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James Tam

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Born

in Hong Kong

Website

http://www.guo-du.blogspot.com

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Fiction, Nonfiction

Member Since

June 2013

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For many years, James practised storytelling in the form of business proposals and board papers. Since retiring in 2008, he has been writing more spirited fictions between naps, yoga, golf, Tai Chi and reluctant social gatherings which he always ends up enjoying.

James writes bilingually in English and Chinese. The linguistic versions are the same stories told in different languages, NOT translations.

MAN'S LAST SONG, a Proverse Prize 2011 finalist, was his first full-length novel. For synopsis, reviews, and events: http://guo-du.blogspot.hk/2013/03/man...

His short stories HEAVEN (Rev. Lee finds the first day of Eternal Life in Heaven unbearably long. . .) and MID-LIFE TRIAD (A mid-life gangster coping with a changing underworld where the tra ...more

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Writing About Asia - Words and Prejudice

(I wrote this piece for the Hong Kong Writers Circle on-line newsletter to substitute for a panel discussion planned earlier.)

Writing about something as dynamic and diverse as Asia at this exciting juncture could be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for writers living here; but chances are most of us would miss it.

Asia is changing at an unprecedented rate, causing a historic paradigm shift yet to b Read more of this blog post »

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Published on October 01, 2013 07:00 • Tags: asia, perspectives, writing

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	Hong Kong Noir by Jason Y. Ng (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Susan Blumberg- Kason (Editor), Xu Xi (contributor) 3.72 avg rating — 229 ratings — published 2018 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	this is how you walk on the moon: an anthology of anti-realist fiction by Patricia Karunungan (Editor), Samuel Caleb Wee (Editor), Wong Wen Pu (Editor) 3.31 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man's Last Song 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	HK24: Twenty-Four Hours of Hong Kong Stories by Stewart McKay (Editor), Joy Al-Sofi (Editor), Nathan Lauer (Editor) 4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2017 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming to Our Senses (Hong Kong Writers Circle anthology Book 15) by Joy Al-Sofi (Editor), Paul Clinton Corrigan (Editor), Dhiraj Nainani (Editor) 3.80 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2019 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Of Gods and Mobsters: Classic Tales Retold in Hong Kong by S.C.C. Overton (Editor), Joy Al-Sofi (Contributor), Melanie Ho (Contributor) 3.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Another Hong Kong by Simon Berry (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Katrina Hamlin (Editor), Kate Hawkins (Editor) 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2014 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hong Kong Future Perfect: One City, Twenty Visions of What is to Come (Hong Kong Writers Circle Anthology Book 12) by Peter Humphreys (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Elizabeth Solomon (Editor), Joy Al-Sofi (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2016	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars