The biggest Beijing book news this year was arguably the closure of our beloved Sanlitun bookstore and hangout, The Bookworm. Yet while this certainly left a big hole in our community, when it comes to actual books, 2019 still offered plenty to be happy about. We look back on a selection of the Beijing and China-related books that caught our eye this year, and made waves both here and abroad.
Read MoreAnna Hartley is an Australian writer.
She has lived in Paris and Beijing since 2011.
Her work has been published in The Washington Post, France 24, Forbes Travel Guide, The Houston Chronicle, The New Zealand Herald, The Vancouver Sun, the Beijinger, and Babbel Magazine.
The three most useful books about writing I've ever read
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A little while ago, I decided to put my ego aside, and to start reading books about writing, in order to keep improving my craft. These are the first three books I read.
Read MoreBook Review: "All The Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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I finished this stunning novel during a writing retreat in Normandy (blog post on that coming up), and its beauty, combined with the beautiful landscape around me, helped me to complete the most productive writing period I've ever had.
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Book Review: "It's Raining In Mango" by Thea Astley
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I revisit a book I've been reading since I was 17.
Read MoreBook Review: "Vernon Subutex Vol III"
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A short review of the final installment of the Vernon Subutex series aka "the book of the summer".
Read MoreBook Review: "Selected Stories" and "The Bone People"
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A short review of two of my self-assigned summer reading texts: "The Bone People" by Kerri Humes and "Selected Stories" by Alice Munro.
Read MoreBook Review ""Dans le café de jeunesse perdue"and "Vernon Subutex Vol II"
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A short review of two very different works of contemporary French literature. "Vernon Subutex Vol II" by Virginie Despentes, and "Dans le café de la jeunesse perdu" by Patrick Modiano.
Read MoreBook Review: En attendant Bojangles, by Olivier Bourdeaut
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A short review of French novel "En attendant Bojangles" by Olivier Bourdeaut. It was whimsical, beautiful, silly and nostalgic, and I recommend it!
Read MoreBook Review: Rendez-vous avec la morte by Agatha Christie
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This is a short review of the "Rendez-vous avec la mort", by Agatha Christie, which is the French translation of the English "Appointment with Death".
Read MoreBook Review: Starting out in 2017
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Anna Reads Books 2016 was such a success, I'm doing it again in 2017! Here are a few short lines on everything I've read so far this year...
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