Last night, I watched the Closing Ceremonies of the London Olympics. The rock concert (mixed with a preview of Rio) marked the end of t...

It's been a little quiet on A Kindle in Hong Kong lately because I'm on holiday in the US. I spent a few weeks at my grandparents...

So, what did you think of the Opening Ceremony of the London Olympics? Unlike for the Beijing Games , my dad and I watched the whole th...

It's finally time for the London Olympics! I've been eating, sleeping and breathing the Olympics over the past two months as I...

Hi Everyone! I'm writing from my grandparents' home in beautiful Bandon, Oregon. We've all gathered to celebrate my grandpa...

This week I was interviewed by a fellow Hong Kong-based writer and book blogger, Laura Besley . She reviews great books, occasionally shar...

Thank you to everyone who stuck around for the second round of my Olympics Beat blog tour. With less than a month to go until the London Ol...

Today, I have a guest post over at the lovely Reading the World blog. I hope you have all added Sarah's "literary Grand Tour...

The next stop on my blog tour is over on my friend Susan Blumberg-Kason 's blog. She asked some great questions, especially about my f...

 It's Day Two of my little blog tour for The Olympics Beat and we're approaching one month until the London Games. Today I have...

This was quite a successful bookspotting week. First I walked beside a boy reading what looked like a typical middle grade chapter book. ...

My dad is the coolest guy. He was born right here in Hong Kong and spent his entire childhood living in various countries in Asia. He has t...

Beijing International Airport There are just 50 days left until the London Olympics, and I can't wait. I'm a bit obsessed with ...

You guys are the best. If you'd like to see the photos pages illustrating each chapter of my e-book, visit ShannonYoungWriter.com...

It's Day 4 of Launch Week for The Olympics Beat: A Spectator's Memoir of Beijing . You can check out yesterday's post to find...

A few of my friends from Colgate University sent me a picture of their Kindle. The lovely mother of one of my former students took a ...

It's Launch Week for The Olympics Beat here at A Kindle in Hong Kong. My mini travel memoir (only 80 pages) about the Beijing Olympic...

It's official. Today, with exactly two months to go until the Opening Ceremonies of the London Olympics, I am launching my e-book, a s...

Nearly four years ago, my dad and I took the trip of a lifetime. I had received a fellowship from my university (Colgate in New York) tha...

This was definitely a week for bookspotting in Chinese. I counted nine Chinese books, mostly on the MTR. That's a lot more than normal...