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Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2012

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We've been adding more events and by the time we are done, we will have more than 60 events! For detailed event listings, please visit our website. Here are some highlights:

All About Food
Food brings people together. And on the first day of the Festival, we bring together three food personalities in one single event.
Fuchsia Dunlop is a cook and food writer specialising in Chinese cuisine. Tracy Griffith is one of the world's first professional female sushi chefs. Cheryl Tan is a Singapore-born New Yorker who wrote a memoir A Tiger in the Kitchen. Three chefs/food writers, three cuisines.
Catch them all as they talk to Murray Mackenzie, a professional chef and Education Specialist at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Writing Workshops
How to Write Weekly Columns by Mrs Moneypenny
Food and Travel Writing by Fuchsia Dunlop
Fiction Writing with Romesh Gunesekera
And more

Panel Discussions
PolyU 75th Anniversary: Three Chefs Abroad (Cheryl Tan, Fuchsia Dunlop and Tracy Griffith with Murray Mackenzie)
California Dreamin' (Tracy Griffith and Susan Jung with Cathy Chon)
Writer in the Opium Den (Jeet Thayil and Kunal Basu with Nigel Collett)
A Tale of Two Cities: Peking and Shanghai (Lindsay Shen and Julia Boyd with Vanessa Collingridge)

In Conversation With
Colm Tóibín, named as one of "Britain's top 300 intellectuals" by The Observer
Izzeldin Abuelaish, the "Gaza Doctor" and author of bestselling book I Shall Not Hate
Jeet Thayil, who's just been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize for his debut novel Narcopolis
Sheng Keyi, author of Northern Girls, which touch on issues that affect women in China today

University and Schools Talks
City University of Hong Kong Presents: An Evening with Colm Tóibín. To register for this free event, please click here.
Celebrating European Languages with John Boyne - featuring students reading in Cantonese, English and European languages including German, Spanish, Italian and French. Email [email protected] to register or visit our Schools Programme page for more information.

The Power of Words and Forgiveness
He is a three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee (2010-2012). One of the most outspoken, prominent and beloved researchers, educators and public speakers on peace and development in the Middle East, Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish is also the founder of the Daughters for Life Foundation in memory of his three daughters, killed by Israeli tank fire. His is author of the book is Thou Shall Not Hate.
Diplomat, writer, journalist, broadcaster, teacher, scholar, editor and long-time African National Congress activist. Lindiwe Mabuza has worked tirelessly to oppose apartheid in South Africa and to foster understanding of her country around the world.
Meet them on Monday, 8 October for breakfast and hear them in conversation with Vanessa Collingridge.

Party for Friends
Don't forget our Closing Party on 14 October. Immediately after our last event at Hullett House, we will let our hair down. We'll be there the whole day so make a day of it. It will be your last chance to meet John Boyne, Dino Mahoney, Pankaj Mishra, Simon Wu and Katie Hafner before the curtain closes and the party begins at 6pm.
If you have already registered for our Opening Party, see you at the British Consulate-General Reception Hall on Thursday, 4 October!
Enjoy the Festival With a Friend

Friends of the Festival, we know how you appreciate attending festival events. So we want you to share that experience with a friend. Offered only to Friends of the Festival, you can bring a friend with you to selected events.
We hope they will become a Friend of the Festival too, just like you have.

Book now
For programme details, visit www.festival.org.hk.
Visit www.cityline.com for the different ways to get your Festival tickets. Tickets are also available from selected Dymocks stores.
Some events are almost sold out so do be quick. And do visit the website regularly as we list more events. Enjoy and we look forward to seeing you at the Festival!

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