Media

HKU Libraries' Reading Club: "Reading Depression"

13 Jan 2009

 

Ms Esther Lee, author of "憂鬱病，就是這樣", will share how she confronts the battle of depression with the support of her husband, Professor Leo Fan Lee. She will also talk about the reception of her book : how it assumes a life of its own after receiving overwhelming responses from her readers. Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee will discuss his wife's book in literary terms and talk about depression as depicted in literature in general, particularly William Styron's book, "Darkness Visible."

This talk is co-organized by the Hong Kong Universities Libraries' Reading Club and Project for Public Culture of Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU, and is sponsored by the "Azalea (1972) Endowment Fund".

Members of the media are cordially invited to attend the book talk, the details are: 
Speakers :            
- Esther Lee (Author of "憂鬱病，就是這樣"）
- Professor Leo Ou-fan Lee (Honorary Director, Professor of Humanities, Centre for East Asian Studies, CUHK)
Moderator :           Angela Law, Senior Editor, Joint Publishing(Hong Kong) Co. Ltd.
Date :                     January 15, 2009(Thursday)
Time :                     7:15pm to 9pm
Venue:                          1/F, Hong Kong Universities Libraries
Language:              Cantonese and Putonghua

Admission is free, for details and online registration please view :
http://lib.hku.hk/friends/reading_club/bt2009_1.html  

Books will be on sale at the book talk.

About HKU Libraries Reading Club
HKU Libraries Reading Club was established in 2001 to promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong.  The Reading Club sponsors a series of book talks featuring leading members of the Hong Kong intellectual community. At these book talks, we invite interesting people to talk about books that interest them.