Many of those who visit the Arctic are after once-in-a-lifetime experiences. The Northern Lights rank high on many people’s bucket lists and they don’t disappoint, but there’s plenty more to do, like snowmobiling, dog sledding, snowshoe walking and ice fishing. And when you have travelled so far in search of something out of the ordinary,…
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The ‘most stunning book’ she’s ever read, the ultimate love story, the book that helped her choose family over career – the director of the Hong Kong-based bookstore chain tells us about her favourite reads and what makes them special
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British journalist Isambard Wilkinson, inspired by his Indian grandmother’s tales of life before partition, visited Pakistan as a teenager and fell in love with a complex place, a love he shares in his book Travels in a Dervish Cloak
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From Stephen King to his literary hero George Orwell, bookshop owner Albert Wan has a broad palette. Also on his list are sociological studies of British pubs and American life, and a Sichuan cookbook that reminds him of his mother
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On the Homegrown Foods founder’s list is the book that opened his eyes to how food choices affect the planet, a second world war epic, a Stephen King classic, and titles that reflect his fascination with photography
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Ireland’s Brian O’Driscoll, South Africa’s Jean de Villiers and Hong Kong adventurer Annabelle Bond talk about setting yourself challenges and the sense of achievement to be had from training to reach, and achieving, them
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Among Chan Ho-kei’s favourite books are the detective series that encouraged him to start writing and the Japanese mystery novel that influenced how he uses red herrings in his own stories
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A hot sauna and a cool pavilion are the starting points for an architectural dialogue about public space and social connection in Hong Kong
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Mark Daly’s interest in the legal aspects of Nelson Mandela’s fight against injustice and the mind of Adolf Hitler reflects his human rights work, while he also loves reading about tennis’ mental game and how Canada was created
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From Spanish classic Don Quixote to an Argentinian comic strip to Tai-Pan – the novel that convinced Santiago Martinez-Caro to take up his current Hong Kong posting – these are the books consul general would take to a desert island
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Consul general’s picks includes an award-winning book on the Rwandan genocide, a collection of poetry and thoughts from one of Sweden’s best-known diplomats, and the story of a little boy punished for being cruel to animals
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A series of medical studies conducted on Mount Everest aims to help people suffering from a variety of conditions
The chairman of Heywood Hill, a London bookstore, tells Kate Whitehead about the snake in the bath at his Shek O ‘shack’ and playing Scrabble in Myanmar with diplomats sacked by the SLORC.
Fulfilling a specialist niche, Hong Kong’s rare and antiquarian bookshops focus on the passion for collecting rather than profit
Myanmar’s first international book festival drew the country’s guiding light, leading writers and a home crowd intrigued by the give-and-take of it all
The editor of online news site Rappler and a Time magazine person of the year in 2018 talks to the Post about holding the Duterte administration accountable A new life I was born in Manila in 1963. My mother was only 18 when she had me. My father died when I was a year old. My…
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