Official Newsletter for Bleak House Books

"The Spirit of the Resistance"

A talk delivered on April 27, 2025 by Albert Wan, owner of Bleak House Books, to some lovely students from RIT

Jul 20 • 

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June 2024

BHB’S FIRST BIRTHDAY BASH: SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2024 AT 2 PM: REVENGE OF THE LIBRARIANS, PANEL DISCUSSION WITH LOCAL LIBRARIANS AND MODERATED…

On Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 2 pm, Scott Fybush, whose voice you’ve probably heard on WXXI, Rochester’s local NPR station, moderates a panel discussion…

Jun 14, 2024 • 

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BHB’S FIRST BIRTHDAY BASH! JUNE 22, 2024 AT 11 AM, AUTHOR TALK AND BOOK SIGNING FOR MENDON PONDS PARK: FAIRCHILD’S DREAM BY JACK BUTLER AND…

Please join us on Saturday, June 22, 2024 at 11 am for an author talk and book signing with Jack Butler and Diane Ham, authors of Mendon Ponds Park…

Jun 14, 2024 • 

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November 2023

EVENT/SPEAKER LINEUP FOR THE GRAND OPENING OF BLEAK HOUSE BOOKS, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2023

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Nov 4, 2023 • 

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February 2023

“My Feets Is Tired, But My Soul Is Rested”

a talk originally delivered by Albert Wan on 28 Nov.

Feb 22, 2023 • 

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October 2022

Saying Goodbye to Hong Kong: An Unexpected End for an Independent English Bookstore

Following tearful embraces and goodbyes, Albert ushers everyone from the bookstore at 7:45 p.m., closes the door and hangs a sign on it that reads…

Oct 15, 2022 • 

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September 2021

‘I Don’t Have a Poem to Read’: My Personal Reply to Our Lovely Readers, Here and Afar

Delivered by Albert Wan at Bleak House Books in San Po Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong, on 17 September 2021 for LOVE: A Reading, organized by Cha: Asian…

Sep 19, 2021 • 

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August 2021

The Last Memo

How does one go about shuttering a happy, thriving and successful bookshop?

Aug 27, 2021 • 

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March 2020

Coming Up For Air: Sometimes You Want to Go Where Everybody Knows Your Name

by Albert Wan

Mar 23, 2020 • 

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February 2020

June 2019

The Speech Carrie Lam Should Have Made

Last Saturday I stood before you and announced that the government would be suspending its efforts to pass the controversial extradition bill.

Jun 19, 2019 • 

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