The Workshop was established in May 2004. An International Advisory Board was founded then and several internationally acclaimed writers were invited to serve as the advisors in the board. The list of the invited writers is decided after a round of consultation with them each year. Then, the planning committee for the activities, which consists of teaching staff from various departments of our university, works out the activities for the writers. Up to the autumn of 2008, the Workshop has invited four writers-in-Residence(s), and forty-five visiting writers from all over the world.
About the Workshop
The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) launched the International Writers Workshop in 2004. The Workshop regularly invites writers from around the world. They stay on campus and interact with students and staff, with Hong Kong writers as well as general public, both local and of the Mainland.
The aims of this Workshop are three-fold. First, it serves to cultivate the literary creativity and cultural atmosphere of HKBU. In HKBU, there are already as many as fifteen published writers who are regular staff in different departments. The second aim of the Workshop is to enhance Hong Kong��s cultural dimension. Hong Kong has been a cosmopolitan city known as an international financial and business centre and it is time to develop its cultural aspects. The third aim of this Workshop is to help writers from all over the world to learn about Hong Kong and to experience the life here. Every year the Workshop invites one to two famous Chinese authors, to be the "Writer/s-in-Residence" in spring. In the fall of each year, it invites nine international writers, who have rising reputations in their own countries to be the "Visiting Writers".
The Workshop is different from the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa in that there is a theme in inviting writers each year. The theme of 2004 was "Writers from Post-colonial English-speaking Countries"; eight writers from post-colonial countries and one writer from the Mainland were invited. The theme of 2005 was "Understanding the Islamic World and Its Writers", writers from Islamic countries were invited. The theme of 2006 is "One with Mother-Nature", writers who write about the nature or whose writings are imbued with natural elements are invited. The theme of 2007 was "Writing the Sea and the Waterfront", inviting writers whose writings are marine-related. The theme of 2008 is "Writers from Eastern Europe". The Workshop features the writers in the following activities: public lectures, readings, and symposiums with local writers, publishing their works in translations, and arranging for them to visit cities in the Mainland, in collaboration with universities in China.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: iww@hkbu.edu.hk
Website: http://iww.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?fl=home
About the Workshop
The Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) launched the International Writers Workshop in 2004. The Workshop regularly invites writers from around the world. They stay on campus and interact with students and staff, with Hong Kong writers as well as general public, both local and of the Mainland.
The aims of this Workshop are three-fold. First, it serves to cultivate the literary creativity and cultural atmosphere of HKBU. In HKBU, there are already as many as fifteen published writers who are regular staff in different departments. The second aim of the Workshop is to enhance Hong Kong��s cultural dimension. Hong Kong has been a cosmopolitan city known as an international financial and business centre and it is time to develop its cultural aspects. The third aim of this Workshop is to help writers from all over the world to learn about Hong Kong and to experience the life here. Every year the Workshop invites one to two famous Chinese authors, to be the "Writer/s-in-Residence" in spring. In the fall of each year, it invites nine international writers, who have rising reputations in their own countries to be the "Visiting Writers".
The Workshop is different from the International Writing Program of the University of Iowa in that there is a theme in inviting writers each year. The theme of 2004 was "Writers from Post-colonial English-speaking Countries"; eight writers from post-colonial countries and one writer from the Mainland were invited. The theme of 2005 was "Understanding the Islamic World and Its Writers", writers from Islamic countries were invited. The theme of 2006 is "One with Mother-Nature", writers who write about the nature or whose writings are imbued with natural elements are invited. The theme of 2007 was "Writing the Sea and the Waterfront", inviting writers whose writings are marine-related. The theme of 2008 is "Writers from Eastern Europe". The Workshop features the writers in the following activities: public lectures, readings, and symposiums with local writers, publishing their works in translations, and arranging for them to visit cities in the Mainland, in collaboration with universities in China.
Contact Information:
For inquiries: iww@hkbu.edu.hk
Website: http://iww.hkbu.edu.hk/index.php?fl=home
