What better way to spend a perfect Hong Kong weekend than wondering around the stalls, talks, performances and everything else related to books at the Kowloon City Book Fair!
Visitors to the fair were treated to a cultural feast this Saturday and Sunday at the HKICC Lee Shau Kee School of Creativity, and the weather held up too, adding to this fantastic event.
It was great to see so many people there, and so many movers and shakers from the Hong Kong literary scene. We got chatting to independent publishers MCCM, who publish a range of local writers from here in Hong Kong, including a great range of children's books.
New technology was also present at the Book Fair with iRead, a new service that allows users to read Cantonese books straight on their iPad or mobile reading device. HKILF had a go with some of the iPad displays and it was certainly great fun.
Were you at the fair? What else caught your eye? We would love to hear from you! Send us your pics to media[at]festival.org.hk and we will put the best ones up on the blog.
Congratulations to everyone involved in organising the event, especially Rachel Au Yeung who was very busy rushing around making sure it was all running smoothly. It definitely got us in the mood to make Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2011, the best one yet!
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