About the book
One City One Book Hong Kong is delighted to present Cheung Yuen Man’s The Uneven Treetops as its selection for 2025/26. This collection includes works written over two decades, spanning two centuries, and witnessing the changing eras. The book is divided into five sections, covering reflections on youth, memories of loved ones, daily life within communities, and insights into literature—forming the author’s personal perspective on life and responding to contemporary transformations. In this collection, the author explores various possibilities of essay writing, including lyrical, critical, and narrative styles—ranging from intense to subtle tones. She aims to develop a diverse and unique style of essay writing, pioneering new forms in the local literary scene. The essays vary in length, hence the title Uneven Treetops—even the smallest details are envisioned as branches extending towards the vast sky, reflecting her deep feelings of life’s contradictions and reflections, rich and nuanced.
About the author
Cheung Yuen-Man is a Hong Kong writer and language tutor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. She is the author of the essay collections The Uneven Treetops (2022) and You Are Here – Stories of Campus Cats (2020); and the novel collections Those were the Cats (2019), Dust in the Wind (2017) and Sweet Honey (2004). Those Cats and Dust Memoirs won the Recommendation Award of the Chinese Literature Biennial Award. She was also awarded the Jury Prize of the Times Literary Awards (2013), the First Prize of the Joint Literary New Talent Award (2012), and the Merit Award of the Hong Kong Literary Awards for Fiction (2010).