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Writing Workshops for Novices in 2024 : Novels
Date & Time: | 7, 14, 21 and 28 September ; 5, 12, 19 and 26 October 2024 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. [Application deadline :8 August 2024] |
Venue: | Kowloon Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote literary creation and cultivate an interest in Chinese creative writing among the public. |
Creative Writing Event cum Roving Exhibition on “Chivalrous Heroes: My Favourite Characters in Martial Arts Novels”
Other Literary Activities /Creative Writing Event cum Roving Exhibition on “Chivalrous Heroes: My Favourite Characters in Martial Arts Novels” /Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024 Library Tie-in Activities /Activities in the Chinese Culture Promotion Series
Date & Time: | 24 May 2024 6:00 pm (Deadline of submission) |
Description: | In support of the Hong Kong Pop Culture Festival 2024 which themed on “Arts & Action”, and the first Hong Kong Reading for All Day, the Hong Kong Public Libraries organises a creative writing event cum roving exhibition on the theme of “Chivalrous Heroes: My Favourite Characters in Martial Arts Novels” for primary and secondary school students. Heroes in martial arts novels are generally admired for their physical prowess and strong sense of righteousness. Through this event, we would like to encourage children and young people to learn about martial arts novels and to share with the public through pictures or prose the chivalry and patriotism of the characters, their personalities or plots in the novels that are worth learning from. Let reading nourish their life and foster positive values. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: The Shimmering Pearl in the Vast Sea - Chinese Folk Art - Development and Inheritance
Date: | 2024/8/30 (Friday) |
Time: | 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Venue: | Yau Ma Tei Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: The Writings of Su Shi and His Philosophy of Life
Date: | 2024/8/28 (Wednesday) |
Time: | 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Venue: | Lockhart Road Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: Appreciation of Chinese Classical Poems: Selected Readings of Su Shi's Poems (V)
Date: | 2024/8/25 (Sunday) |
Time: | 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. |
Venue: | City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. |
Writing Workshops for Novices in 2024 : Poetry
Date & Time: | 6, 13, 20 and 27 July ; 3, 10, 17 and 24 August 2024 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. [Application deadline : 6 June 2024] |
Venue: | Sha Tin Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote literary creation and cultivate an interest in Chinese creative writing among the public. |
Meet-the-Authors 2024: Literary Traveller - In an Age of Fragmented Entertainment, Popular Literature is No Longer Popular
Date & Time: | 24 August 2024 (Saturday) 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. |
Venue: | City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Talk on Chinese Classics: The Shimmering Pearl in the Vast Sea - Chinese Folk Art - Development and Inheritance
Date: | 2024/8/23 (Friday) |
Time: | 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Venue: | Yau Ma Tei Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: The Writings of Su Shi and His Philosophy of Life
Date: | 2024/8/21 (Wednesday) |
Time: | 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. |
Venue: | Lockhart Road Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. |
Talk on Chinese Classics: Appreciation of Chinese Classical Poems: Selected Readings of Su Shi's Poems (V)
Date: | 2024/8/18 (Sunday) |
Time: | 2:15 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. |
Venue: | City Hall Public Library (Extension Activities Room) |
Description: | To promote the Chinese Culture and the appreciation of Chinese classical literature among people, a series of talks on classical Chinese with various topics is jointly organised by the Hong Kong Public Libraries, Leisure and Cultural Services Department and the Hok Hoi Library. |