‘Horizon Hong Kong’: Xu Xi Reflects on Her City
A new collection brings together 22 short stories by one of Hong Kong’s foremost English-language writers — each rooted in her hometown...
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Help Us Publish the Bamboo Metropolis
How a humble grass built Hong Kong — and why its future matters. Discover The Bamboo Metropolis and back it on Kickstarter....
NEW! The Bamboo Metropolis: A Zolima Culture Guide
Coming soon on Kickstarter: The Bamboo Metropolis, the third volume of the Zolima Culture Guide....
How Justin Siu Made a Jazz Musical About Haruki Murakami
A brush with mortality inspired Hong Kong musician Justin Siu to pen The Jazz Winds of Haruki Murakami series...
Keith Macgregor Brings Hong Kong Neon Back to Life
A new book and exhibition at Blue Lotus dives into the British photographer’s enormous archive of Hong Kong neon signs...
Dwelling on Earth: Hong Kong in the History of How We Live
A new book by architectural scholar Stefan Al explores the story of world housing — including Hong Kong...
The Secret Lives of Hong Kong Villages
Patrick Hase’s detailed tome about Hong Kong market towns and villages has become an unexpected hit...
Zolima’s Picks: Great English and International Bookshops Across Hong Kong
Our bookshop journey continues with an international selection across Hong Kong...
Zolima’s Picks: Great Indie Bookshops in Kowloon
We travelled across Kowloon to find some of Hong Kong's best, most thought-provoking and culturally relevant independent bookshops...
Hong Kong Indie Bookshops: Indosiam’s World of Rare and Antique Books
A hidden gem on Hollywood Road is a testament to the wanderlust and lifelong curiosity of Moroccan-born book collector Yves Azemar...
Hong Kong’s Indie Bookshops: I’m Thirsty (For Travel)
Hong Kong's only travel-focused bookshop is more just a destination for books: it's a whole world inside a historic tong lau...
Hong Kong’s Indie Bookshops: Boundary Bookstore’s Human Touch
We visited Boundary Bookstore in Mong Kok to learn how it's doing more than selling books: it's building a community...
Zolima’s Picks: Indie Bookshops on HK Island and in the NT
From Peng Chau to Sai Kung, by way of Wan Chai, these shops offer fascination selections of books and creative spaces for the community to gather...
Hong Kong’s Indie Bookshops: A Home for Local Comics at Epic One
Hong Kong's local comics continue to thrive in an industrial space that does more than just sell books...
Hong Kong’s Indie Bookshops: To-day on Cheung Chau
A new community-oriented space has shown just how valuable a bookshop can be...
Neon Is Not Dead: Mark Our Talk Series on Your March & April Calendar
We're keeping the conversation going wit talks on neon's past, present and future, in Hong Kong and abroad...
How Parenthèses Keeps French Culture Alive in Hong Kong
A reminder of how independent bookshops endure through care, continuity and human warmth...
Hong Kong Indie Bookshops: Can the Reverie Last?
Inside Reverie Bookstore, a passion project that brings together literature and independent music...
Rediscover Old Hong Kong This Winter In These Five Exhibitions
Five exhibitions delve into the life and culture of Hong Kong past, from design objects to built history to a unique literary figure]...
The Xi Xi Space: A Unique Tribute to a Great Hong Kong Writer
Peek inside an exhibition that recreates the home of the late writer Xi Xi, whose fiction, poetry, screenplays and prose was marked by Hong Kong...
How Living on a Hong Kong Junk Inspired a Novel of Ancient Chinese Intrigue
Journalist Tim McGirk was living on a boat when he learned of Taoist monk Xu Fu’s overseas voyage. Now he’s turned that story into a novel...
Hong Kong Reads: Michael Wolf’s Back Alley Observations
An overlooked collection of photos by the late German photographer reveals Hong Kong’s improvisational urban genius...
A New Book Reveals What’s Special About Hong Kong Street Art
Alex Unrein’s new volume 'Colourful Hong Kong – Street Art Stories' documents the evolution of Hong Kong’s street art scene...
Neon Is Not Dead: The Future of a Hong Kong Icon
Discover the story of Hong Kong neon in the second Zolima Culture Guide. Support the book on Kickstarter and help the glow live on....
Stand a Little Bit Closer: Fiction from Eva Wong Yi — Part II
Eva Wong Yi’s short story captures the quiet ache of unrequited love in the bustling anonymity of a Hong Kong mall. Part one of two...
Stand a Little Bit Closer: Fiction from Eva Wong Yi — Part I
Eva Wong Yi’s short story captures the quiet ache of unrequited love in the bustling anonymity of a Hong Kong mall. Part one of two...
Hong Kong Reads: What Makes Our Neon Unique
Design professor Brian Kwok provides an excellent introduction to Hong Kong’s neon heritage in his 2023 book Fading Neon Lights...
The Heritage Detective: Simpson Wong’s Hong Kong Lo Mei
A new book sheds light on some quintessential elements of Hong Kong urban life, with a few mysteries along the way...
Hong Kong Reads: Raymond Fung Explores the Untold Stories of Local Architecture
The ink artist and retired architect highlights 70 Hong Kong projects by local architects who often aren't given the credit they're due...
Pim Wangtechawat Explores Time Travel and the Kowloon Walled City
The Thai-Chinese author’s debut novel tells interlocking stories of two multi-generational time-travelling families...
Don’t Miss These Zolima Culture Guide Events in November
We’re keeping the conversation going with talks on Henry Steiner’s Hong Kong and our next editions of the Zolima Culture Guide...
Classic Hong Kong Dishes Go Vegan
A new cookbook replicates the full spectrum of Hong Kong cuisine without meat, dairy or ultra-processed ingredients...
Henry Steiner’s Hong Kong: Join Our Chinese Book Talk Event on 26 July!
Join graphic designer and collector John Wu in discussion with Zolima Culture Guide co-author Billy Potts...
Henry Steiner’s Hong Kong: Join Our Book Launch Event on 20 June!
Join Marisa Yiu, architect and DesignTrust co-founder and Rudi Leung, award winning advertiser in discussion with co-author Billy Potts...
Henry Steiner’s Hong Kong: Our First Zolima Culture Guide!
We’re launching a series of books about Hong Kong life and culture. First up? The city as seen through the work of its pioneering graphic designer...
100 Years of Louis Cha: The Legacy of Jin Yong
Hong Kong’s most famous writer is renowned for wuxia novels that added 20th century nationalism to ancient fables...
Hong Kong Reads: Women, Crime and a Window Into Hong Kong History
By looking at criminal cases involving women, Patricia O’Sullivan offers an enlightening glimpse at a long-gone Hong Kong...
Hong Kong Reads: Colonialism in All its Guises
Three books capture the good, the bad and the beautiful of Hong Kong’s colonial era...
Hong Kong Reads: “Hong Kong Murders” by Kate Whitehead
14 of Hong Kong's most remarkable murders are examined in a collection that reveals something about the city's essence...
More Than Just Recipes: A New Cookbook Reveals Grandma and Grandpa’s Lives
A new cookbook gathers oral histories and delicious recipes from grandmothers and grandfathers in Hong Kong...