Hong Kong Reader — Local services in Hong Kong

Independent bookstores in HK simply refuse to concede to the digital trajectory. And they seems getting stronger by been not only a platform for the readers to acquire books but also a haven for those who seek discernment.

I had to admire that despite the rather inaccessible location of this bookstore high up the 7th floor - via a lift that's starts on the 3RD FLOOR of the building, the customers kept coming in during my time there. But I also had to lament on its expensive plastic bag in the name of stopping the climate change. First, for the same price i was able to get a recycle bag from eslewhere instead of just a plastic bag here amid an supposedly easily decomposable one. Secondly, the total plastic waste that a bookseller might create probably isn't even a tiny fraction of maybe a bubble tea stall would have caused. In fairness most bookstore seems to be doing this hand in hand, giving a lazy excuse for their readers not to...

I can’t believe I haven’t written a review for my favourite bookstore in Hong Kong. This is the place I go to to get books. They have plenty of books in the fields of philosophy, sociology, history, gender studies, literature... You don’t see them selling bestsellers in retail chain bookstores. They sell books that are important. It’s a gem...

on 7th floor, get into building, get up till you see the elevator, ride till 7F, in front of barber shop. mixed english - chinese (other language) books, second and new. zines, postcards and trinkets. they hv membership. so affordable. staffs speak english. payment by octopus, visa mastercard, alipay...