The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival began last night on the rooftop terrace of the Fringe Club. I went down to check it out, pick up some books, and buy tickets for some of the events that are going on this week. The big name this year is Margaret Atwood, and she is giving a free speech at CUHK next Monday that I will try to attend. I did manage to get tickets to three events, all next Sunday. I am looking forward to all three.
The first is a talk with Nam Le and Miguel Syjuco about what it takes to write an award-winning book, as both of these men have in 2008. How much writing and struggle is there in the process?
The second event is called Making a Splash and is about debut authors who have managed to hit it big with their first work of literature.
Finally, I'm attending a round table discussion with three authors who have put out short story collections in the past year. Once again, Nam Le will be there and I am looking forward to reading his collection The Boat, as it has been called one of the best fictional debuts in years by many critics.
It will definitely be an entertaining and informative week for the literary arts in Hong Kong. Just what this city needs to inject a little soul into its veins.
1 comment:
Sounds like fun. Let me know how everything went.
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