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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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Jan Latta, an adventurous wildlife photographer and author of 'The True to Life' book series tells us about why it is important to educate children about endangered species and about the HK Young Readers Festival she participated in.
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You can hear Ofeoritse ‘Itse’ Daibo, one of the authors of this year's Hong Kong International Young Reader's Festival. And she also talks about how she co--founded "Just Write", a shared workspace for writers and creative entrepreneurs in Hong Kong.
Video on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sgysw_9DdBg
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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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Hear Hong Kong based author Nury Vittachi, one of the authors of this year's Young Readers Festival, talk to Noreen Mir about his views on creativity in Hong Kong and his book.
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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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On Morning Brew Phil Whelan chats with Professor David Parker, who is the Executive Director of the Man Asian Literary Prize about this years' long list of the prize.
http://www.manasianliteraryprize.org/
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Sarah Passmore interviewed Alexis Wright about her novels.
Alexis Wright is an award-winning indigenous Australian author from the Waanji people of the southern Gulf of Carpentaria highlands. In 2006 Wright’s novel, Carpentaria, won several awards including the Miles Franklin Award and the Queensland premier’s Literary Award.
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Children's author and illustrator Gavin Coates, one of the authors of this year's Hong Kong International Young Reader's Festival, tells us why he chooses to focus on the environment.
Video on Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eb_5namdxRE
