Proverse Hong Kong is based in Hong Kong with strong regional and international connections.

The International Proverse Prize for Unpublished Non-fiction, Fiction and Poetry is open to all irrespective of residence, citizenship or nationality.

The Publishers were born in the UK and have lived and worked in many countries. They visit, from time to time, Australia, Europe, Japan, Mainland China, Malaysia, New Zealand, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the USA.

Occasionally we help distribute in Hong Kong books published elsewhere, which have topics, references, or associations with Hong Kong or other parts of Asia.

We welcome enquiries for co-published editions.

Hong Kong today does not really look like the tranquil scene above. From time to time we will put up some images of today's Hong Kong in a sub-page to our "Home" page. Do take a look at them! Everyone lives in a different city. Even if you live in Hong Kong, you may not have seen what we have seen. And if you do not live here, it will give you a context for understanding where we are and to guess at the circumstances in which we work.

Preparations for Chinese New Year 2011.

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INTERNATIONAL PROVERSE PRIZE FOR UNPUBLISHED WRITING, 2012

FIRST ENTRY DEADLINE: 31 May 2012

Entry forms and fees need to reach the Administrators by 31 May. (Entered Work needs to reach the Administrators by 30 June.)

Brief Notice

Respected translator, Dr Chapman Chen, has sent us links to video-recordings of his talk in a Hong Kong bookshop about his translation into Chinese of Olga Wallo's autobiographical novel, "Tightrope! A Bohemian Tale".

Author of "The Day They Came", Gerard Louis Breissan, spent three packed days in Hong Kong, Monday 30 April to Wednesday 2 May, meeting those interested in his book.

He has almost promised to come back in November. If you would like to invite him to join your group or speak to your school,  do contact us (see the bottom of this page for contact details)  and help us persuade him to do so!

Two reviews have reached us recently of Gillian Bickley's fifth poetry collection, "Perceptions". Chan Yee Shan writes, "It has a vivid personal touch, characteristically descriptive of the poet's experiences and sensations as well as a unique sense of time, coloured with a life course of thirty years." Chan Yee Shan review.

Cairns Media writes: "This 52-poem collection addresses universal topics in a thoughtful manner using common sense that most readers can appreciate. Often they may nod in agreement, for example, that “the aim of life is to develop our souls”. At other moments, most will react differently, shaking their heads in vehement objection. " For the full review, google "Cairns Media". For the time being the review is on the reviews page. Later it will be transferred to the "Archives".

Lelawattee Manoo-Rahming (Finalist, International Proverse Prize 2009, "Immortelle and Bhandaaraa Poems", Proverse 2011), read with Nicolette Bethel on Friday, 27 April, at the BOCAS Literary Festival 2012 ("The Trinidad and Tobago Literary Festival").

PROVERSE PRIZE WINNERS 2011

Joint-Winners have been announced for the international Proverse Prize for unpublished writing 2011. They are David Diskin and Peter Gregoire, who each entered a novel. They win a cash prize, publication by Proverse Hong Kong and international distribution.

Supplementary Prizes are awarded to poets James Norcliffe and Shahilla Shariff, and to novelist James Tam. They win publication by Proverse Hong Kong and international distribution. One or two further supplementary prizes are still under consideration.

The Prize-winners were congratulated by Dr Verner Bickley, MBE, Proverse Prize Co-Founder, at the PROVERSE SPRING RECEPTION held Friday, 23 March 2012, Central Hong Kong.

Five new Proverse Hong Kong World Books were launched at the same event.

Order Form for books launched on 23 March.

NEWLY LAUNCHED Book Details.

 PROVERSE NEW BOOKS AND PROVERSE PRIZE WINNERS PRESS RELEASE, 25 MARCH 2012

INTERVIEW WITH STACEY RODDA

Proverse Publisher, Gillian Bickley, was recently interviewed by Stacey Rodda, on "Sunday Morning on 4", RTHK, about the International Proverse Prize and Proverse Hong Kong World Books. Listen to the interview: RADIO INTERVIEW

 

REVIEWS IN ASIAN CHA

There are some excellent reviews in the November 2011 issue of Asian Cha of the following books published by Proverse: Akin Jeje's Smoked Pearl: Poems of Hong Kong and Beyond, Mary-Jane Newton's Of Symbols Misused, Jason S Polley's refrain and Laura Solomon's Instant Messages.

The same issue of Asian Cha also has an article by Verner Bickley about the development of Proverse as an international, Hong Kong-based publisher.

HONG KONG WORLD BOOKS

Proverse books are truly spreading their wings worldwide!

Patricia W. Grey did a book-signing of her mystery novel, Death Has A Thousand Doors, at Dolly's, Park City, Utah, USA on Saurday, 7 April.

Previously, on 1 December, Grey launched her book in the village of Ordino, high up in the Pyrenees, where much of the action of her novel is set.  Well-received by prize-winning Andorran writer, Albert Villaro, the book won notice in a local daily newspaper, Bon Dia, in advance of its Andorra launch.

  On 15 November, Lawrence Illsley, thoughtful writer of the modern epic poem, Astra and Sebastian, held a preview with his talented illustrator, Shelley Knowles-Dixon, in London, England.

  At home in Hong Kong, the toy poodle, Chocolate, who dictated his memoirs, Chocolate's Brown Study in the Bag, "through transmission of brainwaves", to then senior University of Hong Kong Administrator, Rupert Chan, "who served as scribe", was given three pages in Ming Pao weekly on naturday, 26 November. Some months previous to that, Rupert Chan gave a delightful interview, which appeared under the title, "Music and Chocolate", in the University of Hong Kong Bulletin, Vol. 12, No. 2, published in June 2011 (p. 24). Earlier than that, very soon after publication, Chocolate's Brown Study in the Bag was one of the subjects of Lydia Chan's column "Mrs Mak's Homework Exercise Book", in the Hong Kong Economic Journal, 28 March 2011.

  All books are available in and through Hong Kong bookstores and worldwide as distributed by the Chinese University of Hong Kong Press. Books are also available through bookshops and other retailers in the UK. It is not quite too late to get copies as holiday gifts or as holiday reading for oneself!

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Featured Publications; Fiction; Hong Kong Focus; Olympic Games, Soccer; Poetry; Memoirs; (Auto-)Biography; Travel Books; Chinese Language Books.

Proverse books can be ordered online. They can also be purchased and/or ordered through bookshops in Hong Kong and the UK. 

DISCOUNT FOR READING GROUPS

Multiple copies of one title ordered directly from Proverse Hong Kong by one member of a group for posting to one Hong Kong address at one time will attract a 15% discount from the Hong Kong retail price. (This offer cannot be combined with any other special offer.) Enquiries to info@proversepublishing.com. Please write "Reading Group" in the subject line.

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Proverse friends at the 2012 Proverse Spring Reception. Five books were launched. The results of the international Proverse Prize competition 2011 were announced. -- Photo by Errol Patrick Hugh (A Personal Journey Through Sketching: The Sketcher's Art (Proverse, 2009).

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