BOOKS BY GILLIAN BICKLEY & VERNER BICKLEY
DISTRIBUTED BY THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG PRESS

• FORWARD TO BEIJING! A GUIDE TO THE SUMMER OLYMPICS with a short history of the Games and a list of Gold Medal Winners from the year 1988, by Verner Bickley. Hong Kong, Proverse Hong Kong. 29 February 2008. pbk. 260 pp. 18 b/w illustrations. 4C cover. 210 c x 140 c. ISBN 978-988-99668-3-6

  Forward to Beijing! A Guide to the Summer Olympics

  • Highly topical! Crammed with details, anecdotes, history and factual resources.

  • Explains for each Olympic Sport: the rules; the special terms & vocabulary.

  • Lists: impressive Olympiad achievements of the past.
  • Contains: fascinating insights into the history of the Games.
  • Showcases: the Beijing Olympics and Olympic events in Hong Kong.
  • Provides: useful phrases, quizzes & conversational openers for residents and visitors.

  Contains:

  • Message from Timothy Fok, President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China.
  • Preface by The Hon. Dr Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, GBM, JP Honorary Life President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China.
  • "A Big Idea" by Chris Wardlaw, Head Coach, Australian Track and Field Team, 2000 Olympic Games.

• THE DEVELOPMENT OF EDUCATION IN HONG KONG, 1841-1897: AS REVEALED BY THE EARLY EDUCATION REPORTS OF THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT, 1848-1896. Editor, Gillian Bickley. Hong Kong, 2002. hardcover w. jacket. HKD600.00.

  The Development of Education in Hong Kong as Development of Education in Hong Kong, 1841-1897: as Revealed by the Early Education Reports of the Hong Kong Government, 1848-1896

  The only collected, corrected, annotated, introduced, published edition of important source materials, with brief biographies of four of the writers and archival photographs. Supported by the Council of the Lord Wilson Heritage Trust. ISBN 9628557017.

  "One senses the excitement of the detective's work in some of the subtle and revealing details that are drawn upon from other historical sources!" -- Ruth Hayhoe, Ph.D, Director Emeritus, Institute of Education, Hong Kong.
  "An essential resource for those researching colonial education policy." -- Norman Miners, University of Hong Kong, in "The Journal of Imperial and Colonial History".
• FOR THE RECORD AND OTHER POEMS OF HONG KONG, by Gillian Bickley. Hong Kong, 2003. With the text of a talk given to the English Society of the University of Hong Kong. pbk with 2 audio CDs of all sixty poems read by the author. HKD75.00.

  For the Record and other Poems of Hong Kong

Written during a residence of thirty years in Hong Kong. People, nature, city-scenes, thoughts, experiences, cultural events. 1st in a series. Supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. ISBN 9628557025.

"Thought-provoking and entertaining." "Not even the American minimalist William Carlos Williams could zero in on and capture a detail with more panache." "Bickley succeeds in conveying the character of the Fragrant Harbour with humorous rigour." -- David Wilson, in "Sunday Morning Post".
"She skillfully fuses the human and the natural world." -- David McKirdy, in "Asian Review of Books".
"A perceptive account of life and people mostly in Hong Kong, rendered with empathy, humour and surprise." -- Agnes Lam.
"Gillian Bickley’s version of Hong Kong is based on the knowledge gained as a long-term resident. She puts her findings on the record." -- Andrew Parkin, Paris.
"The poet’s presence is tangible throughout, from poems on materialism to marriage, and expatriate life to the 1997 ‘handback – not Handover – to China’." -- Madeleine Marie Slavick.
"What a splendid little book! I had difficulty putting it down. In Bickley’s own inimitable style." -- Dr Dan Waters, author of "One Couple Two Cultures".
"Bickley’s work is fun to read. She is an expatriate, but sometimes with a local perspective." -- Cindy Yik-Yi Chu, in "Hong Kong Journal of Modern Chinese History".
• THE GOLDEN NEEDLE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF FREDERICK STEWART (1836-1889), by Gillian Bickley. David C. Lam Institute for East West Studies, Hong Kong Baptist University, 1997. pbk. HKD138.00.

  The Golden Needle: the Biography of Frederick Stewart

  The biography of the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education and first headmaster of Queen’s College (then the Central School), with archival photographs. ISBN 9628027085.

  "Dr Bickley's life of Frederick Stewart is beautifully written, eminently readable, and at times moving." -- Lady Saltoun.
  "To all intents and purposes, Stewart's life and work was lost to posterity until the publication of this biography – the product of some eight years of devoted research which spanned the globe. The end product is certainly worth the effort. . . .We need more studies of this type if we are to understand fully the complexities of colonial rule. . . . The life stories of men like Stewart highlight both the high and low points of colonial service, the personal sacrifices that were often made and the legacies left behind. . . [I] thoroughly enjoyed this book . . .." -- Clive Whitehead, University of Western Australia, in "Int. J. of Lifelong Education".
  "Bickley tells the story with unswerving admiration and many vivid touches." -- Douglas Hurd, in "The Scotsman".
• THE GOLDEN NEEDLE: THE BIOGRAPHY OF FREDERICK STEWART (1836-1889). Full audio on 14 CDs of the book of the same name. ISBN 9628027085. Read by Verner Bickley. HKD1,680.00. ISRC HK-D94-00-00001-40.

  The Golden Needle: The Biography of Frederick Stewart (1836-1889). Full audio

• A MAGISTRATE'S COURT IN NINETEENTH CENTURY HONG KONG: COURT IN TIME: the Court Cases Reported in The China Mail of The Honourable Frederick Stewart, MA, LLD, Founder of Hong Kong Government Education, Head of the Permanent Hong Kong Civil Service & Nineteenth Century Hong Kong Police Magistrate. Modern Commentary & Background Essays with Selected Themed Transcripts. Editor, Gillian Bickley. Hong Kong, 2005. pbk. HKD198.00. ISBN 962-85570-4-1.

  A Magistrate's Court in Nineteenth Century Hong Kong: Court in Time

  Preface: Sir T. L. Yang, former Chief Justice of Hong Kong.

  Contributors: Garry Tallentire, Geoffrey Roper, Timothy Hamlett, Christopher Coghlan, Verner Bickley, Gillian Bickley.

  "The contributors have written with insight and understanding . . . a most readable book." -- Sir T. L. Yang.
• MOVING HOUSE AND OTHER POEMS FROM HONG KONG with an essay on new Hong Kong English language poetry, by Gillian Bickley, Hong Kong, December 2005. pbk. HKD98.00. Book with one CD of all sixty-nine poems read by the author. 2nd in a series. ISBN 962-85570-5-X.

  Moving House and other Poems from Hong Kong with an essay on new Hong Kong English language poetry

• SIGHTINGS: A COLLECTION OF POETRY WITH AN ESSAY, "COMMUNICATING POEMS", by Gillian Bickley, Hong Kong, Proverse Poetry (an imprint of Proverse Hong Kong), 17 May 2007. pbk. ISBN 9789889966812

  Sightings: a collection of poetry

  "Gillian Bickley has made use of everyday life situations and turned them into life lessons. 'Sightings' inspires us to slow down and taste the sense of the city." -- Ma Kwai Hung

  "Subdued wit" "Beautifully observed" "Gillian Bickley walks around the world with her eyes open, relishing the phenomena she passes." -- Harry Guest

  "This collection of poems, fittingly called 'Sightings', plays skillfully on the homophonic words 'sight' and 'site' in each poem. Whether the poet is viewing the landscape of the mind, emotions, or the physical and human environs of Hong Kong, she communicates her own unique vision and insight or gillianesque way of looking at or considering an event or encounter. At whatever site she chooses to express her lyrical voice, we experience the poet's feelings travelling from the senses, in particular the sense of sight, to the passions, struggling always to express what words, when poetically framed, can say about our interior selves and external life." -- Marion Bethel

• THE STEWARTS OF BOURTREEBUSH by Gillian Bickley. Aberdeen, UK, 2003. pbk. HKD150.00.

  The Stewarts of Bourtreebush

  Extensive documentation of the Scottish family of the Founder of Hong Kong Government Education, Frederick Stewart, presenting the perspective of each family member.

  May serve as a reference to writing family history and biography. With archival photographs and facsimiles of documents, with both Hong Kong and Scottish subjects. ISBN 0906265347.

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