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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)

1095 books 929 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 (1095)

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Rating 3.4
Xianchun Chronicle 姜燕鸣 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Xianchun: A Chronicle is a novel centered on the fate of Xianchun, a woman of Hankou, that portrays the historical transformations of the city. Set ma…
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Rating 3.4
The Great River's Romance 朱东惠 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This is a three-volume novel of upper, middle, and lower parts, about 1.8 million characters, forged and refined by the author over twenty years. The …
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Rating 3.4
Fragrant Exquisiteness 蔡越涛 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Xiang Linglong by Cai Yuetao is a sweeping love story of contemporary Chinese intellectuals, a sublime song of kindred spirits. The Song, Chen, and Yu…
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Rating 3.4
Hurrying on the Road 武歆 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This book tells the story of Ji Hongshou, an ordinary man who endures many hardships yet keeps his kind nature and strives to make a living. Having lo…
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Rating 3.4
In a Drop of Dew 周海 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Zhou Hai's essay collection *In a Dewdrop* has a unified central theme: his hometown Zhoutan and the life history of the Zhou clan that has lived and …
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Rating 3.4
In the South of Colorful Clouds 吴颖丽 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This poetry collection gathers eighty of the author's more representative works, divided into three parts—"In That Land of Colorful Clouds," "I Was On…
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Rating 3.4
Years Have Passed Since Then 彭雪征 Writers Publishing House · 2026 From her first secret crush on Tianpeng to a Platonic romance with her pen pal Jinbao, and then to a mundane, messy entanglement with Jiang Yinuo, Wan…
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Rating 3.4
Notes from a Village Stay 潘红日 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This is a story about targeted poverty alleviation. Whom to assist, who assists, and how to assist—these questions form the thread and storyline of th…
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Rating 3.4
The Old Mill 马自天 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection comprises nine novellas and short stories: "Old Mill," "A Tale of Two Fish," "Little Darling," "The Fiery Eye in the Devil's Tent," "D…
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Rating 3.4
The Mongolian Merchant 内蒙古翻译家协会 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Mongolian Merchants gathers five outstanding Mongolian-language novellas: The Flame Watched Over, Mongolian Merchants, The Broken Pole, Foolish Namsra…
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Rating 3.4
The Long Spring (Part Two) 夏甲乙 Writers Publishing House · 2026 When the market wave was just beginning to rise, Xia Tian, a recent university graduate, was assigned to work at the World Exhibition Center, where he…
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Rating 3.4
Dream of the Western Chamber: A Biography of Wang Shifu 叶梅 Writers Publishing House · 2026 After years of in-depth research, writer Ye Mei has completed a biography of Wang Shifu, the Yuan dynasty playwright. Wang Shifu left behind a great w…
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Rating 3.4
Du Liang's Starry Sky 成思 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This poetry collection contains 12 modern lyrics, 12 classical-style ci, 12 five-character quatrains, 12 seven-character quatrains, and 146 modern poe…
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Rating 3.4
The Branded Soul 倪子 Writers Publishing House · 2026 An inner monologue of a wanderer, an emotional journey of one far from home, a panorama of human good and evil. Over the years the author has repeated…
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Rating 3.4
Chronicles of Xianghe 刘仁前 Writers Publishing House · 2026 A Collection of Xianghe Stories is a short-story collection by Liu Renqian, a representative author of the Lixiahe literary school and a deeper excava…
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Rating 3.4
Ode to the Motherland 诗刊 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Our great motherland has a magnificent history, majestic mountains and rivers, an industrious and aspiring people, heroes who ride the crest of the ti…
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Rating 3.4
Old Stories of the Gaoche Family 冯国仁 / 冯宏宇 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The gaoche (high-wheel cart) is a transport tool invented by the Daur people. The Wu family, a Daur family living on the banks of the Nomin River, has…
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Rating 3.4
Selected Poems of Kyrgyzstan (Volume One) Zhao Zhenjiang / 蒋朗朗 / 宁琦 / 张陵 Writers Publishing House · 2026 The Kyrgyz are an ancient people of Central Asia with a long history and a rich culture; they are ethnically related to the Kirgiz people of China. Se…
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Rating 3.4
Hollow Echoes of a Lonely Island 杨一欣 Writers Publishing House · 2026 This collection features representative works such as "Island" and "Empty Sound" by Yang Yixin, a winner of the Second Prize at the 17th and 18th Nati…
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Rating 3.4
Palace Craftsman of the Great Ming: The Legend of Kuai Xiang 赵苏苏 Writers Publishing House · 2026 Through the legendary life of Kuai Xiang, this book tells the stories that unfolded inside and outside the court during the reigns of six emperors of …

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)