The Hong Kong Book Fair will run between the 21st and 27th of July 2010 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre.
HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair 2010
Schedule of Seminars by Renowned English-language Authors
Chip Tsao’s Reading Guide to Renowned English-language Authors
Date: 21 July 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr Chip Tsao
Public Session by James Fenton
Date: 21 July 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 3pm – 4:30pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr James Fenton
Moderator: Mr Chip Tsao
Public Session by Anthony Horowitz
Date: 22 July 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 2pm – 3:30pm
Venue: S423-424, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr Anthony Horowitz
Moderator: Mr Chip Tsao
“Writing Between English & Chinese” by Xu Xi
Date: 22 July 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 4pm – 5:30pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Ms Xu Xi
Public Session by Andrew Xia Fukuda
Date: 23 July 2010 (Friday)
Time: 11:30am – 1pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr Andrew Xia Fukuda
Open Public Forum “How and What and Why do Writers Write?”
Date: 23 July 2010 (Friday)
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue: Theatre 2, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speakers: Mr Federick Forsyth, Mr Stephen Fry, Mr Andrew Roberts
Moderator: Sir David Tang
Public Sharing by Michael Chugani
Date: 24 July 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 11:30am – 1pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speakers: Mr Michael Chugani, Mr Chip Tsao
About the Speakers:
Andrew Xia Fukuda was born in Manhattan and raised in Hong Kong, Andrew Fukuda is half-Chinese, half-Japanese. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University and went on to work in Manhattan’s Chinatown with immigrant teenagers for a number of years, an experience that led to the genesis of Crossing, his debut novel.
XU XI is the author of seven books of fiction & essays, and editor of three anthologies of Hong Kong literature in English. There are a few awards, including an O. Henry prize story, the shortlist for the inaugural MAN Asian Literary Award, the Cohen Award from PLOUGHSHARES for best story, a NYFA fiction fellowship, the South China Morning Post story contest winner, among others. In 2009, she was the Bedell Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Iowa's nonfiction program. In 2009, she was elected faculty chair at Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing, the first woman, ethnic minority and foreign-born U.S. national to hold the position.
More information here.
HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair 2010
Schedule of Seminars by Renowned English-language Authors
Chip Tsao’s Reading Guide to Renowned English-language Authors
Date: 21 July 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 1pm – 2pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr Chip Tsao
Public Session by James Fenton
Date: 21 July 2010 (Wednesday)
Time: 3pm – 4:30pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr James Fenton
Moderator: Mr Chip Tsao
Public Session by Anthony Horowitz
Date: 22 July 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 2pm – 3:30pm
Venue: S423-424, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr Anthony Horowitz
Moderator: Mr Chip Tsao
“Writing Between English & Chinese” by Xu Xi
Date: 22 July 2010 (Thursday)
Time: 4pm – 5:30pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Ms Xu Xi
Public Session by Andrew Xia Fukuda
Date: 23 July 2010 (Friday)
Time: 11:30am – 1pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speaker: Mr Andrew Xia Fukuda
Open Public Forum “How and What and Why do Writers Write?”
Date: 23 July 2010 (Friday)
Time: 6pm – 8pm
Venue: Theatre 2, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speakers: Mr Federick Forsyth, Mr Stephen Fry, Mr Andrew Roberts
Moderator: Sir David Tang
Public Sharing by Michael Chugani
Date: 24 July 2010 (Saturday)
Time: 11:30am – 1pm
Venue: S428, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre
Speakers: Mr Michael Chugani, Mr Chip Tsao
About the Speakers:
Andrew Xia Fukuda was born in Manhattan and raised in Hong Kong, Andrew Fukuda is half-Chinese, half-Japanese. He earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Cornell University and went on to work in Manhattan’s Chinatown with immigrant teenagers for a number of years, an experience that led to the genesis of Crossing, his debut novel. XU XI is the author of seven books of fiction & essays, and editor of three anthologies of Hong Kong literature in English. There are a few awards, including an O. Henry prize story, the shortlist for the inaugural MAN Asian Literary Award, the Cohen Award from PLOUGHSHARES for best story, a NYFA fiction fellowship, the South China Morning Post story contest winner, among others. In 2009, she was the Bedell Distinguished Visiting Writer at the University of Iowa's nonfiction program. In 2009, she was elected faculty chair at Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Writing, the first woman, ethnic minority and foreign-born U.S. national to hold the position.
More information here.
