To promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong, the Libraries created The University of Hong Kong Libraries Reading Club. The Reading Club will sponsor a series of book talks featuring leading members of the Hong Kong intellectual community.
*Photos and video recordings will be taken during the book talk by Library staff and/or authorized personnel.
Summer 2019
LibFest 2019 - Curling Up With the Infinite: The Creative Pleasures of Reading
|
Speaker: |
Professor Gray Kochhar-Lindgren |
|
Date: |
31 October 2019 (Thursday) |
|
Time: |
1:00 - 2:30 pm |
|
Language: |
English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk Curling Up with the Infinite
「黃慶雲與香港大學」專題講座
Huang Qingyun and The University of Hong Kong in history
|
Host: |
Emeritus Professor Lee, Chack Fan 李焯芬 |
|
Speakers: |
Dr Joseph Ting Sun Pao 丁新豹教授 (Former Chief Curator of the Hong Kong Museum of History), Ms Wong Hung-kin 黃虹堅女士, Fok Yuk Ying, Ph.D 霍玉英博士 |
|
Date: |
16 August 2019 (Friday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
Cantonese |
Click here to re-visit the book talk Huang Qingyun and The University of Hong Kong in history
Cultural July - Creative Writing with UK fantasy writer Natasha Pulley
Co-organise with: British Council
|
Speaker: |
Natasha Pulley |
|
Date: |
18 July 2019 (Thursday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk Creative Writing with UK fantasy writer Natasha Pulley
Due to technical difficulties, only audio is available.
|
Speaker: |
陶傑 |
|
Date: |
3 July 2019 (Wednesday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
Cantonese |
At the request of the speaker, a Revisit the Talk video was not taken
|
Speaker: |
趙民安, 趙智敏 (蔡李佛趙民安國術會) |
|
Moderator: |
麥勁生教授 |
|
Date: |
5 June 2019 (Wednesday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
Cantonese |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 水泥森林中的武者 - 武術文化訪談錄
Spring 2019
Underground Front: The Chinese Communist Party in Hong Kong
|
Speaker: |
Christine Loh 陸恭蕙 |
|
Moderator: |
Professor Fu Hualing 傅華伶, Faculty of Law, HKU |
|
Date: |
11 April 2019 (Thursday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk Underground Front
Last Boat out of Shanghai: The epic story of the Chinese who fled Mao's Revolution
|
Speaker: |
Helen Zia |
|
Moderator: |
Nancy Tong, Visiting Associate Professor, Journalism and Media Studies Centre, HKU |
|
Date: |
28 March 2019 (Thursday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk Last Boat out of Shanghai
Journeys with a Mission: Travel Journals of the Right Revd George Smith, first Bishop of Victoria
|
Speaker: |
Dr Gillian Bickley |
|
Moderator: |
Bishop Andrew Chan |
|
Readings: |
Dr Verner Bickley, MBE |
|
Date: |
28 February 2019 (Thursday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk Journeys with a Mission
|
Speakers: |
Otto Lam and Peter Cunich |
|
Moderator: |
Professor John Carroll, School of Humanities (History), HKU |
|
Date: |
23 January 2019 (Wednesday) |
|
Time: |
6:30 - 8:00 pm |
|
Language: |
English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk Colouring Old Hong Kong