David on Formosa

Democracy's Dharma: Religious Renaissance and Political Development in Taiwan is a new book by Richard Madsen. Madsen was formerly ordained in the Maryknoll Order which brought him to Taiwan in the late 1960s. He later left the order for an academic career. He is currently Professor of Sociology at the University of California.
Democracy's Dharma [...]

After visiting the Taipei Book Fair on Thursday (14 February) I returned on Saturday to attend Tony and Maureen Wheeler's presentation "Once While Travelling." Tony talked about his experiences travelling and building up the Lonely Planet business with his wife Maureen.
All this is discussed in his book Once While Travelling which has now been [...]

The Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE) is now on at the Taipei World Trade Centre. The theme of last year's exhibition was Russia and this year it is Australia. The exhibition is a major event for Asian publishers and there is a huge range of books on display. 

I was keen to see Tony Wheeler and [...]

When I first came to Taiwan back in 1999 I had a copy of the fourth edition of Lonely Planet Taiwan. I have since bought the fifth and sixth editions. The seventh edition of Lonely Planet Taiwan was published in November 2007 and I recently got a copy. 
The seventh edition was written by Robert Kelly [...]

The Taipei Times today features not just one, but three articles about Ang Lee (李安). Bradley Winterton reviews The Cinema of Ang Lee, a new book by Whitney Crothers Dilley. Winterton calls the book "superb" and goes on to say,
This new book's essential characteristics are clarity, perceptiveness, sympathy and thoroughness. This is no coterie text [...]

On Wednesday I attended the my first class of the Taiwan Studies course at NCCU (國立政治大學). The class was Taiwanese History. It was good to finally meet some of my classmates and start to get the feeling of being a part of the university. Although the holiday next week means that the regular full schedule [...]

The Rough Guide to Taiwanby Brice Minnigh and Stephen KeelingRough Guides, April 2007 (First edition)ISBN: 1843535270
I earlier mentioned that Rough Guides had released its first Taiwan guidebook. I now have a copy and can write a full review. 
The Rough Guide (RG) is divided into four main sections. The full color pages at the front of [...]

Another book is soon to be added to the list of guidebooks about Taiwan. Rough Guides is about to release their first Taiwan guidebook. This adds to the list of major publishers with Taiwan guides. Currently the market is covered by Lonely Planet, National Geographic Traveler and Insight Guides.
The new Rough Guide was written [...]