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The Peruvian author, Mario Vargas Llosa, has won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. Mr Vargas Llosa, who's 74, is one of Latin America's most popular literary figures. He came to prominence in the 1960's with novels such as The Time of the Hero and Conversation in the Cathedral.
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Award-winning British writer Geoff Dyer, one of the authors at this year's Hong Kong International Literary Festival, joins us to talk about his work.
Geoff Dyer is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
The author of four novels and nine works of non-fiction, Dyer has won the Somerset Maugham...
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In an essay entitled 'The Cult of Authenticity', Vikram Chandra responded ten years ago to criticism that his work was not truly 'Indian'. Hugh Chiverton asked him if he still faced the same questions.
Vikram Chandra's first novel, Red Earth and Pouring Rain (1995), was written over several years whilst he obtained an MA at John Hopkins University and an MFA at...
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Jill Dawson is a British writer who has authored seven novels and edited six anthologies of poetry and short stories. Critics call her "one of Britain's most talented contemporary writers." With Jill, Jose "Butch" Dalisay is a leading Filipino writer who has authored or edited over 20 books of fiction, non-fiction, plays, screenplays, poetry and critical work. He has...
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The 2010 Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival will be held from 11-19 March. RTHK Radio 3 is proud to be the Radio partner of the festival once again, and Sarah Passmore was joined by Mandla Langa to talk about his own story and his award-winning book The Lost Colours of the Chameleon (2008).
In 1980 he won the Drum story contest and in 1991 he was...
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The 2010 Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival will be held from 11-19 March. RTHK Radio 3 is proud to be the Radio partner of the festival once again, and Sarah Passmore was joined by Robert Ryan to talk about the difference between writing journalism and novel, and his writing life.
After studying natural sciences at university in London, he began his...
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We welcome back our friend, author Xu Xi, who’s been in town for the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. We’ll find out all about her latest work and what she's been up to these past few days.
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Phil on Morning Brew asked how he found Hong Kong has changed since his last visit 18 years ago. Mr Fenton also shared his experiences as journalist in Indo-China and talked about his recent life in the US.
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Minfong Ho, award winning Chinese American writer talks about cross cultural challenges and her books for young readers.
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Phil Whelan meets 2010 Pulitzer prize for verse winner, Rae Armantrout on her poem and asks how she became a poet.
