With the newspaper’s founder and senior editors jailed, other pro-democracy media outlets shut and 1,000 journalists out of work, can press freedom survive in the territory?Read more: ‘My career is finished, my friends are in prison and I’m an alien in my city’: life after Hong Kong’s Apple DailyApple Daily’s former headquarters reside in a dusty industrial complex in a far-off area of south-eastern Hong Kong. A year ago today, 1m copies of the pro-democracy newspaper left the printing press for the last time since its launch in 1995.Once a busy newsroom that was considered the voice of Hong Kong’s pro-democracy movement, today the building is shrouded in an eerie silence, with weeds growing, gates chained shut and empty security booths. Police declined to respond to a request for comment on whether the site was considered a crime scene. Beside the former headquarters’ boarded-up entrance, graffiti in red says: “Give me back my freedom.” Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'
[ The Guardian | 2022-06-24 05:01:07 UTC ]
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The Salt Lake City newspaper will move to weekly editions. The change will not result in any layoffs in the 65-person newsroom, according to the newspaper’s interim editor. Continue reading at The New York Times
[ The New York Times | 2020-10-27 14:16:05 UTC ]
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One of my most vivid childhood memories took place in an English bookshop in Causeway Bay, a short minibus ride from my family home in Hong Kong. I was a voracious reader growing up, eyes constantly trained on any printed text available, even during dinnertime and when brushing my teeth. Intent... Continue reading at Electric Literature
[ Electric Literature | 2020-10-22 11:00:06 UTC ]
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The recent imposition of a new National Security Law in Hong Kong was followed by a crackdown on libraries. There are now signs that it is also affecting the work of publishers and booksellers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-11 03:19:34 UTC ]
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Extinction Rebellion protests at News Corp sites condemned by Society of Editors as ‘attempt to silence other voices’Ministers and MPs from all parts of the political spectrum have condemned Extinction Rebellion for blocking the delivery of newspapers across the UK on Saturday.Four national... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-09-05 17:00:00 UTC ]
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Hurst Publishers has snapped up Defying the Dragon: Hong Kong and the World's Largest Dictatorship by veteran journalist Stephen Vines. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-09-04 17:10:13 UTC ]
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Hoping to 'not just voice outrage,' but also to 'provide research and data,' the oldest publisher offers expert writings in 'Race and Power.' The post ‘Race and Power’: The UK’s Cambridge University Press Opens Free Access appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives
[ Publishing Perspectives | 2020-08-27 16:09:01 UTC ]
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Antonia Daly has won The O’Brien Press Bookseller of the Year Award, commended for personifying prized qualities including knowledge, passion, courage and an ability to find the right book for customers. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-08-19 07:20:10 UTC ]
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Apple Daily founder and pro-democracy activist returns to office following arrest under national security lawThe Hong Kong pro-democracy figure and media mogul Jimmy Lai received a hero’s welcome as he returned to his newspaper after being arrested on allegations of foreign collusion, while... Continue reading at The Guardian
[ The Guardian | 2020-08-12 09:31:31 UTC ]
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I know that fingers can’t “plod,” but that is what they are doing now, delivering upsetting news that encapsulates this shitty year. As Hong Kong teeters on the edge of a serious coronavirus outbreak and democratic institutions continue losing a war of attrition with the Chinese government, the... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2020-07-29 18:53:00 UTC ]
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The International Publishers Association has expressed concern following reports in the Guardian, Global Times and the Wall Street Journal that certain books have have been removed from public libraries and bookshops. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-07-19 23:19:42 UTC ]
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Bonnier Books UK imprint Studio Press has acquired two new board book series for its early years publishing. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-06-11 20:55:38 UTC ]
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New Rivers Press will shut down in spring 2022 due to budget cuts proposed by its host institution, Minnesota State University-Moorhead. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-04-23 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Winners of the L.A. Times Book Prizes will be announced in a special, virtual Twitter ceremony this year because of the global health crisis. Continue reading at Los Angeles Times
[ Los Angeles Times | 2020-04-09 17:53:22 UTC ]
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Johns Hopkins University press will make 1,400 books and 97 journals accessible for free for the remainder of the spring semester to both students and the general public via the Project MUSE platform—the latest in a number of university presses making similar arrangements. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly
[ Publishers Weekly | 2020-03-18 04:00:00 UTC ]
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The Small Press of the Year Award returns for a second year: last year the overall award was won by Bath-based publisher Wild Things Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-21 11:25:57 UTC ]
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Penguin Press publicity director Rosie Glaisher is retiring next week after 32 years at the company. Continue reading at The Bookseller
[ The Bookseller | 2020-02-17 01:56:32 UTC ]
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Banner image: A phalanx of Braves prepares for battle Featured image: A protest slogan referencing the Polish Solidarity protest movement ¤ MO MING IS used to the acrid taste of tear gas. On October 1, China’s National Day, he zig-zagged across the Harcourt Road flyover in central Hong Kong... Continue reading at Los Angeles Review of Books
[ Los Angeles Review of Books | 2019-12-20 13:30:53 UTC ]
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Cultural Cross Sections Will Hagle Photo courtesy of the author Following decades of British colonial rule to the rapidly tightening grip of mainland China and all the stories told about that chunk of land along the way, Hong Kong has grown accustomed... Continue reading at World Literature Today
[ World Literature Today | 2019-12-17 15:28:20 UTC ]
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For book lovers, Small Business Saturday means a trip to the local independent bookstore, many of which invite local authors to hang out and make recommendations. If you’re an audiobook lover you can still support small businesses, and I don’t mean purchasing your audiobooks on compact disc. Ask... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-11-25 09:48:59 UTC ]
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Surprising no one, climate hero Greta Thunberg, whose forthright, outspoken approach to environmental activism, will publish two books in 2020 with Penguin Press, a memoir Our House is on Fire (written with her family), and a collection of her speeches, No One is Too Small to Make a Difference.... Continue reading at Literrary Hub
[ Literrary Hub | 2019-09-20 15:00:41 UTC ]
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