After years of living in Kunming, I’m very happy that the release of my new book A Story of Chinese Characters was a great excuse to go on a book tour of Dali, my favourite place in China.
I have been honoured with my first ever fan art, Christine’s fantastic renditions of pages of A Dali Sketchbook. Really very, very chuffed – thank you Christine!
In Kunming’s Zhuanxin Market (篆新市场) a market stall is using my book (A Dali Sketchbook) as an ad to sell Dali cheese (乳扇). Just amazing – a Yunnan market seller using an Englishman’s book to sell Yunnan cheese to other Yunnanese. I couldn’t be more proud.
