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SUMMARY: The Past and Present of Chinese-Language Book Publishing in Hong K
 ong
DESCRIPTION: A City Inscribed event. This talk by Angela Ko\, Acquisitions 
 Librarian of the University of Hong Kong Libraries\, will discuss some of t
 he characteristics of Chinese-language book publishing in Hong Kong and ide
 ntify some of the changes over the past decade. Registration for this event
  is strongly encouraged.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <p><em>A <strong><a href="https://sppga.cms.a
 rts.ubc.ca/events/event/series-city-inscribed-%E6%88%91%E5%AF%AB-%E2%80%A2-
 %E6%88%91%E5%9F%8E-2/">City Inscribed</a></strong> event. <a href="https://
 hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/seminar-book-publishing-in-hong-kong/#RF17"><stron
 g>Registration</strong></a> is strongly encouraged.</em></p><p>Hong Kong is
  a small but vibrant city. Though only several thousand Chinese books are p
 ublished there each year\, its annual book fair has routinely drawn more th
 an a million visitors. Furthermore\, individual book titles and news of the
  local book market have from time to time\, and for various reasons\, attra
 cted international attention. This talk will discuss some of the characteri
 stics of Chinese-language book publishing in Hong Kong and identify some of
  the changes over the past decade.</p><p><b>Angela Ko</b> is Acquisitions L
 ibrarian of the University of Hong Kong Libraries and Assistant Librarian o
 f the Fung Ping Shan Library\, the East Asian Library of the HKU Libraries.
  In her capacity as the development and liaison officer for the Fung Ping S
 han Library\, Ko has traveled extensively to academic libraries\, bookstore
 s\, and book fairs in the Greater China region and beyond. Since 2009\, she
  has been a frequent contributor to <i>New Books: Recent and Forthcoming Pu
 blications in Taiwan\, ROC</i> (a journal published by the National Central
  Library of Taiwan) reviewing recent Chinese-language publications from Hon
 g Kong.</p><p>This seminar is organized by the <a href="https://hksi.ubc.ca
 /" rel="noopener"><strong>Hong Kong Studies Initiative</strong></a> and co-
 sponsored by the <a href="http://asia.ubc.ca/"><strong>Department of Asian 
 Studies</strong></a>\, the <strong><a href="http://ccr.ubc.ca/" target="_bl
 ank" rel="noopener">Centre for Chinese Research</a></strong>\, the <a href=
 "http://www.history.ubc.ca/" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Departm
 ent of History</strong></a>\, and the <a href="http://asian.library.ubc.ca/
 " target="_blank" rel="noopener"><strong>Asian Library</strong></a>.</p><h3
 ><a href="https://hksi.ubc.ca/files/2018/02/20180316-Ko-Poster-Full.jpg">Ev
 ent Poster</a> | <a href="https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/seminar-book-pub
 lishing-in-hong-kong/#RF17">RSVP</a></h3>
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