The Writers Publishing House is a large-scale publishing house in mainland China

Mainland China

Mainland China, the Chinese mainland or simply the mainland, is a geopolitical term that refers to the area under the jurisdiction of the People's Republic of China . According to the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council, the term excludes the PRC Special Administrative Regions of Hong Kong and...

. It was established in 1953, and was attached to the Chinese Publishing Association (作家出版协会). It publishes mostly contemporary literature, and has published several bestselling

Bestseller

A bestseller is a book that is identified as extremely popular by its inclusion on lists of currently top selling titles that are based on publishing industry and book trade figures and published by newspapers, magazines, or bookstore chains. Some lists are broken down into classifications and...

 novel

Novel

A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....

s. It readership tends to have a relatively high level of education.

One notable publication from the Writers Publishing House was the 2000 book Harvard Girl

Harvard Girl

Harvard Girl is a book written by Liu Weihua and Zhang Xinwu , which describes how they raised their daughter, Liu Yiting , to be accepted to Harvard University...

, which spent 16 months at the number-one position on China's bestseller list and sold over 3 million copies.

External links

Official site

• Writers Publishing House on paper-republic.org