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Featured book for 2025/26

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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 Farewell & together(2025), Those were the Cats (2019), Dust in the Wind (2017) and Sweet Honey (2004). Those were the Cats and Dust in the Wind 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).

Click the image below to download a free English translation The Uneven Treetops [excerpt]

Programming 2025/26

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Hong Kong Popular Literature and Culture Conference

Hong Kong Popular Literature and Culture Conference

The Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture sincerely invites scholars and academic friends from all fields to participate in the “Symposium on Hong Kong Popular Literature and Culture.” This symposium will delve into the diverse facets of Hong Kong’s popular literature and its interactions with the world. We look forward to joining hands with friends from various sectors to revisit forgotten landscapes, pick up the scattered leaves and blossoms lost in the river of time, and together piece together the mosaic of Hong Kong’s literary history.

International Symposium on Hong Kong Language and Literary Culture: Japan and Hong Kong

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HONG KONG LANGUAGE AND LITERARY CULTURE: JAPAN AND HONG KONG

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HONG KONG LANGUAGE AND LITERARY CULTURE:
JAPAN AND HONG KONG

Organized by Faculty of Humanities, and Research Centre for Chinese Literature and Literary Culture, The Education University of Hong Kong, “International Symposium on Hong Kong Language and Literary Culture: Japan and Hong Kong” was successfully held on 21st May, 2021. For leaving a record of this academic activity, we have made symposium booklets in Chinese, English, and Japanese language. You may download the booklets from the following links.

Chinese Version  English Version  Japanese Version

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON HONG KONG LANGUAGE AND LITERARY CULTURE: JAPAN AND HONG KONG
International Symposium on Hong Kong Language and Literary Culture: Japan and Hong Kong

Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1950-1969

Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1919-1949

【Book Launch】The Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1950-1969．Lyrics (Mandarin Lyrics) – Dr. Lo Wai Han
 
Please refer to the Chinese version
【Book Launch】The Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1950-1969．Lyrics (Cantonese Lyrics) – Mr. Wong Chi Wah, Prof. Chu Yiu Wai Stephen
 
Please refer to the Chinese version
【Book Launch】The Compendium of Hong Kong Literature 1950-1969．Modern Poetry II – Mr. Cheng Ching Hang Matthew

 

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A Study of Hong Kong Literature under Japanese Occupation: “Peace Literature”, Dai Wangshu, Ye Lingfeng and Other Authors

A Study of Hong Kong Literature under Japanese Occupation: “Peace Literature”, Dai Wangshu, Ye Lingfeng and Other Authors

Through collecting and reorganising Hong Kong literature published during the Japanese Occupation, including literary works and critiques on newspapers and magazines, such as Huaqiao ribao, Xiangdao ribao, Xianggang ribao, South China Daily News, New Asia and Da Tong Hua Bao, this study examines works of Dai Wangshu (戴望舒, 1905–1950) and Ye Lingfeng (葉靈鳳, 1904–1975) that were written during that time period, and the contention that revolves around “Peace Literature”.

This study aims to give a systematic presentation of literary documents of the period of Japanese Occupation — a topic that has long been neglected, and analyse their literary values; it is also a study of the theory and works related to “Peace Literature”. This research mainly focuses on Dai Wangshu and Ye Lingfeng, though other writers, including Chen Junbao (陳君葆, 1898–1982), Huang Lu (黃魯), will also be discussed. We will explore how writers at that time implicitly expressed their resistance, through the use of metaphors, enigmatic language, and symbols.

Source of Funding: RGC General Research Fund

Chief Investigator: Dr. CHAN, Chi Tak [FHM, RCCLLC]

Compendium of Hong Kong literature

Compendium of Hong Kong literature

Using the idea and form of “literary compendium”, this project aims to systematically present Hong Kong literature by publishing Compendium of Hong Kong Literature, an academic anthology which collects Hong Kong literary works of different periods in a well-organized way and explain their significance with introductory essays. The first phase of the work has been duly completed. The research data collection and other preparation work started in August 2010. The twelve volumes came out during the years 2014-2016.

The editorial committee is made up of experts of Hong Kong literature. The consultant board includes a number of internationally renowned scholars. Editors are all academics well-versed in the field of literature and/or culture.

Source of Funding: Hong Kong Arts Development Council and Personal Donation

Chief Investigator: Prof CHAN, Kwok Kou Leonard [FHM, RCCLLC]

Research on Newspaper Supplements for Children in Hong Kong during the Civil War

Research on Newspaper Supplements for Children in Hong Kong during the Civil War

This is a research on ‘Children’s Weekly and Students’ Weekly in “Wah Kiu Yat Pao” and ‘Children’s Wonderland’ and ‘Students’ Forum’ in “Singtao Daily.” Through detailed textual analysis, we look into the founding principles and editorial directions of these supplements, and examine their educational and literary contents. We aim to outline the development history and characteristics of early children’s supplements, children’s literature as well as education, from the following perspectives: post-war political situation in Hong Kong; the papers’ principles and business strategies; editorial points of view and directions; and government policies.

Source of Funding: RGC General Research Fund

Chief Investigator: Dr. FOK, Yuk Ying [FHM, RCCLLC]

In Search of the “Lyrical Tradition”: The Conception of Lyricism in Modern Studies of Chinese Literature

In Search of the “Lyrical Tradition”: The Conception of Lyricism in Modern Studies of Chinese Literature

The project aims at giving a pioneering insight into Chinese lyrical tradition through reviewing the to-date literature and tracking back the prototype and ongoing development of the tradition. The focus is on 1) what has been dis/agreed regarding the tradition, and 2) what, why, and how the preceding literary conception have influenced the conceptions of the three founders of the Chinese lyrical tradition. This to 1) reveal the process of the gradual development of the Chinese lyrical tradition, 2) propose a non-traditional way through which people can study Chinese literature, and 3) answer some controversial questions.

Source of Funding: HKIEd- Start-up Research Grant

Chief Investigator: Prof CHAN, Kwok Kou Leonard [FHM, RCCLLC]