Sherriff Books

03/11/2025

https://hongkongbuzz.hk/2025/11/old-sea-dog-home-from-sea-tells-stories-of-s*x-laughter-and-derring-do

Roger Medcalf reviews the latest book from Sai Kung imprint Sherriff Books.

24/10/2025

Delivered today to Hong Kong bookshops - Bookazine, Kelly & Walsh and the Maritime Museum shop - China Coaster - Memories of Trading out of 'Old' Hong Kong by Geoff George. HK$200

Geoff George was born Godfrey William Paddock George into a Cornish seafaring family in Plymouth, England in December 1936. From 1947 to 1953, he attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Totnes, a Devonshire coastal town on the River Dart.
Seafaring Career:
1953-54 Warsash pre-sea training. !955-57 Cadet, New Zealand

Shipping Company. 1958 Second Mate’s ticket, Cardiff, Wales. 1958 joined China Navigation Shipping. 1962 Master Mariner’s ticket, Cardiff. 1963 Temporary Marine Officer, Hong Kong during the water crisis. Jan 1964 left CNCo as chief officer to take up residence in New Zealand. Various jobs on coastal vessels in New Zealand and later as master of trading vessels in South Pacific. This included the lovely Tiare Taporo, last of the old South Pacific copra schooners.

Studying and Working Ashore:
1966-68 BA degree at Auckland University, New Zealand majoring in History and Geography. 1968-71 Intelligence analyst (Asia) , Joint Intelligence Bureau, Department of Defence, Wellington, NZ. 1969 Intelligence trip to South Vietnam. Guest of SEATO studying counterinsurgency in Thailand. 1970 Completed BA Hons at Victoria . 1971-73 Foreign Research Fellow at Tokyo University, Japan researching Political Geography of Japan’s Oil Imports. 1975 MA International Relations at Australian National University. !981 Completed PhD in International Relations at ANU. !982-86 Senior Analyst, Japan Secretariat, Department of Foreign Affairs, Canberra. 1986-99 Director North Asia Section, Defence Intelligence Organisation, Defence Department, Canberra.

24/10/2025

I have the following book in stock and available for collection in Sai Kung:
The Accidental Prawn: "Interesting Times" - Policing 20th Century Hong Kong
Life as an English police officer in 20th Century Hong Kong - and other silly stories.
A collection of serious, interesting and amusing stories of an Englishman's life as a Cadet Teacher with Voluntary Service Overseas in Sarawak from 1965 to 1966 and in the Royal Hong Kong Police Force from 1967 to 1997.
These "Interesting Times" included the Cultural Revolution inspired 1967 Disturbances, floods, typhoons, disasters, riots, refugees and rescues with catching a few crooks thrown in for good measure.
Originally published in 2015 by Sherriff Books and republished as a 2nd Edition in 2019
Price HK$100
Contact: [email protected]

02/08/2025

Updating Sherriff Books list of publications:
Sherriff Books - Independent Book Publisher:

The Little Red Swear Book - Guy Shirra@Din Gao - 3 editions - 2012, 2013 and 2017
The Accidental Prawn - Interesting Times Policing Hong Kong in the 20th Century - Guy Shirra - 2 editions - 2015 and 2019
Is the Hong Kong Judiciary Sleepwalking to 2047? - Henry Litton - 2018
Is Common Sense the First Rule of Statutory Interpretation? - Henry Litton - 2018
Can Freedom & Liberal Values Thrive if Common Law Crumbles? - Henry Litton - 2019
The Dance of Folly - Henry Litton - 2021
Undamaged - Jennifer Bovard -2021
Reflections on Democracies, Autocracies & Other Fallacies - Henry Litton - 2022
Tales of Two Cities - Chris Howard - 2022 - withdrawn
Saltwater Soul - Jason Bogart - 2022
Around the World with a Ding Ding Tram - Olivier Nowak - 2023
Law in a Hot Air Balloon - Henry Litton - 2023
More Tales from a Barren Rock - various authors -2024
Policing the Pleasure Dome - Mike Sharp - 2025
China Coaster - Geoff George - 2025
The Blind Leading the Blind - Henry Litton -2025 TBC
The Wizard Lizard of Che Ha - Simon Gallagher - 2025 TBC

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08/04/2025

More Tales from A Barren Rock is now available on Kindle:

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27/01/2025

Readers of Hong Kong history might be interested in two recently published books of Hong Kong stories, both in HK bookstores and available online:
Tales from a Barren Rock https://bookazine.com.hk/prod.../tales-from-a-barren-rock...
and
More Tales from a Barren Rock: https://bookazine.com.hk/.../tales-from-a-barren-rock...
https://hongkongbuzz.hk/.../marvellous-sai-kung-history...
Sherriff Books will donate profit from the sale of More Tales to
Sailability Hong Kong

23/11/2024

Sherriff Books latest publication is More Tales from a Barren Rock comprising 31 stories by 25 authors on a variety of sujects about their time in 20th Century Hong Kong.
The book is available from Bookazine and Kelly & Walsh bookstores in Hong Kong priced at HK$160.