Singing Grass is a business consultancy advising on access and development strategies for the Chinese market. We develop bespoke programmes for clients in the arts, lifestyle, cultural and luxury retail sectors to connect them to their markets.
In 2024, the top 1% of books accounted for 57% of total list price sales in China's children's book market.
At Bolonga Book Plus in the heart of Italy, we explored the art of publishing and the beauty of curating a list for the perfect bookshelf, in a great conversation on stage with Tom Walker (The Folio Society), Sara sarin (Camelozampa), Christopher MacLehose (MacLehose Press), Yuan Nan (Phoenix Publishing), and our founder Alicia Liu (Sing Grass) with Jacks Thomas (Guest Director, Bologna Book Plus)
During this year’s London Book Fair, Singing Grass founder Alicia Liu was invited by China Daily to share her perspective on the growing visibility and influence of Chinese books in the UK market. As global reading habits shift—shaped by the rise of audiobooks, BookTok, and streaming-inspired book trends—Chinese literature is carving out a space in the Western reading imagination.
Singing Grass founder Alicia Liu was invited to give a guest lecture for MA in Publishing students at City, University of London about the dynamic and evolving Chinese publishing market.
We’re honored to have been part of the first Jamaica Book Festival Industry Day, recently featured on the front page of The Business Gleaner!
A big thank you to Latoya West-Blackwood, founder of the Jamaica Book Festival, for inviting Alicia Liu, founder of Singing Grass Communications, to deliver a talk on opportunities for English-language publishers in global markets, including China.
At The Bookseller’s #FutureBook conference, Singing Grass founder and CEO Alicia Liu shared fresh insights into China’s dynamic bestseller trends.
What UK Publishers need to know about the Chinese education market in 2024, as major changes in how English is taught to children roll out.
The keynote speech in Chinese delivered by our Founder and MD Alicia Liu at Beijing CITIC Children’s Forum, published by The Publishers Magazine, outlines the key international trends and collaborations between China and the UK.
