CityU joins hands with prominent writers to promote literary writing to
CityU joins hands with prominent writers to promote literary writing to
the younger generation
The second City Literary Festival, organized by City University of Hong Kong (CityU), will be held from 30 March to 2 April. Prominent writers have been invited to join the symposiums and exchange forums which will be held in Hong Kong and Macau. CityU hopes to promote literature in the two cities and encourage youngsters to pick up literature writing.
Mr Chang Ta-chuan, Mr Chen Yizhi, Professor Cheng Chou-yu, Mr Dong Qiao, Professor Joseph Lau Shiu-ming, Ms Mao Jian, Professor Pai Hsien-yung, Mr Yip Fai and Ms Zhang Yihe will be the guest speakers of the Festival.
The Festival, themed “City Changes and Road of Literature”, will hold the opening ceremony and the first symposium at CityU campus on 30 March. The guest speakers will share their insights in literary writing with the audience. Exchanges forums will be held in the afternoon when guest speakers will have more in-depth discussion on the three different genres: non-fiction prose, short stories and poetry.
“We are very glad that many renowned writers are supporting this activity again this year and sharing their writing experience with people in Hong Kong and Macau,” said Professor Cheng Pei-kai, Director of the Chinese Civilisation Centre. “It is a great chance for literature lovers to learn more about writing.”
In order to promote literary writing among youngsters, a new exchange forum for young writers will be held in the morning on 31 March when accomplished local young authors such as Mr Wong Yi-hing will be talking about their writing experience. The closing activity of the Festival will be held in Macau on 2 April.
The guest speakers will also act as judges for the City Literary Awards while they are in town. This key activity has extended its entry requirements to include youngsters aged 15 to 24. The Awards received more entries than in last year and the results will be announced in April.
The Festival is supported by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council as co-organizer and The Robert H N Ho Family Foundation as sponsor. The details of the Festival are at: http://www.cityu.edu.hk/ctspc. For enquiries, please call 2788 8165. Group visitors are recommended to make reservations and seats on first-come-first-served basis.
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