A Book is Born!

Following the year plus it took to write, I’ve been keenly following the printing process of my book: from my computer to the publishers’ offices in Florida via electronic mail and express courier (for the maps and photos), through painstaking editing, to the printers in India and then to the Hunter warehouses in the States. A few weeks ago I heard that my book had finally reached the warehouse and was ready for sale! A few days ago, after months of waiting, wondering and wishing I finally saw a copy of my book, then today I got an e-mail from a friend letting me know he’d seen it on the shelves of Powell’s Bookstore in Portland, Oregon! Happy times and though I say it myself I don’t think there’s anything on the market quite like it! It offers a new perspective on some of China’s most famous destinations and attractions and a range of adventurous possibilities unrivalled by any other China guidebook: cooking, tai chi, dragon boat racing, feng shui, calligraphy, traditional painting and kung fu are all on offer along with the more regular cycling, hiking, kayaking, golf, swimming and skiing. And there are some great photos (thanks Tot, Ewen and all others who contributed). So if you’re heading to Beijing, Chengde, Xi’an, The Three Gorges, Shanghai, Suzhou, Hangzhou, Huangshan, Guilin, Yangshuo, Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Hong Kong or Macau, then get yourself a copy!  You can buy the book online at Hunter Publishing, Amazon, Barnes and Noble and Powell’s.