Hong Kong Book Fair 2015: Imagination Meets Reality
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Channel: HKTDC · 2015 · Travel & Events
Hong Kong’s name evoked very powerful visual connotations before he saw it, says Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri. But the Nigeria-born novelist and poet says that on his first visit to the SAR he has been astonished by the sheer number of people he saw at the Book Fair compared to other fairs he has visited around the world; seeing the city provoked him to write a poem. Mr Okri was among a star-studded cast of international writers attending the fair, including Alain de Botton, Simon Sebag Montefiore and Carol Thatcher. Speakers: Ben Okri, Novelist and Poet Romain Jacquet-Lagrez, Photographer Timothee de Fombelle, Novelist Mark O’Neill, Author and Lecturer Luis Pereyra Espinoza, Sales Manager, Minibooks Related Links: Hong Kong Trade Development Council http://www.hktdc.com/ Hong Kong Book Fair http://hkbookfair.hktdc.com/en/index.aspx
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