a place of relatively free speech in. 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. One is that macau is not prosperous in terms of culture. From what ive seen, its the biggest japanese bookstore in hong kong, and apparently has been here many years. Tsimshatsui book centre jordan book plaza telford book plaza mongkok branch university bookstore, city university of hong kong passage, the gift shop of hong kong museum of history passage, the gift shop of xiqu centre passage, hong kong space museum branch university bookstore, the hong kong polytechnic university cp plus, mei foo university. Here are the best secondhand bookshops in hong kong. But dont think that being so prolific means the stores. Although billed as the largest and most specialised english language childrens bookstore in hong kong, mom and dad can get informed with a. It was definitely the classiest one out of them all. Its well known for being a reliable distributor of textbooks, from secondary school to university level, but it also. Taschen store hong kong, shop 01g02, tai kwun, 10 hollywood road, central, hong kong, 2544 8016, founded in 1918, swindon is one of the oldest, most established englishlanguage bookstores in hong kong. Independent bookstores in macau hong kong indie bookstores.
We did not have a hong kong studies section when we first opened, but now its booming its one of the most sizeable collections we have, he says. We charge by the weight of the order and not by the number of books. We have over 3 million books available for you to buy online, in thousands of categories and deliver to both hong kong and macau. So popular that there are 10 locations within hong kong to choose from. Hong kong is one of the worlds most enigmatic cities and its complex history has captured peoples imaginations around the world, these ten mustread books about hong kong will help visitors understand what makes this extraordinary citys heart beat. Much loved by its readers, visiting flow is like going to a. The main xinhua bookstore in dalian, liaoning, for example, is housed in a 9story building, with a basement for cds, dvds and computer software. Our english language centres and bookshop british council. Despite the perpetual maze that is a hong kong shopping mall, english language bookstores arent as few and far between as you may think. 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.
No longer just a simple bookstore, the taiwanese brand eslite encompasses an art gallery, a. This smart, welllaidout book store specializes in chinese art and is an oasis for artistic locals and expats in hong kong. Bleak house books is one of hong kong s newest english language bookshops. For a beautiful, carefullycurated selection of books in an uber cool setting, head to kubrick in yau ma tei. Specializing in english language books, booksmart has something for everyone, with thousands of books in stock from every category, from crime thrillers to textbooks to selfhelp paperbacks. At these shops youll find everything from meditation manuals to dickens and modern thai politics to the berenstain bears. Formerly trading as dymocks sai kung, our new name is based on rlss classic kidnapped and emphasizes the power of books to captivate your imagination. The bookstore sold a number of political books that are considered sensitive and banned in mainland china. Our idea was that if we can create a community, we can be more than just a bookstore, says one of its four young owners, daniel lee. From storytelling magic to the best deals on used books for kids to online stores too, little steps has put together the top list for exploring kidfriendly bookstores in hong kong.
This interesting concept has worked well in taiwan so perhaps it will do fine here in hong kong. The other reason is that macaus pillar industry is gambling industry, and the chinese character of the word book is. Our english language centres in hong kong have been specifically designed to help teachers teach and learners learn, maximising each session and making real progress. Welcome to the largest online bookstore in hong kong. Whether youre a voracious reader who resides in thailand or a traveller seeking a light read, bangkok has a number of quality bookstores to choose from. There was a big mess in the first few weeks after opening as there were too many visitors.
They specialise in vintage fiction and comic, classic childrens books and quality contemporary fiction and nonfiction and their inventory is handcurated and wide ranging. This secondhand english bookshop in sheung wan has just survived a financial crisis with the help of a crowdfunding campaign. Christian literature center second floor, next to gala fabrics on nathan road, across from. Lee says the biggest change over the past decade has been the explosion of interest in hong kong itself. Eslite the taiwan megabookstore has 3 stores in hong kong. Quarry bay, tst, causeway bay a big box bookstore from taiwan, eslite isnt just a retail space but a megastore with a cafe and restaurant. One of hong kongs leading international bookshop chains has removed politically sensitive books from its shelves in the wake of the mysterious disappearance of five of. In sheung shui alone i did know of two christian book shops one is now closed, the one there is quite small, kind of above the mcdonalds near the shek wu hui post office. The best book stores in hong kong tatler hong kong. Bleak house books is an indie bookstore and community space that specialises in new and vintage english books, as. Top 10 bookstores in hong kong and online bookstores little steps. Oxfam also runs second hand shops for books, clothing, home and fashion accessories, one in central lg8, jardine house, 1 connaught place and one in causeway bay shop 33, 11f windsor house, 311 gloucester road. Im looking for a very big english bookstore in hong kong. A good bookstore is a destination for the imagination.
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