Category: Literary Events in Hong Kong

  • Cha Reading Series takes the online journal out into the physical world. It brings together poets, writers, translators and artists who are in some way or other affiliated with Cha. Readings will take place in various impromptu locations across the city,…

    Announcing “Cha Reading Series”
  • Find out more about #WRITERSRESIST in Hong Kong by clicking here. Runyu Huang 黃潤宇,青年寫作者,江蘇無錫人,現於香港就讀。寫詩寫文,作品偶見於香港媒體、藝文刊物如《明報·世紀版》、《字花》等。 Akin Jeje, originally from Canada, now lives in Hong Kong. His works have been published and featured in Canada and Hong Kong. His poetry collection Smoked…

    #WRITERSRESIST in Hong Kong — Readers
  • Xu Xi, Kirpal Singh and Ira Sukrungruang  Writers from all over the world are coming to Hong Kong for the City University MFA summer residency. If you are in the city this month (21-28 July), make sure to come to…

    New updates on 5 Cha contributors: Xu Xi, Kirpal Singh, Ira Sukrungruang, Eleanor Goodman and Mia Ayumi Malhotra
  • Madeleine Marie Slavick’s Fifty Stories Fifty Images [click the image to enlarge] Fifty Stories Fifty Images, Madeleine Marie Slavick’s new book published by MCCM Creations, is a collection of prose and photography. It presents insects and high rises, dentists and trees, laughter…

  • The March 2012 Hong Kong Poetry OutLoud event will be devoted to a book launch: the debut of Canadian poet Kate Rogers’s second collection, City of Stairs, courtesy of Haven Books and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. For this…

  • The March 2012 Hong Kong Poetry OutLoud event will be devoted to a book launch: the debut of Canadian poet Kate Rogers’s second collection, City of Stairs, courtesy of Haven Books and the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. For this…

  • [click the poster to enlarge] – DATE: 3 Nov 2011 (Thursday) TIME: 8:00pm – 9:30pm VENUE: Fotogalarie, 2/F, Fringe Club, 2nd Lower Albert Road, Central Host: Mr. David McKirdy (Poetry OutLoud) Reciters:  All  visiting writers (from Hong Kong Baptist University’s International Writers Workshop) …

  • Xi Chuan, whose poetry was published in “The China Issue” of Cha (translated from the Chinese by Lucas Klein), will be reading at the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong (November 10-13, 2011). Xi Chuan will be joining nine other Chinese-language…

    Xi Chuan at the International Poetry Nights in Hong Kong | 10-13 November
  • [click image to enlarge] Mary-Jane Newton’s new poetry collection Of Symbols Misused will feature, and there will also be an open mic session. Please email PoetryOutloud@gmail.com if you’d like a slot. Gauri Naurain will MC. ::::: Author’s bio: Mary-Jane Newton was…

  • – Poetry doesn’t get better than this! “Visiting and local poets read their own and others’ work in a sticky, noisy and unpredictable mix, ring-mistressed by Viki Holmes. Ticket price includes a $30 drinks voucher redeemable at the door.” Friday,…

  • – Cha contributor Mary-Jane Newton‘s first poetry collection Of Symbols Misused will be launched at the Proverse Hong Kong event on 9 March. Would you like to join? There are still a few tickets left for the independent Proverse event…

  • –From the HKU Library website: How much is a writer the character(s) of her novels? Authorial distance can often be hard to gauge in books that are supposedly “fiction.” Come and join this provocative conversation between author Xu Xi and…

  • – Cha contributors Martin Alexander, Andy Barker, Viki Holmes, Wena Poon, Xu Xi, Louise Ho, Leung Ping-Kwan and our Reviews Editor Eddie Tay will be appearing in The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2011 (8-18 March). More details can be found here.– Read Martin’s…

  • Department of English, City University of Hong Kong WHY DO YOU NEED A CREATIVE WRITING MFA? You can’t learn writing in school, right? If you have a good story you just write it, right? Well maybe, but if so, why are…

  • –From their website: The Writing Machine Collective 4th edition (Jan 14-30, 2011) promises to be a fresh and thrilling showcase of crème de la crème local media arts talents. 15 artists come together to offer us 12 unique works that…

  • –From the Kubrick Poetry website: 時間 Time:2010/12/26 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm 地點 Venue: 油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.) 主持 Moderators:Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim 詩人來賓 Guest Poet:Eddie Tay Born in Singapore, Eddie Tay…

  • This post was originally written on 9th September, 2009. Foyles Bookstore, London Tonight we saw John Banville (who is also Benjamin Black) at a free author’s talk organised by the Foyles Bookstore. In the event, Banville discussed his latest novel,…

  • PROVERSE HONG KONG (PUBLISHERS OF PROSE AND VERSE) WILL HOLD A WINNER’S RECEPTION AND LAUNCH FIVE BOOKS ON TUESDAY 23 NOVEMBER -name of event: international Proverse Prize for unpublished writing Winners’ Reception & Book Launch -date of event: Tuesday 23 November 2010.…

  • THE HONG KONG WRITERS’ CIRCLE NOVEMBER WORKSHOP – THE CLICHE: 29 November, 2010 Just Write workshop will focus on the cliche, some of the ones you hate, some of the ones we hate and some of the ones that were used…

  • Originally posted on 21st October, 2010. Women in Publishing Society Hong Kong Invites you to participate in an evening of performance poetry with New Zealand performance poet Blair Reeve Blair will give us an insight into the whys and wherefores…

  • Venue: Fringe Club Date: 3 Nov 2010 (Wed) Time: 8pm Akin Jeje will MC – if you’d like to read in the open mic section, please email us at poetryoutloud@gmail.com About The Mental Life of Cities This collection is a meditation on…

  • From the event host, Kate Rogers: Dear Poetry Lovers, October is coming to a close and what better way to see in November than with a spooky poetry reading featuring writers from the International Writers’ Workshop and our local Outlouders?…

  • Please note the following launch events for Xu Xi‘s new novel Habit of a Foreign Sky in Singapore and Hong Kong: Wednesday September 29 at 6 pm: Earshot Cafe, The Old Arts House, Singapore. (Free & Open to the Public)…

  • Women in Publishing Society Hong Kong – Invites you to learn more about photography and on following your passion – – Chinese-born-Canadian, Norm received his Bachelor of Arts degree (cum laude) in 1984 at the University of Saskatchewan, and his…

  • Come to Poetry OutLoud!!! First Wednesday of the Month at 8pm at Fringe Studio, Hong Kong Fringe Club Next session is on the 1st of September 2010 The MC is Eddie Tay If you would like to read, please contact…

  • –––– one by one – one person: one poem ~ story ~ song… – the following poets/writers/artists will perform– agnes lam akin jeje andy barker blair reeve brian mulcahy yuen che-hung christian johnson zheng danyi dave mckirdy fanny-min becker chan…

  • Cha contributors’ poetry will be read aloud during the First Peng Chau Cultural Carnival. Do join us! Saturday 29th August 2009 Poetry reading session ONE 3:15-3:30 PM Agnes Lam (2 poems read by Rachel Chan)Kit Kelen (4 poems with Chinese…

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