The Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will organise the 13th Hong Kong Literature Festival from 22 June to 12 July 2020. A pre-festival competition titled “Literary Performance Competition” is being held to enhance the pleasure of reading and stimulate students’ self-learning ability through interpretation, by means of vocal expression and body language, of what they know and understand about a literary work. Participants, either on their own or with a partner, are required to give an interpretation of a Chinese story of their choice in the form of storytelling. The time limit for each performance is 5 minutes. Local primary students are welcomed to participate.

To promote literary creation and reading, the Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will organise the 13th Hong Kong Literature Festival from 22 June to 12 July 2020. Members of the public are welcome to participate in the pre-festival Chinese writing competition titled “Childhood Memories”. Participants are required to write an essay in CHINESE for not more than 2000 words (including punctuation) and may assign a title to their essays. The entry should be about their lives, experiences and emotions in childhood in the form of a descriptive, narrative or expressive work. All entries will be judged on their literariness, forcefulness and emotional expressiveness.

The Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will organise the 12th Hong Kong Literature Festival from 28 June to 15 July 2018. A pre-festival competition titled“Literary Performance Competition”is being held to enhance the pleasure of reading and stimulate students’self-learning ability through interpretation, by means of vocal expression and body language, of what they know and understand about a literary work. Participants, either on their own or with a partner, are required to give an interpretation of a Chinese story of their choice in the form of storytelling. The time limit for each performance is 5 minutes. Local primary students are welcomed to participate.

The Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) of the Leisure and Cultural Services Department will organise the 12th Hong Kong Literature Festival from 28 June to 15 July 2018. Members of the public are welcome to participate in the pre-festival Chinese writing competition titled “The Bloom of Youth”. Participants are required to write an essay in CHINESE for not more than 2000 words (including punctuation) and may assign a title to their essays. The entry should be about the experiences and thoughts of youth in the form of a narrative or expressive work. All entries will be judged on their literariness, forcefulness and emotional expressiveness.