Just back from Leiden after attending a conference on Asian cities that was ably led by Gregory Bracken of Delft University of Technology together with our friends at the International Institute for Asian Studies. It was stimulating to have a glimpse of some of the work being undertaken in this area. However, as always, it is a gamble just how much attending such scholarly events leads to a published title by the Press some time later.

Of course, at the same time we took the opportunity to promote eight of our books directly dealing with various issues of urban life in Asia.