The Emperor’s Bones is now published in Chinese and is OUT NOW in bookshops all over China. Click here to buy on Amazon.cn
Chopsticks Club at the Salisbury Arts Festival
Thursday, June 9, 2011
From Chopsticks Club June News: On 24 May, in the heart of Salisbury, the members of the audience were privileged to listen to two men with a long and insightful understanding of China, both past and present. Invited by the Salisbury Arts Festival to produce an event as part of this year’s festival cultural theme […]
Forthcoming talk by Adam Williams at the Malpas Arts and Literary Festival
Sunday, March 20, 2011
Adam will be speaking at Malfest – The Malpas Arts and Literary Festival – on Saturday 21st May at 5.00pm. China – A Personal View As a child he listened to stories from his mother and grandmother about their lives in China between the two World Wars and used many of these stories in his […]
Forthcoming talk by Adam Williams at The Salisbury International Arts Festival
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Adam will be speaking at The Salisbury International Arts Festival on Sunday 22nd May at 2.00pm. Chopsticks Club presents: Adam Williams in conversation with Sir Christopher Hum Join the Chopsticks Club who present this talk with Adam Williams, novelist and businessman, alongside Sir Christopher Hum, Ambassador to China 2002-2005. The Chopsticks Club is a unique […]
Silhouettes of Peking
Monday, September 13, 2010
Earnshaw Books has republished a book first printed in China in 1926 called Silhouettes of Peking by D de Martel and L de Hoyer, illustrated by Sapajou and with a new foreword by Adam Williams. In 1926 the expatriate community in China was bracing itself for an uncertain future. The previous year British policemen in […]
有关 Adam Williams (亚当‧威廉斯) 的《炼金术士之书》和其它作品的评论
Monday, June 21, 2010
Introducing Adam Williams’s 炼金术士之书 – The Book of the Alchemist Review by 谭光磊 [Gray Tan] Grayhawk Agency, 7F-3, No.106, Sec.3, Hsin-Yi Rd., Taipei, 106, Taiwan, R.O.C. 886-2-27059231 (Tel) 886-2-27059610 (fax) http://blog.roodo.com/grayhawk 法兰克福书展将至，我开始陆续收到国外客户寄来的书店和重点新书。几天前，我在英国 ILA（Intercontinental Literary Agency）的电子报上看到一本即将出版的小说，叫做《炼金术士之书》，作者是亚当‧威廉斯（Adam Williams），故事描述 1938 年西班牙内战期间，共和政府军绑架了品森教授（Pinzon）和他的孙子，把祖孙俩连同一群村民关进安达鲁西亚地区的圣詹姆士教堂。品森教授的专长是中世 纪研究，两人在教堂里找到一条地底密道，赫然发现教堂下埋藏着一座沉睡数百年的清真寺。 他们在寺庙遗迹里找到一本古书，系由九百年前的犹太人撒母耳（Samuel the Jew）所著，他身兼医者、哲人和炼金术士等身份，不仅写下了一生的故事，更详细描述中世纪西班牙基督徒、穆斯林和犹太人间的宗教冲突与爱恨情仇，以及动 荡年代中的情谊。这本「炼金术士之书」不仅是珍贵的历史文献，更预见了二十世纪意识型态纷争的世界，还埋藏了能让教授祖孙重获自由的关键秘密…… 我一看故事简介就非常喜欢，觉得颇有《爷爷的微笑》的祖孙情谊加上《风之影》的神秘古书和西班牙内战故事，立刻向国外索取电子档。我上网查资料，发 现这是威廉斯的第四本小说，他之前出过三本大部头历史小说，皆以近代中国为背景，处女作《天乐院》（The Palace of Heavenly Pleasure）曾掀起英国出版界竞标大战，Hodder 最后击败 Macmillan 和 Transworld，以六位数英镑高价得标，《天乐院》售出十二国版权，轰动一时。[…] Click here […]
Watch out for THE BOOK OF THE ALCHEMIST: Out in paperback June 10th 2010!
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Captures the imagination from page one….the perfect book for curling up with at the weekend! SHE Rewarding novel of love and friendship connecting worlds a thousand years apart! SUN The parallels between past and present in the book, and again with reality, will touch the heart of any reader! STRAITS TIMES Look in your local […]
The Sunday Canberra Times reviews ‘The Book of the Alchemist’
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
From The Sunday Canberra Times, 4 April 2010 The possibility of harmony between people of different backgrounds and beliefs is presented as a flickering ideal in this historical novel set in the 11th and 20th centuries. In 1938 a hostage held by a reckless revolutionary group discovers an ancient book written by Samuel, a medieval […]
Forthcoming talk by Adam at Chengdu Bookworm
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Following his appearance at the Beijing Bookworm last week, Adam will also be appearing at the Chengdu Bookworm this Sunday. For further information please click here to visit the Chengdu Bookworm website. The Book of the Alchemist – Adam Williams 14 March, 2010 – 7:30pm After three successful novels set in China, novelist Adam Williams […]
Literary event this weekend
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
AUTHOR TALK with Adam Williams – The Book of the Alchemist Saturday, January 30, 4pm at The Glamour Bar, Shanghai RMB 65, includes a drink Adam Williams talks about his latest novel, The Book of the Alchemist, a story that links two ideologically torn worlds 1000 years apart, the Spanish Civil War and 11th Century […]
