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Writers Publishing House

Also known as: 作家, 作家出版社有限公司

Founded
1953
Country / Region
China
Notable books
MacbethDream of the Red ChamberDream of the Red Chamber (Volumes 1 and 2)

1106 books 933 authors

About the publisher

Writers Publishing House is a Chinese publisher focused mainly on literary publishing. Its output covers classical literature, foreign literature, folk literature and Eastern philosophy, with some extension into popular reading such as social fiction and parenting books. Its catalogue contains more than 900 titles, including representative works such as Dream of the Red Chamber and its edited editions, Shakespeare's Macbeth and A Midsummer Night's Dream, and foreign literary classics such as The Brothers Karamazov and Lost Illusions. In terms of authors, it includes classical writers such as Cao Xueqin and Gao E, foreign masters such as William Shakespeare, Dostoevsky and Balzac, and translations by translators such as Zhu Shenghao, Geng Jizhi and Fu Lei. Overall, its publishing profile balances Chinese and foreign literary classics, emphasizes quality translations, and serves both academic and general readers; publicly available information on its specific publishing plans is limited.

Published (1106)

The Ups and Downs of Life: Ouyang Xiu cover
Rating 3.7
The Ups and Downs of Life: Ouyang Xiu 何楚涵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Rise and Fall: Ouyang Xiu is based on the author's talks shared with a national audience on Lecture Room, vetted by experts and warmly received by the…
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Rating 3.7
Selected Poems of Albania (Volume Two) Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This volume gathers classic Albanian poetry from ancient times to the present. It comprises classic poems from five historical periods—before the nine…
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Rating 3.7
Hunting Time 房伟 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Hunting Season is the latest short-story and novella collection by the accomplished writer Fang Wei, comprising eleven works including "Remaining Ink,…
Selected Fine Works of Ethnic Literature (2018-2022): Prose and Documentary Volume cover
Rating 3.7
Selected Fine Works of Ethnic Literature (2018-2022): Prose and Documentary Volume 石一宁 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This is one of the five volumes of the Pomegranate Seeds Series, Selected Works from Ethnic Literature (2018–2022). Published by Writers Publishing Ho…
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Rating 3.7
Anthology of Burmese Poetry 李谋 / 张哲 / Zhao Zhenjiang / 将朗朗 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Selected from the Classic Poetry Library of Belt and Road Countries, Myanmar Poems presents representative works from Myanmar's poetic tradition acros…
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Rating 3.7
The Fireworks of My Youth: Selected Works of Hai Fei 海飞 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This is a collection of novellas and short stories by Hai Fei published in various literary journals. The content spans city and village, men and wome…
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Rating 3.7
The Story of Gu Salt: A Contemporary Cultural Interpretation of an Ancient Resource 周宗奇 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This is a work of literary nonfiction about gu salt. From the legendary war between the Yan and Huang Emperors and Chiyou to the Shanxi merchants' tra…
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Rating 3.7
Kamiki's Wound 戴舫 Writers Publishing House · 2026 "I" first crossed paths with Professor Wang over coffee, and through him came to know his daughter Qianqian, whom he wryly calls a "master of toying w…
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Rating 3.7
Narrative, Ethics, Emotion: Multiple Dimensions of Contemporary Chinese Literature 梁海 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This book is critic Liang Hai's selected collection of his research and criticism on contemporary literature, bringing together thirty articles publis…
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Youth Is So Beautiful, Never Say Goodbye: Selected Essays of Guo Baolin 郭保林 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection of selected essays by Guo Baolin gathers more than 40 of his finest pieces, many of which have appeared in Chinese-language textbooks …
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Rating 3.7
The Loss of Romance Xiao Fuxing Writers Publishing House · 2026 Xiao Fuxing's career spans more than half a century and is full of fine work, yet no well-sized, well-chosen anthology of his essays currently exists …
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Rating 3.7
Silver Wheat Field 常星儿 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Silver Wheatfield is a short story collection of about 100,000 Chinese characters depicting harmonious coexistence between humanity and nature on the …
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Rating 3.7
The Game of Gods 李唐 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Game of God: A thirteen-year-old boy suffering bullying meets a mysterious poet and embarks on an unforgettable stint as a "poetry-drama actor"; T…
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Rating 3.7
Mr. Monster's Travel Guide 吕丽娜 Writers Publishing House · 2026 A collection of short fairy tales. Mr. Monster's Travel Guide is a collection of short fairy tales by the renowned children's author Lü Lina, featurin…
Collected Works of Tie Yang: Novellas and Short Stories, The Story of Beauty cover
Rating 3.7
Collected Works of Tie Yang: Novellas and Short Stories, The Story of Beauty 铁扬 Writers Publishing House · 2026 A Beautiful Story is a collection of short stories and novellas by Tie Yang based on stories and characters from his hometown. Most of these memories …
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Rating 3.7
Drawing the Sword to Sing Aloud: A Biography of Tan Sitong 彭晓玲 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Tan Sitong (1865–1898) was a reformist statesman and thinker of the late Qing dynasty and one of the "Six Gentlemen of the Wuxu Reform." This biograph…
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Rating 3.7
Peach Blossom Village Wang Yao Writers Publishing House · 2026 Set against the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, the novel reaches back to the Revolution of 1911 and extends into the War of Liberation…
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Rating 3.7
Dream of the Western Chamber: A Biography of Wang Shifu 叶梅 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Verifiable source material on Wang Shifu is extremely scarce, and the sporadic mentions in Yuan, Ming, and Qing notebooks and miscellaneous writings o…
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Rating 3.7
The Sorrow of Marriage Ye Xin Writers Publishing House · 2026 Marriage Wounds is a novel that probes the marital and romantic dilemmas of contemporary life. Starting from the depths of human nature, the author po…
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Rating 3.7
Selected Fine Works of Ethnic Literature (2018-2022): Poetry Volume 石一宁 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This book collects all the poetry that won the Ethnic Literature Annual Award from 2018 to 2022, along with some poems from the "Ganmo Aniu" writing c…

Frequent authors

Zhao Zhenjiang (27)蒋朗朗 (20)宁琦 (18)刘征 (10)Qiong Yao (10)Huanzhulouzhu (Li Shoumin) (10)Zhong Shuhe (10)He Jianming (9)内蒙古翻译家协会 (9)张陵 (9)William Shakespeare (8)Cao Xueqin (8)