English Versions of On the Train of Autumn and Memories of Taiyuan: A Personal Narrative from Hope Publishing House Debuted at the London Book Fair

On April 5， 2022， the opening day of the London Book Fair， the book launch of English versions of On the Train of Autumn and Memories of Taiyuan: A Personal Narrative published by Hope Publishing House was held. Present were Charles Haid， and Karen， President and Editor of Kezban Media and Publishing Limited; Yu Peng， Minister Counselor of Chinese Embassy in the UK; Xue Ling， Director of China National Tourist Office， London; Mick Davies， President of the Royal Society of British Artists， etc. Wang Qi， Editor-in-Chief and Xing Long， Editor of Hope Publishing House attended this event by video. This book launch was hosted by Huaicun Zhang， the author of On the Train of Autumn， a famous writer and painter of children's literature.

The English versions of On the Train of Autumn and Memories of Taiyuan: A Personal Narrative were published by Kezban Media and Publishing Limited， UK. Established in the UK， it has branches in Australia， France， the USA， Singapore， and Malaysia. It is dedicated to providing rich and professional digital works for publishers， libraries， and readers around the world and publishing print books and e-books， including novels， non-novels， and children's books. It boasts publishing resources and government public channels all over the world. Kezban Media and Publishing Limited said that the cooperation with Hope Publishing House was a good start， and some other books were being translated into English versions. The English versions of books such as On the Train of Autumn and Memories of Taiyuan: A Personal Narrative will be published in the USA， Australia， New Zealand， and other countries.

Huaicun Zhang， a children's literature writer， shared her experience of writing the Chinese and English versions of On the Train of Autumn and her feelings about translating Memories of Taiyuan: A Personal Narrative. She said the emotions of childhood were universal for everyone. The two books will show readers worldwide the love for nature and life.

Wang Qi expressed her appreciation to publishers around the world for their attention towards Hope Publishing House. She said， \"People all over the world share the language of childhood. Human beings have a common pursuit of beautiful things. We all have the light leading us to dreams.\" Xing Long said， \"The chapter 'Between Yellow River and the Thames' in On the Train of Autumn revealed the links of this book to London and the world. People around the world share similar experiences of childhood.\"

On the Train of Autumn and Memories of Taiyuan: A Personal Narrative were selected from Hope Tree · Growth Book Series of original children's literature published by Hope Publishing House. This book series tells stories about Chinese childhood and represents the growth of Chinese children in our times. It contains the works written by many famous children's literature writers， including Zhang Zhilu， Mu Ling， Wang Quangen， Han Jin， Xie Qianni， Mao Yuner， Deng Xiangzi， Huaicun Zhang， and Hai Lun. At the book launch during the 2021 Beijing International Book Fair， Zhang Mingzhou， Chairman of the International Board on Books for Young People， spoke highly of this book series. He put that the export of this book series provided a pure and beautiful model for children all over the world， including in major western countries， to know the real China and the real Chinese stories of childhood. Karen， Editor of Kezban Media and Publishing Limited， UK， believed that though readers were born in different times with different cultural contexts， they shared the same dream. Hope Tree · Growth Book Series vividly shows this dream.

In recent years， Hope Publishing House has achieved copyright export of more than a hundred books in total， which have been translated into English， Japanese， French， German and other languages and exported to" Vietnam， Jordan， Malaysia， South Korea， Britain， France， etc. The exported books are mainly original brand books. Hope Publishing House gives top priority to the export of children's books. It carries out copyright trade with emphasis on \"telling China's stories well， presenting a true， multi-dimensional， and panoramic view of China， and enhancing China's cultural soft power\". At the same time， it has given full play to its advantages and faced the challenges with a good knowledge of the past and reality of China. With its focus on children in our times， it will continue to write stories about Chinese childhood， which will give an overview of Chinese childhood to global readers. Through this， it will build bridges of communication across the world， and contribute to the exhibition and promotion of Chinese culture with original brand books.