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Korean bookshop in New Malden

16-Aug-08

Korean bookshop in New Malden

Thanks to David Gomez for writing in with an answer to a question which lots of people have asked: where to buy Korean books in London. Not books about Korea, not books about how to learn Korean, but books written in Korean. My standard answer is that I haven’t the foggiest idea, but that if you’re lucky you can get a children’s book or two in Grant & Cutler. Undaunted, David did his own research, and discovered Book Village (책 마을) at 115B Burlington Road, New Malden, KT3 4LR, tel 0208 336 5916 [Map]. It’s right above a food store. It’s a snug little room, lined with more books than you can possibly imagine, with a couple of sofas. Kim Hye Sun (below) ...
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A listing of Korean food stores

25-Jun-07

A listing of Korean food stores

Sitting at the counter when I ordered my lunchtime chicken katsu curry bento box at my local Japanese takeaway the other day was a copy of Eat-Japan magazine - a brochure promoting all the Japanese restaurants and food shops in London. The brochure also has a directory of some more general oriental food stores. I list below the ones which look like they do Korean groceries, and I'll update the list as people tell me of more (thanks for the Manchester one, Beccy). In London / New Malden Centre Point Food Store 20-21 St Giles High Street London WC2H 8LN Tel 020 7836 9860 Tube Tottenham Court Road www.cpfs.co.uk Hanna Supermarket 41 Store Street London WC1E 7DB Tel 020 7636 4118 Tube Tottenham Court Road, Goodge Street Jin Mi Food 127 Kingston Road New Malden Surrey KT3 3NX Tel 020 8336 ...
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Things Korean in London / New Malden

13-Jan-07

Things Korean in London / New Malden

Prompted by another query from a visitor, I thought I'd catalogue all the things which people seem to want to know about in London and about which there is no information on this site. Do please let me know if these are available anywhere in central London or New Malden: A Korean public bath-house / sauna A Noraebang A tea shop Korean cookery lessons Korean dating agency Leave a comment below, or send me an email via the contact form. Related posts:Become an LKL reviewer: win a FREE ticket to the BFI London Film Festival We’re always on the lookout for new talent to join...Contact us Please fill out your details or send feedback in the...The London Korean Links Facebook Group Hi all I’ve recently set up ...
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More bookshops in central London

10-Sep-06

More bookshops in central London

While in the centre of town for the session on Mingei at the British Museum yesterday I thought I'd check out some bookshops. It turned out to be an expensive trip. Firstly, Arthur Probsthain. A lovely pokey little bookshop for Oriental and African books just opposite the British Museum (41 Great Russell Street WC1B 3PE). It does both new and second hand books. It probably had 30 inches of shelf space devoted to Korea, of which about two thirds was academic - the sort of stock they have at the SOAS bookshop - and a third of which was second-hand. I picked up some folk tales translated by Zong In-sob, some short stories translated by Agnita Tennant, and some poems by ...
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Korean books in London

08-Sep-06
We were unable to give a decent answer to the recent visitor to this site who asked where he could buy Korean books in London. The best anyone could come up with was to try a trip to New Malden. [Update: there's a Korean bookshop in New Malden which I visited recently. More info here.] Undeterred, the visitor (from the Czech Republic) did his own research and came up with Grant & Cutler in Great Marlborough Street. He reports that they sell a few books in korean language as well as many exercise books and books in English about Korea. Once I've checked it out personally I'll update my book page accordingly. Related posts:More bookshops in central London While in the centre of town ...
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Korean books at the SOAS bookshop

25-Jul-06
Keith Howard of SOAS has just brough out a book on Korean popular music, 1920s to the present day. It covers the same period as Kim Chang-nam's lecture of a few weeks ago, so obviously I've got to buy it. I tried to get my local bookshop to order it, but they said they couldn't get it delivered from the publishers before they close for summer refurbishment in a couple of day's time. So I turned up to SOAS early last Friday before the drumming class, with the aim of picking up a copy at the SOAS bookshop. As I browsed, I noticed a couple of things. Firstly, that I couldn't find the Korean books. I found one Korean CD, I found ...
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