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"City Voices Continued"

18 Oct 2006

 

The University of Hong Kong Libraries Reading Club is proud to present "City Voices Continued" Reading Night on Friday, 20 October 2006, 7:15pm. Authors of the anthology "City Voices: Hong Kong Writing in English, 1945 to the Present" (edited by Xu Xi and Mike Ingham; with a foreword by Louise Ho) will be reading their new and recent works.

Reporters/photographers are cordially invited to attend.

Details as below:

Programme:
"City Voices Continued" by HKU Libraries Reading Club
- an evening of readings by authors of "City Voices: Hong Kong Writing in English, 1945 to the present"

Readings by:
Jam Ismail
Agnes Lam
David McKirdy
Madeleine Marie Slavick
Nicole Wong
Hark Yeung Wai Man
Xu Xi
Ya Se

Moderator:
Xu Xi

Language:
English. There will be Q&A session.

Date:
20 October (Friday), 7:15 pm – 9:00 pm

Venue:
Special Collections, 1/F, Main Library, University of Hong Kong

Free Admission. Please register at: http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2006_6.html

The following books will be available for sale:
- City Voices: Hong Kong Writing in English 1945 to the Present
- City Stage: Hong Kong Playwriting in English

Each retail price is $195, and $150 net will be offered at the event.

Enquiry
Pansy Lo (HKU Libraries): 2859-2217, pansy@hku.hk
Carmen Tsang (HKU Libraries): 2859-2211, yytsang@hkucc.hku.hk