Shortly before departing for Brussels, I finished Susan Mann’s brilliant The Talented Women of the Zhang Family, and began Gail Hershatter’s …
December 15, 2011 – 3:14 pm
Reading: Susan Mann – Precious Records: Women in China’s Long Eighteenth Century
November 4, 2011 – 3:41 pm
Reading: (2nd time) Susan Mann — The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
In early 2008, before I moved to Berlin, I had a book-buying spree, and a couple of those books I …
May 31, 2011 – 2:48 pm
Reading: Owen Lattimore – Inner Asian Frontiers of China
owen lattimore – inner asian frontiers of china
March 26, 2011 – 10:28 am
something wicked this way comes
Yesterday, an arrival. Three years, eight months ago, I took a photo. I wrote also, “I have this strange compulsion …
October 16, 2010 – 7:27 am
“Reading: … ” Book of the Year (Non-Fiction): Jonathan Safran Foer – Eating Animals
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
September 7, 2010 – 12:20 am
Reading: Matthew T. Kapstein – The Tibetans
matthew t. kapstein – the tibetans
September 7, 2010 – 12:18 am
Reading: China Miéville – The City & the City
chine miéville – the city & the city
August 27, 2010 – 3:55 am
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
reading: charles stross – the trade of queens
August 22, 2010 – 11:39 am
Reading: Liane Simmel – Tanzmedizin in der Praxis: Anatomie, Prävention, Trainingstipps
Liane Simmel – Tanzmedizin in der Praxis
August 22, 2010 – 11:38 am
Reading: Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
Gerald Siegmund – William Forsythe: Denken in Bewegung
August 10, 2010 – 1:30 am
reading: jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
jonathan burrows – a choreographer’s handbook
August 9, 2010 – 2:49 am
reading: jonathan safran foer – eating animals
jonathan safran foer – eating animals
July 19, 2010 – 12:50 pm
Reading: Christopher I Beckwith – The Tibetan Empire in Central Asia
christopher i. beckwith – the tibetan empire in central asia
July 18, 2010 – 11:58 am
Reading: Charles Stross – The Fuller Memorandum
charles stross – the fuller memorandum
July 10, 2010 – 4:02 am
Reading: James A. Millward – Eurasian Crossroads: A History of Xinjiang
james a. millward – eurasian crossroads
June 18, 2010 – 4:06 pm
reading: frank dikotter – the age of openness: china before mao
frank dikotter – the age of openness: china before mao
June 17, 2010 – 3:57 pm
reading: charles stross – the revolution business
charles stross – the revolution business
June 16, 2010 – 3:56 pm
reading: charles stross – the merchants’ war
charles stross – the merchants’ war
May 30, 2010 – 1:41 pm
reading: charles stross – the clan corporate
charles stross – the clan corporate
May 26, 2010 – 1:40 pm
readin: david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
david hinton: chuang tzu – the inner chapters
May 26, 2010 – 1:37 pm
reading: charles stross – the hidden family
charles stross – the hidden family
May 18, 2010 – 4:10 am
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann in jerusalem
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann in jerusalem
May 16, 2010 – 4:04 am
reading: charles stross – the family trade
reading: charles stross – the family trade
May 9, 2010 – 11:08 am
reading: juan cole – engaging the muslim world
juan cole – engaging the muslim world
May 6, 2010 – 7:41 am
reading: Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls: From Village to City in a Changing China
Leslie T. Chang – Factory Girls
May 3, 2010 – 2:45 pm
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann and the holocaust
reading: hanna arendt – eichmann and the holocaust
May 1, 2010 – 10:09 am
reading: charles stross – saturn’s children
charles stross – saturn’s children
March 15, 2010 – 12:38 am
reading: iain m. banks – consider phlebas (second time)
iain m. banks – consider phlebas
January 31, 2010 – 4:14 am
reading: g. whitney azoy – buzkashi – game and power in afghanistan
g. whitney azoy – buzkashi
January 21, 2010 – 11:12 am
reading: christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road
christopher i. beckwith – empires of the silk road
January 21, 2010 – 11:08 am
reading: iranophobia – the logic of an israeli obsession – haggai ram
iranophobia – haggai ram
January 10, 2010 – 5:28 am
Reading: Feng Jicai – Voices from the Whirlwind
feng jicai – voices from the whirlwind
January 7, 2010 – 10:33 am
Reading: Katherine Pratt Ewing – Stolen Honor – Stigmatizing Muslim Men in Berlin
katherine pratt ewing – stolen honor
January 7, 2010 – 10:30 am
Reading: Iris Chang – The Rape of Nanking
iris chang – the rape of nanking
November 3, 2009 – 12:58 pm
Reading… a 2nd anniversary
My reading the last year has not been of either the volume, nor the breadth of the previous, in no …
September 26, 2009 – 9:50 am
reading: j.g. ballard – empire of the sun
j.g. ballard – empire of the sun
July 5, 2009 – 10:08 pm
one… eins
A year ago. A train from Frankfurt lulling me out of the delirium and endurance of 30 hours or more, …
June 16, 2009 – 3:48 am
Reading: Alexandra Richie – Faust’s Metropolis – A History of Berlin
alexandra richie – faust’s metropolis
June 1, 2009 – 6:02 pm
Reading: Zhao Ziyang – Prisoner of the State: The Secret Journal of Premier Zhao Ziyang
zhao ziyang – prisoner of the state
June 1, 2009 – 5:48 pm
käse und brot
Still coming back to myself. Daniel arrived with much cheese and bread. Later I ate three steaks. Salt and meat, …
May 30, 2009 – 7:46 pm
i’m home now…
That’s all. where i was, tuesday till saturday from daniel… from dasniya…
May 27, 2009 – 3:18 am
im keller, 6ter stock… später in der buchhandlung und auch gewitterhagelsturm
A strange adventure with Daniel accompanying me and Matti translating on occasion. Kreuzberg near my old home, Dieffenbachstr, time too …
May 27, 2009 – 1:10 am
Reading: Barry Cunliffe – Europe Between the Oceans 9000 BC – AD 1000
europe between the oceans – barry cunliffe
May 10, 2009 – 9:19 pm
daniel is reading…
judith butler – undoing gender susan sontag – styles of radical will deleuze and guattari – a thousand plateaus
April 12, 2009 – 5:20 am
a book is living
My sofa has a variously shaded crocheted lilac blanket I like to lie on, or curl up under, wrap around …
April 12, 2009 – 4:01 am
reading: jorge luis borges – collected fictions
jorge luis borges – collected fictions
April 12, 2009 – 3:45 am
reading: theodor adorno – aesthetic theory
theodor adorno – aesthetic theory
February 7, 2009 – 9:06 pm
biblio-smut
When I have my pirate castle I shall also have a library like this. I’m not sure which, maybe all …
December 14, 2008 – 8:33 pm
reading: jeanette winterson – oranges are not the only fruit
jeanette winterson – oranges are not the only fruit
December 13, 2008 – 10:31 pm
reading: hanna arendt – the life of the mind
hanna arendt – the life of the mind
December 5, 2008 – 4:08 am
reading: sarah waters – tipping the velvet
sarah waters – tipping the velvet
November 30, 2008 – 6:12 pm
reading: wildwood – a journey through trees – roger deakin
wildwood – a journey through trees – roger deakin
November 28, 2008 – 11:03 pm
reading: jeanette winterson – lighthousekeeping
jeanette winterson – lighthousekeeping
October 29, 2008 – 1:06 am
mehlwurm
In the opposite direction to my original intent, Alex Platz, down Alte Jacobstr, often an unmemorable street, at one intersection …
October 16, 2008 – 7:18 pm
Reading… an anniversary
A year ago in the briefest of lines, I began keeping a list of the books I’ve digested… burp. What …
October 14, 2008 – 5:45 pm
reading: iain m banks – feersum endjinn (5th time), the algebraist (2nd time)
iain m banks – the algebraist iain m banks – feersum endjinn
October 12, 2008 – 5:14 pm
Reading: Walter Benjamin – Berlin Childhood around 1900
The last few days I have enjoyed the rather delectable company of a hobo formerly from Berlin, now residing in …
September 18, 2008 – 1:53 am
englisch buchhandlungen aus berlin
(I was waiting until I’d visited a few more bookshops, but I’ve been distracted with writing applications, and know it …
September 7, 2008 – 12:10 am
reading: leslie feinburg – drag queen dreams
leslie feinburg – drag queen dreams
September 7, 2008 – 12:08 am
reading: books from zürich…
Lacking new reading, and I am suffering, I have been opening my suitcase of books from my life in Zürich …
August 12, 2008 – 3:42 am
reading: leslie feinburg – stone butch blues
Yes, I finally bought it, on a trip to Prinz Eisenherz, oh such a joy to find this, and then …
August 1, 2008 – 9:49 pm
books… forgotten… found
I left many things when I departed from Zürich. And Guangzhou, and Taipei, and… Things come together again. All my …
July 26, 2008 – 8:21 am
impulstanz – settlement… (perhaps day 10)
I’ve been meaning to say something about my apartment, I mean to say, where I’m staying. The woman who let …
July 7, 2008 – 6:05 am
the remainder of the weekend
I don’t understand what I’m looking at. This afternoon, again in Rosenthalerplatz, I decided to walk much of the way …
July 6, 2008 – 1:54 am
ADL-SYD-FRA-BER
Adelaide to Sydney, upgraded to business class due to length of leg, and three seats to myself, the opportune westerly …
July 1, 2008 – 12:49 pm
my life
Packed. Waiting for the shipping company. Everything I have, in storage for most of four years, and now to return. …
June 21, 2008 – 11:11 pm
saint uncle judith… jude… i mean judy
I’m not sure of the trail that led me to spending some of an afternoon reading interviews with Judith Butler, …
June 12, 2008 – 6:29 pm
chingiz aitmatov
I only recently discovered him, and was looking forward to reading The Day Lasts More Than a Hundred Years, when …
June 8, 2008 – 4:37 pm
Reading: again… some for the fifth time…
Suffering from a paucity of new books the last two weeks, and packing mine all away in preparation for inevitable …
June 6, 2008 – 10:46 am
Reading: Harriet Evans – The Subject of Gender: Daughters and Mothers in Urban China
harriet evans – the subject of gender
June 5, 2008 – 10:02 pm
Reading: Julian Burnside – Watching Brief: Reflections on Human Rights, Law and Justice
julian burnside – watching brief
May 14, 2008 – 12:24 pm
Reading: Liao Yiwu – The Corpse Walker: Real Life Stories: China from the Bottom Up
Normally I say nothing about the books I’m reading, I have a superstition that to do so would cause me …
May 14, 2008 – 12:10 pm
Reading: Antonio Giustozzi – Koran, Kalashnikov and Laptop: The Neo-Taliban Insurgency in Afghanistan 2002-2007
koran, kalashnikov and laptop
May 14, 2008 – 11:59 am
Reading: R.H.C. Davis – A History of Medieval Europe
a history of medieval europe
May 1, 2008 – 4:14 pm
Reading: Nasrin Alavi – We Are Iran: The Persian Blogs
nasrin alavi – we are iran
April 20, 2008 – 5:18 pm
Reading: Sidney Perkowitz – Universal Foam: The Story of Bubbles from Cappuccino to the Cosmos
sydney perkowitz – universal foam
March 22, 2008 – 6:30 pm
reading: business cards – the art of saying hello
business cards – the art of saying hello
March 21, 2008 – 4:57 pm
Reading: Daniel Ladinski Trans. – The Gift: Poems by Hafiz, The Great Sufi Master
hafiz – the gift. trans. daniel ladinsky
March 21, 2008 – 4:52 pm
Reading: Michel Foucault – Madness and Civilisation
michel foucault – madness and civilisation
March 6, 2008 – 10:04 am
Reading: Taliban – Militant Islam, Oil, and Fundamentalism in Central Asia – Ahmed Rashid
taliban – ahmed rashid
February 25, 2008 – 6:43 pm
Reading: Susan Mann – The Talented Women of the Zhang Family
susan mann – the talented women of the zhang family
February 25, 2008 – 10:25 am
Reading: Rosanne Klass – Land of the High Flags: Afghanistan When the Going Was Good
rosanne klass – land of the high flags
February 17, 2008 – 5:42 pm
Reading: Anne Fausto-Sterling – Sexing the Body: Gender Politics and the Construction of Sexuality
anne fausto-sterling- sexing the body
February 1, 2008 – 9:49 am
reading: william gibson & bruce sterling – the difference engine
william gibson + bruce sterling – the difference engine
January 26, 2008 – 9:21 am
Reading: Charles Stross – The Atrocity Archives
charles stross – the atrocity archives
January 13, 2008 – 4:59 pm
reading: julia serano – whipping girl – a transsexual woman on sexism and the scapegoating of femininity
julia serano – whipping girl
January 13, 2008 – 4:57 pm
reading: lois may – transgenders and intersexuals – everything you ever wanted to know but couldn’t think of the question
lois may – transgenders and intersexuals
December 31, 2007 – 10:58 am
Reading: Jin Xing – Shanghai Tango (A Memoir)
jin xing – shanghai tango (a memoir)
December 30, 2007 – 11:06 am
Reading: Iain Banks – The Business (4th time)
iain banks – the business
December 11, 2007 – 1:29 pm
Reading: Charles Stross – Jennifer Morgue
charles stross – the jennifer morgue
December 9, 2007 – 1:40 pm
Reading: Norman Page – Auden and Isherwood – The Berlin Years
norman page – auden and isherwood – the berlin years
November 17, 2007 – 12:12 pm
reading: terry pratchett…
terry pratchett – mort terry pratchett – the colour of magic terry pratchett – equal rites terry pratchett – thief …
October 29, 2007 – 2:48 pm
reading: kerstin finger – tape: an excursion through the world of adhesive tapes
tape: an excursion through the world of adhesive tapes
October 24, 2007 – 12:40 pm
reading: matilda mcquaid – extreme textiles
matilda mcquaid – extreme textiles
October 16, 2007 – 12:24 pm
reading … ?
I used to keep a list of all the books I read, and thought maybe I should do that again …
May 30, 2007 – 8:07 pm
stir-fried poultry
I had some time spare yesterday amidst the stream of meetings and appointments, so went on a hot date with …
April 23, 2007 – 9:36 am
new photography in guangzhou
All month I’ve been meaning to blog this, but attack of laziness and other things to keep me occupied meant …
March 3, 2007 – 10:27 am
saturday morning re-blogging
Last night was a rather interesting experience for me that I’m not going to blog about, but certainly has much …
July 14, 2006 – 5:10 pm
eeeee!!!!! charles stross in melbourne
I’m still waiting to buy Charles Stross’ latest novel, and to fill the interim bought one of Neal Stephenson‘s first …
July 9, 2006 – 10:14 pm
charles stross – glasshouse
Before I lost most of this year to reading Neal Stephenson‘s Baroque Cycle, which I am currently re-reading for various …
February 24, 2006 – 6:35 pm
reading some books
Today was a minor holiday after my 15 hour binge yesterday in DVD Studio Pro and the joy of sorting …
February 16, 2006 – 6:49 pm
ma jian – stick your tongue out
In Taiwan a year ago, thanks to the vast library at the Taipei Artist Village I got seriously into reading …
January 9, 2006 – 8:54 pm
JT LeRoy – keeping it fake
Part of me likes the great simulacrum of the media endlessly recreating its own reality until it is all simultaneously …
January 3, 2006 – 8:57 am
hacking matter
One of my highlights from 2005, and amongst my greatest enduring pleasures was a voracious consuming of a tower of …
December 30, 2005 – 2:52 pm
nine lives – the birth of avante-garde in new china
SCALO Books have just published Beijing resident Karen Smith’s Nine Lives – The Birth of Avante-Garde in New China, and …
November 6, 2005 – 2:06 am
more stuff i’ve been reading
I’ve been really enjoying reading from blogs lately, obviously from my daily reading list, (which has since grown longer) even …
October 26, 2005 – 1:22 am
some more stuff i’ve been reading
Serious pruning of my temporary bookmarks folder(s) is needed. The stuff on 太石村 Tai Shi Village is already out of …
October 2, 2005 – 6:09 am
intellectual property for the people
I’ve been reading about two books a week, and have amassed a large-ish pile during my time in Zürich. I’ve …
September 25, 2005 – 7:42 pm
a bunch of stuff i’ve been reading
Rehearsals are making it a bit difficult for me to focus here, so instead of wading through what has become …
June 15, 2005 – 7:36 pm
Bangkok Tattoo
The first book of John Burdett I read was a very halucinogenic Bangkok 8, which fits neatly into the category …
May 25, 2005 – 1:08 pm
babes in beijing
In 1989, Rachel DeWoskin arrived in Beijing fresh from university to work for an American P.R. firm. Two months later …
April 16, 2005 – 4:27 pm
no longer a line split through time
I’m going to have to rave about how good China Miéville is. Not only is he fantastically good looking in …
April 10, 2005 – 5:48 pm
perdido street station
I’ve just got my laptop back, with a new 80 gig fast drive replacing the slow, small very worn-out old …
April 5, 2005 – 10:19 pm
China Hands: Nine Decades of Adventure, Espionage, and Diplomacy in Asia
The Asian Review of Books review James Lilley’s swashbuckling tale of intrigue, parachuting spies into communist Manchuria, and hanging out …
February 20, 2005 – 10:46 pm
thinking in four dimensions
Professor Shirley Mckechnie one of the centres of the Melbourne and Australia dance scene, along with Robin Groves and Catherine …
February 13, 2005 – 8:38 pm
gangstalean and beijing bookworm
So I go away for a couple of weeks, and look at all these new websites. Bloody hell, I’m glad …
September 29, 2004 – 6:52 pm
lazy man in china
Tonight at the Asialink Centre, former Beijing Correspondent Helen Cheung’s book Lazy Man in China, is being launched Based on …
August 31, 2004 – 9:57 pm
北京娃娃 Beijing Doll
Early this year, Asian Times wrote a long article on lingei, the Chinese equivalent of Gen-X. Chun Shu, the author …
July 24, 2004 – 3:20 pm
chinese sci-fi and fantasy
Having just ripped through all of Iain M. Bank’s Culture books, and run out of stuff to read, I’ve been …
July 19, 2004 – 10:58 pm
qian fuchang and the text-message novel
The BBC News and every second news media are reporting about Chinese author Qian Fuchang, who has written a novel …
May 15, 2004 – 6:33 pm
798 Factories – great article shame about the title
The 大山字 Dashanzi Arts Festival at 798 Factories made the news in Australia today, and not just in buried in …
May 15, 2004 – 1:12 am
798 Factories books
The 798 Factories Dashanzi Arts Festival is going on at the moment, and for those of us who can’t make …
May 2, 2004 – 2:37 am
Rural poor get inane aphorisms instead of equality
I’ve been on a book-buying spree today, one of the luxuries of having an income at the moment. In all, …