Haven Books is an English-language press that aims to put a wide range of interesting books into readers' hands. Our titles focus primarily on Hong Kong and Asian themes.

We will be selling our books, in-person at the following Hong Kong events. Stop by for your seasonal shopping and to chat!

31st October, 2010
SCCF (Sedan Chair Charities Fund)
Parkview, The Peak

3rd November, 2010
American Writer's Association
American Club, Tai Tam

3rd November, 2010
10am - 6pm
AWA Charity Bazaar
The Excelsior Hotel, Causeway Bay

7th November, 2010
Canadian International School

21st November, 2010
Repulse Bay Fair

4th December, 2010
Sandy Bay, Pokfulam

Xu Xi - Habit of a Foreign Sky

10th November, 2010

Discussion on duality of citizenship and identity in the novel. Moderated by Jack Tchen, Director A/?P/?A.

Event Details:

6pm
A/?P/?A New York University
41-51 East 11th St., 7/?F gallery
New York, NY
USA

Xu Xi - Habit of a Foreign Sky

8th November, 2010

For Gail, a mixed-race, single mother who loses her only child and her mother in the span of two years, all she has left is a hard won career at a global investment bank. Torn between New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai, life rapidly goes into free fall for this woman with a complicated past, who was once so sure of her direction in life, and who now sees no clear path for herself. Short listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize. In conversation with editor Anna Sherman.

Event Details:

6:30 - 8:30pm
The Asia Society
725 Park Avenue
New York City, NY
USA

Ticket Purchase:
The Asia Society Website
$10 Asia Society and AAWW members; $12 students with ID/seniors; $15 nonmembers

Book signing with INTO THE LIGHT - EPIZODES: BOOK 1 author Jane Wallace

26th October, 2010

There will be a free glass of wine and snacks. Bring your friends and your light sabres!

Event Details:

6 - 7:30pm
Dymocks Central Building
Shops 201 - 203, Central Building
Pedder Street, Central

Habit of a Foreign Sky

7th October, 2010

Hong Kong-New York author Xu Xi will read from and discuss her latest novel HABIT OF A FOREIGN SKY that was a finalist for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize. The book poses the question: What happens when an intelligent, high-powered woman executive relinquishes all responsibilities? Set in New York, Hong Kong and Shanghai, Habit of a Foreign Sky dramatizes a Sino-American balance of power at a staggeringly intimate level in this novel that one critic calls "smart, eloquent, cosmopolitan . . . a scintillating achievement." 

The moderator will be the book's editor Anna Sherman.

Book signing follows. Books will be available for sale at the event.

Event Details:

6 - 8pm
The Hong Kong Club
1 Jackson Road, Central

Click here for ticket information

Xu Xi - Habit of a Foreign Sky

6th October, 2010

Outloud presents a mixed bag of original poetry, classics, lesser-known works and music. Xu Xi will read an excerpt from HABIT OF A FOREIGN SKY.

Event Details:

8pm
Fringe Club
2 Lower Albert Road, Central

4th October, 2010

Talk and reading by HABIT OF A FOREIGN SKY author, Xu Xi, followed by a book signing.

Event Details:

4:30 - 6 pm
City University of Hong Kong
Mini Lecture Theatre P4701 (Academic Bldg)
Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon

Habit of a Foreign Sky

29th September, 2010

Reading and reception with author, Xu Xi.

Event Details:

6 - 8pm
The Earshot Cafe
Old Arts House
1 Old Parliament Lane
Singapore 179429

27th September - 1st October, 2010

Check out Featured Writer, Xu Xi, author of HABIT OF A FOREIGN SKY.

Event Details:

Singapore Management University
Singapore

Amah 101

18th August, 2010

Amah 101 is a relaxed sharing session with author Andreas Rosboch on how to hire and manage domestic help in Hong Kong. With a fun and empathetic approach, Andreas will talk about the essentials of employing domestic help. Topics covered range from finding an ideal candidate to establishing a positive, productive reciprocal relationship between the helper and the employer. The event will include a Q&A session and Andreas will be available to sign books during the event.

Event Details:

6:30-7:30pm
Children's Library at The Helena May
35 Garden Road, Central

Domestic Help Tips and Tales

15th May, 2010

Amah 101 is a relaxed sharing session with author Andreas Rosboch on how to hire and manage domestic help in Hong Kong. With a fun and empathetic approach, Andreas will talk about the essentials of employing domestic help. Topics covered range from finding an ideal candidate to establishing a positive, productive reciprocal relationship between the helper and the employer. The event will include a Q&A session and Andreas will be available to sign books during the event.

Event Details:

3 - 4pm
Metro Books at Elements
L2, Elements Mall
1 Austin Rd West, TST

Free admission.

A Treat for Parents from Haven Books

8th May, 2010

The challenges faced by modern-day parents are immense. To relieve their burden, Haven Books present to you, Mama, Amah & Me, a light-hearted talk by authors Andreas Rosboch and Sarah Brennan, author of the popular humour book, Dummies for Mummies. The authors will talk about the joys and pain of motherhood (and fatherhood!), as well as sharing the essentials of effective household management. The talk will include a Q&A session. Refreshments courtesy of SWEET SECRETS and ESSENTIAL FINE WINES.

Event Details:

2 - 4pm
Bookazine Prince's Building
Shop 309, Prince's Building
10 Chater Road, Central

Free admission.

Domestic Help Tips and Tales

1st May, 2010

Amah 101 is a relaxed sharing session with author Andreas Rosboch on how to hire and manage domestic help in Hong Kong. With a fun and empathetic approach, Andreas will talk about the essentials of employing domestic help. Topics covered range from finding an ideal candidate to establishing a positive, productive reciprocal relationship between the helper and the employer. The event will include a Q&A session and Andreas will be available to sign books during the event.

Event Details:

12 - 1pm
Dymocks Repulse Bay
Shop G107, The Repulse Bay
109 Repulse Bay Road

Free admission.

A Live Storytelling & Chase to the Brazen Head Book Launch

17th April, 2010

Join author Gregory Payne as he reads a tantalising snippet from his book, CHASE TO THE BRAZEN HEAD.

The past collides with the present when a theft occurs on the grounds of the Shanghai International School. A group of school friends-Archie, Edward, Yan Yan and Sze-go exploring in a long-abandoned chapel building and are horrified when they discover that their friend and mentor Ah Sook has been hurt, and that the perpetrator has stolen the key to the Stronghold of the White Emperor. They decide to try to follow in the footsteps of a 1941 expedition to the Stronghold, to try to prevent the thief from stealing the Brazen Head, an ancient bronze statue that can predict the future. But they face many dangers on the way, and must be as clever and as skilled as the best of the White Emperor's court to get to the prize in time.

Event Details:

3 - 4pm
Metro Books at Elements
L2, Elements Mall
1 Austin Rd West, TST

Free admission.

Art and Literature: Shaping Politics and Culture

15th March, 2010

How does literature affect art? How do political and other ideas filter through culture, and how, in turn, do the arts influence politics and society? Join award-winning author Rachel Kushner, whose debut novel, Telex from Cuba, was a finalist for the 2008 National Book Award, a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and winner of the California Book Award as she contemplates these issues surrounded by the art of Karin Weber's art gallery. Kushner is co-editor of the art, theory and literature journal, Soft Targets, and has written widely on contemporary art, including numerous features in Artforum.

Participants: Rachel Kushner, Dania Shawwa Abuali

Event Details:

18:00 - 19:00
Karin Weber Gallery
20 Aberdeen Street

The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2010 Website
General Ticket Price HKD$120.00 / Friends Ticket Price: $100.00

Politics and Identity: In Between Places

14th March, 2010

So many of us straddle cultural divides. Finding a sense of belonging in strange territory is a fertile subject, and it may be that distance is essential to discovering how one belongs to one's own culture. Mandla Langa has lived in exile between Botswana and Budapest; Shamini Flint has lived away from Malaysia and travelled extensively within Asia; and Hyejin Kim was born in Korea but lives in Singapore. Yet they all write of home. Moderated by Dania Shawwa Abuali. Mr Langa appears with the assistance of the South African Consulate and South African Airways.

Event Details:

10:30 - 11:30am
Hong Kong Visual Arts Centre
7A Kennedy Rd

Ticket Purchase:

The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2010 Website
General Ticket Price HKD$120.00 / Friends Ticket Price: $100.00

13th March, 2010

A talk on books, book designs & challenges of making books with designers, editors, authors & publishers, including Haven Book’s Dania Shawwa Abuali and Katie Kwan.

Event Details:

2:30pm
Fringe Studio
2 Lower Albert Road

Free admission.

Life Recipes from My Mother

13th March, 2010

Join an energetic conversation as Betty Jamie Chung, author of LIFE RECIPES FROM MY MOTHER, tries to tame cheeky columnist Nury Vittachi, a man constantly accused of opening his big mouth just a little too wide. In her new self-help book, which uses family history to teach social graces, the author delivers her late mother’s valuable life lessons in three heart-warming batches: “Recipes for the Soul”, “Recipes for Successful Relationships” and “Recipes for Agreeable Living”. Even as she shares her mother’s traditional wisdom, however, Betty Jamie Chung also describes her as a complex woman who was well ahead of her time in 1930s China: espousing independent thinking, higher education and early feminism. Old-fashioned as they may seem, the life lessons she passed on make a case for timeless human values and codes of conduct, often gleefully ignored or simply forgotten in our fast-paced modern lives. Ticket price includes light breakfast buffet, served 11 to 11.30am.

Event Details:

11.00am - 12.30pm
W52
52 Wyndham Street,
Central

Ticket Purchase:

The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2010 Website
General Ticket Price HKD$120.00 Friends Ticket Price HKD$100.00