City Literary Festival kicks off
City Literary Festival kicks off
The annual City Literary Festival 2010, organised by Cultural and Sports Committee, Chinese Civilisation Centre, and Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics of City University of Hong Kong (CityU), is held this Friday and Saturday on 23 & 24 April.
With the theme “Man and Nature”, the Festival this year encourages young people to express their concerns on environmental protection through writing. CityU has invited several renowned authors from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, including Mr Bei Dao, Mr Li Rui, Mr Perry Lam, Professor Xu Zidong, Mr Chang Ta-chuen, Mr Lu Hao, Mr Yang Zhao, Mr Yang Ze, Professor Liu Zaifu, Mr Liu Ke-shiang, Professor Cheng Chou-yu and Ms Chi Zhijian, to address the opening ceremony as guest speakers, sharing their writing experience and their expectations towards young writers.
Organising the Festival for the fifth year, Professor Cheng Pei-kai, Chairman of the Cultural and Sports Committee and Director of Chinese Civilisation Centre, felt encouraged to see so many young people in Hong Kong interested in literature in spite of the general perception of
The annual City Literary Festival aims at increasing youngsters’ (local and
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