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Phil meets American novelist Sybil Baker, who has been described by the Huffington Post as "one of today’s strongest emerging talents in literary fiction". Sybil is here to talk at the City Univerity Summer Residency programme!
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Luke Harding is one of the speakers of the Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2014. He speaks to Noreen Mir about his book " The Snowden Files" and explains why he was interested in the story and how did he feel to see his book adapted to Hollywood movie.
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John Boyne is author of the bestselling book, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas and the newly published The Terrible Thing that Happened to Barnaby Brocket. He talked to RTHK Reenita Malhotra Hora for his work on October 10 in Canadian International Schools.
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Ira Trivedi was in town for the Hong Kong International Literary Festival to launch her book 'India in Love' which focuses on India's sexual revolution. But Ira usually writes fiction, so Reenita Malhotra Hora asked her why she chose to do things differently this time around.
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Mem Fox's first publication, Possum Magic (1983), is the best selling children’s book in Australia. She travels constantly as an advocate for literacy and for the welfare of children. Mem will be joining our R3 presenter to talk about her work in the Hong Kong International Young Readers Literary Festival 2012. Stay tuned.
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Sarah Passmore was joined by Louis de Bernières to talk about his writing.
Louis de Bernières was born in London in 1954. In 1990 he published his first novel and was selected by Granta magazine as one of the “20 Best of Young British Novelists” in 1993. His book, Captain Corelli's Mandolin, won the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best Novel and has been...
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Melanie Ho and Simon Overton from the Hong Kong Writers Circle talked about their latest book of short stories "Measurements".
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We celebrate the birthday of a romantic literary giant, and the king of macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, who was born today in 1809. Writer and commentator Nury Vittachi likes a good ghost story, so we welcome him back to the studio to talk about a bit of Grand Guignol and just what makes simple words on the page ... so scary.
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On 2 November, our reporter Angie Man went to the Fringe Club and took part in one of the literary festival events - In conversation with Evie Wyld . Moderator Liz Ho from Lingnan University and talked to this English renowned young novelist about her writing and her books. To start with, Evie read part of her book - All the Birds, Singing…
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In the part one, Chip Tsao told us how important the opening of a book is, as it will attract readers to keep turning the pages. He reads the first page of Anthony Horowitz's 'Point Blanc' and explains why its opening is so "sexy and powerful" . In the part two, he introduces James Fenton's 'I'm in Paris with you' , with tips on how to appreciate poetry .
