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      • Proverse Hong Kong

        Proverse Hong Kong is a Hong Kong-based press publishing local and international authors with local and international content, including:  English-language and translated literary novels, short story and poetry collections, detective stories, mysteries and thrillers, non-fiction (biography, memoirs, travel, china missionary, education and law-court history; source materials including annotated archival transcriptions) ; poetry anthologies; YA fiction; books for students; academic studies (mainly with a Hong Kong and Hong Kong China focus). Formats: paperback, hardback, POD, e-books, audio. Publication awards: from local and international cultural bodies. Events: Spring and Autumn Receptions in Hong Kong with prize announcements and awards, book launches, authors’ brief talks. Prizes: We offer two annual international prizes for writing previously unpublished in English: 1) the Proverse Prize  for book-length works of fiction, non-fiction, or poetry; 2) the Proverse Poetry Prize  for single poems (max 30 lines). Open to all, 18+ irrespective of residence, nationality or citizenship.  Annual entry periods: 7 May-30 June. More information: proversepublishing.com

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        The Story of Birth

        by CAI Gao

        The Story of Birth is quite unique among Cai Gao’s works. This is the latest picture book of Ms. Cai, both its words and illustrations were created by herself. In this book, she describes the process of a baby' s birth by wax crayon, depicting the joy of life’s birth and expressing a high tribute to all mothers.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        The Little Mermaid

        by Cai Gao

        The Little Mermaid is a representative of Andersen’s fairy tales. As the heroine, the little mermaid is one of the most classic characters of fairy tales. With full emotions, Cai Gao illustrated the beauty of the sea, as well as the pathos in the little mermaid’s eyes.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        Fox Spirit Qing Feng

        by Cai Gao

        An ancient scholar surnamed Geng fell in love with a girl named Qing Feng, but he was blocked by Qing Feng’s father. Several months later, he met Qing Feng again by an occasional chance and learned that she was a fox spirit. But this man didn’t mind, he not only married Qing Feng but also saved her father. At last they lived happily together.

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        May 2023

        Beautiful Chinese Stories

        by Cai Gao

        The book is based on seven beautiful Chinese folk tales, Gao Liang Rushing Water, Who Was the Skill, Wooden Bird, Where was the Cat, Grandma Bear, Jujube Seed, The Cowered Star and Weaver Star, and illustrated by Cai Gao. Selected stories are full of courage, resources, humor, and wonderful magical fantasy. It will help the children know and love their nation and culture.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        The Moon: A Glutinous Rice Cake in the Sky

        by Cai Gao

        The Moon: a Glutinous Rice Cake in the Sky is a classic nursery rhyme of Cai Gao’s hometown — the Changsha city of China , until now it is still sung by children. This nursery rhyme compares the moon to a round-shaped glutinous rice cake, and then launches a series of interesting associations. If singing this in the dialect of Changsha, a kind of lingering charm would come out.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        The Legend of Qin Hou

        by Cai Gao

        Ethnic Tujia, one of Chinese minorities, has a hero named Qin Hou, who was born supernaturally and gifted with amazing power. When Qin Hou grew up, he assassinated the emperor with three magic arrows in order to revenge for his parents, but failed. The angry emperor sent a troop to catch him. For protecting his fellows from being besieged, Qin Hou surrendered voluntarily. At the moment when Qin Hou was killed, three golden dragons flew out from his body, and then the heaven and earth changed their colors. The emperor was scared and covered Qin Hou’s body with his dragon robe and sent it back to Tujia. The people of Tujia kept that dragon robe all the time.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        Feather Robe

        by CAI Gao

        Feather Robe is an interesting tale of ethnic Miao, a Chinese minority. It tells a story that a beautiful woman called Cai came out from a painting and married the painting’s owner, a laborious and honest youngster. The emperor of that time attempted to hold Cai at first, later he ordered this couple to present a robe made of one hundred different birds’ feathers, or he would execute them. Cai worked it out with magic power and punished the greedy emperor successfully.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        Gan Jiang and Mo Ye

        by Cai Gao

        Gan Jiang and Mo Ye were husband and wife of blacksmith in ancient China. They spent three years casting two superexcellent swords. Gan Jiang presented one of them to the king, however, the king put him to death because he didn’t present the other one together. When Gan Jiang’s son grew up, he stepped on a tragic and heroic road of vengeance with the other sword.

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        August 2015

        Tujia Ethnic Group: Basking Dragon Robe on the Sixth Day of the Sixth Month

        by Wang Yimei, Cai Gao

        Festivals of Chinese Ethnic Groups was co-authored by China's well-beloved authors of children's literature including Fang Suzhen, Tang Sulan, Wang Yimei, and was illustrated by celebrated Chinese illustrators such as Cai Gao, Chen Yadan and Zhu Xunde. This series covers intriguing, outstanding and poetic folk tales on festivals and customs from China's ten most representative ethnic groups. Showcasing their courage, gentleness and indomitable will, these delightful stories allow readers to learn more about the distinct and charming characteristics of these ethnic groups. Recommended as parent-child reading by CCTV during the Dragon Boat Festival, this series has won the Most Beautiful Picture Book 2025 prize given by China Library Journal. It was also nominated for the top picture books prize in China for the Chinese Government Award.

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        June 2020

        Ma Liang and His Magic Painting Brush

        by Hong Xuntao, Yang Yongqing

        Ma Liang with a magic paint brush is a classic character created by the fairy tale master Hong Xuntao. The picture book "Ma Liang and His Magic Painting Brush" created by the famous painter Yang Yongqing is also an immortal classic -- it exbibits Ma Liang's spirit as diligent and kind, and fearless towards violence.

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        July 2014

        The Black Steed

        by Zhang Chengzhi

        This is a collection of works by writer Zhang Chengzhi. The Black Steed, Rivers of the North, and Golden Pastures included in this collection have already been translated into different languages. The Black Steed, through the life experience of a man leaving and returning to the countryside and through a beautiful but sad love story, reflects the choices of the Mongolian nationality in the conflict between old and new concepts and the struggle and outcry of the new generation of the grassland.

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        September 2021

        Treating the People as His Mirror, a Man of Sincerity—Zhang Lan

        by Zhao Zunsheng

        Based on the life of Mr. Zhang Lan and supplemented by reasonable literary imagination, this book vividly depicts the magnificent life course of a democratic revolutionary, patriot and educator. He served as a governor of Sichuan Province, hosted the Morning Post and supported the New Culture Movement. As the president of Chengdu University, he adhered to the principle of inclusiveness, insisted on meritocracy and advocated ideological and academic freedom. He participated in the initiation and the organization of the China Democratic Political League, wrote China Needs Real Democracy, exposing the feigned democracy and real dictatorship of the Kuomintang. On the eve of liberation, he was unexpectedly imprisoned in Hongqiao Sanatorium because of his support to the Communist Party of China (CPC) and was nearly drowned by the Kuomintang. He served as vice chairman of the Central People's Government of New China and the first chairman of the Central Committee of the China Democratic League. In his life, Zhang Lan was "a man of sincerity". He loved his nation and country, treated the people as his mirror, and always stood in line with the CPC. The book not only vividly describes Zhang Lan's sincere friendship with Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Huang Yanpei and others, and his head-to-head confrontation with Chiang Kai-shek, Duan Qirui and Yang Sen, but also vividly portrays minor characters such as Qiu Yichun, Song Lanying, little Zhang Lun. The rich plot, the exquisite writing style and closeness to life can give readers a "talk" with Zhang Lan in the present and personally feel Zhang Lan's patriotic and progressive life.

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        March 2021

        Happy Moutain, Happy Water and Happy Life

        by Gao Juhai

        This selection is titled Mr. Gao Juhai’s personal work collection, divided into chapters such as Five Mountains Travel, Five Historic Buildings, Six Great Passes, Four Great Plateaus, Three Plains, etc. It contains more than 600 poems, lyrics, and music, with nature There are landscapes, cultural and historical sites, there are famous places of interest at home and abroad, there are online concerts, there are congratulatory messages, and there are life insights, rich content, and full of luxuries.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        King Lear

        by Cai Gao

        King Lear was a famous tragedy of Shakespeare — King Lear was partial to his eldest daughter and second daughter because of their sweet words, however, these two daughters banished their father after they got his whole property. The third and youngest daughter who loved her father indeed led an army to save him, but was killed unfortunately. King Lear died in grief and indignation.

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        Literature & Literary Studies

        From the Ugly Duckling to the Ostrich

        by Zhang Qiusheng

        The book consisting of two volumes is a prose collection of Zhang Qiusheng's childhood autobiography. The author sincerely shares with the readers his childhood life and writing experience. There are dilemmas and self-help in childhood, happiness and impressiveness obtained from reading and writing, the feeling of being broad-minded and delightful after traveling on a long and arduous journey, and poetry and leisure in life. This is a collection of beautiful prose that enables readers to gain positive power.

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        Children's & YA
        June 2016

        Snail Girl

        by Cai Gao

        Once upon a time, there was a poor young man who lived alone. One day, he picked up a snail on the riverside and took it home. Since then, he could see a table of hot meal as long as he came back home. He was surprised to find that all these were cooked by a girl, who was changed out from the snail. It turned out that the girl was a goddess, who wanted to thank the young man for saving her life.

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        Zhang Hanchen School Pediatric Tuina

        by Zhang Rui

        Organized and expanded on the basis of Zhang Hanchen's academic thoughts on pediatric tuina, this book mainly focuses on the introduction of Zhang Hanchen's generally used diagnosis and treatment methods (such as the inspection method), manipulation techniques, and acupoints, as well as clinical tuina treatment and application experience of common diseases. Besides, the book presents not only acupoint diagrams but also operation videos, which are more direct, reducing misreading or misunderstanding caused by text descriptions and static photos.

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