Lindsay Varty is a Hong Kong author and former professional rugby player who writes about Cantonese culture in an attempt to generate a greater love and understanding of her home.

She is the author of several books including Hong Kong Slang and Welly the Wild Boar.

Her local best-seller, Sunset Survivors, features a collection of photographs and interviews with Hong Kong artisans who work in some of the city's oldest, most traditional trades.

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What you’ll hear:

  • Meet Hong Kong's villain hitters, fortune tellers, and bamboo-pole noodle makers
  • Why some Hong Kong artisans don't want more sales
  • Is growth always good?
  • Hong Kong's real estate problem
  • How third-culture kids look for identity and belonging
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“If you're so focused on moving forward, you forget about the old things. And for me, these traditional crafts, ways of making food, these customs and cultures of Hong Kong... that's really special.” – Lindsay Varty
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Sunset Survivors:

Meet The People Keeping Hong Kong's Traditional Industries Alive

Sunset Survivors is a book by Lindsay Varty with photographs by Gary Jones. It tells the stories of Hong Kong’s traditional tradesmen and women through stunning imagery and candid interviews.

Covering a myriad of curious professions that are quickly falling into obscurity, from fortune telling to face threading, readers find themselves immersed in the streets of old Hong Kong.

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“What I try to get people to appreciate is trades' contribution to Hong Kong culture and how it sets Hong Kong apart.” – Lindsay Varty