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| Tuesday, 28 June 2011, 18:00 HKT/SGT | |
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| July Fair to Feature Some 520 Exhibitors and Nearly 300 Cultural Events |
HONG KONG, June 28, 2011 - (ACN Newswire) - Food writer Tom Parker Bowles, novelist and publisher Nicholas Coleridge, critic and essayist AA Gill and historian and broadcaster David Starkey are among the distinguished authors participating in the 22nd edition of the HKTDC Hong Kong Book Fair, 20-26 July, at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC).
More than 520 exhibitors from 16 countries and regions will also take part, a new exhibitor record. The fair, organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), will feature close to 300 cultural events under the theme "Reading the World, Reading as Self-Discovery."
Public Forums Return
Four British authors will be featured at two open forums, 22 July at the HKCEC, and 23 July at the University of Hong Kong's Loke Yew Hall. The sessions will be moderated by Hong Kong businessman and author Sir David Tang.
UK poet Wendy Cope, Hong Kong-based British author Justin Hill and Julia Lovell, who lectures in modern Chinese history and literature at the University of London, will also speak at the fair. Other notable authors taking part include Americans Ridley Pearson and Karl Taro Greenfeld, India's Tabish Khair and Hong Kong's own Xu Xi. Each will host a public session. Ms Lovell's latest book, The Opium War, will be launched at her event. Chip Tsao and Peter Gordon will moderate select sessions.
Taiwan's Li Ao and the mainland's Bi Feiyu, winner of the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize, are among the authors taking part in the Renowned Writers Series, organised by the HKTDC and Yazhou Zhoukan. The series will also showcase authors from Hong Kong and Japan.
An exhibition of the work of Hong Kong author Xi Xi, this year's Book Fair "Author of the Year," will be on display at the fair's Art Gallery.
Global Publishing
Other highlights this year include English Avenue, with nearly 90 booths and the largest display of English books ever shown at the fair. Several international publishers will take part for the first time, including Penguin, HarperCollins, Macmillan and Random House. They will be joined by such regional exhibitors as Page One, Metrobooks, Bookazine and Swindon. The International Cultural Village will feature books from 12 countries and regions. A Copyright Exchange Lounge will put buyers and exhibitors together.
Digital Delights
"New Opportunities for Digital Publishing" is the theme of the fair's International Publishing Forum. The 20 July event will feature speakers from Hong Kong and the Chinese mainland. Still with digital publishing, the e-Books and e-Learning Resources zone is 59 per cent larger this year and includes a Future Book Store, allowing fairgoers to customise their own books.
A concurrent fair, Better Living Expo, will be held 22-24 July, at AsiaWorld-Expo (AWE). Free shuttle bus service will run between the HKCEC, Tsing Yi, Tuen Mun, Yuen Long and AWE.
Fair Website: www.hkbookfair.com/en
Contact:
HKTDC
Corporate Communication Department
Joe Kainz
Tel: +852 2584 4216
Email: joe.kainz@hktdc.org
Topic: Trade Show or Conference
Source: HKTDC
Sectors: Trade Shows
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