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Reading Club for Hong Kong Literature

5th Reading Club For HK Literature: Love Letter for the Stone

2011-04-28

Topic: Love Letter for the Stone
 
Speaker: Yip Fai 葉輝 (Veteran Writer)
 
Moderator: Dr Chan Chi Tak 陳智德 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
 
Date: April 28, 2011 (Thursday)
 
Time: 7:15-9:15 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-10)
 
Veteran writer Yip Fai talked about his latest prose collection: Thinnest Black and Thickest White－Love Letters for the Stone 最薄的黑 最厚的白──給石頭的情書. In an epistolary style, the book records the writer’s observations and thoughts on arts and culture, Hong Kong, and his personal life.

4th Reading Club For HK Literature: Nathan Road and Lyricism

2011-03-28

Topic: Nathan Road and Lyricism
 
Speaker: Professor Chan Kwok Kou 陳國球 (Chair Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
 
Date: March 28, 2011 
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-10)
 
Professor Chan began his talk with an article from The Chinese Student Weekly中國學生周報 published in 1964. He shared some of his observations on changes in Hong Kong, which he has made from the perspective of lyrical literature.

3rd Reading Club for HK Literautre: Chung Wai Man’s 鍾偉民 “Butterfly Knot” 蝴蝶結 and Chan Hon’s 陳汗 “The Gravekeeper” 守墓者

2010-11-11

Topic: Chung Wai Man’s 鍾偉民 “Butterfly Knot” 蝴蝶結 and Chan Hon’s 陳汗 “The Gravekeeper” 守墓者
 
Speaker: Dr Wong Leung Wo 王良和 (Associate Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
 
Date: November 11, 2010 (Thursday)
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education
 

2nd Reading Club for HK Literature: Ye Si 也斯: Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart 後殖民食物與愛情

2010-10-27

Topic: Ye Si 也斯: Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart 後殖民食物與愛情
 
Speaker: Dr Au Chung To 區仲桃 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
 
Guest: Professor Leung Ping Kwan 梁秉鈞 (Nom de plume: Ye Si 也斯; Chair professor of Department of Chinese, Lingnan University)
 
Date: October 27, 2010 (Wednesday)
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education（B4-LP-10）
 
Ye Si joined the participants in the discussion of his book Postcolonial Affairs of Food and the Heart; he also shared his views on Hong Kong literature and culture.

1st Reading Club for HK Literautre: Liu Yichang’s 劉以鬯 Jiutu 酒徒 (The Boozer)

2010-09-29

Topic: Liu Yichang’s 劉以鬯 Jiutu 酒徒 (The Boozer)

Speaker: Dr Chan Chi Tak 陳智德 (Assistant Professor, Department of Chinese, Hong Kong Institute of Education)
 
Date: September 29, 2010
 
Time: 7:00-9:00 pm
 
Venue: Hong Kong Institute of Education (B4-LP-11)
 
Dr Chan’s presentation revolves around the themes and writing style of Liu Yichang’s 劉以鬯 Jiutu 酒徒, a renowned novel written in the 1960s that depicts the life and inner struggles of a writer.