THEIR LITERARY SALON

The story of the Five Major Indie Publishers is led by the famous writer LIN Hai-yin, against the big chain bookstores.

In the 1980s, the Five Major Indie Publishers founders—Pure Literature, Er-ya, Chiu-ko, Hong-fan, and Vastplain—held monthly breakfast meetings to compile a literary catalog. With their fearless spirit and unique literary sensibility, they sowed the seeds of literature, creating a golden era in Taiwan’s literary history.