Friday, 08 Mar 2019
The inaugural International Writers' Workshop (IWW) Literary Festival: The Many Worlds of Science Fiction will be held from 11-16 March 2019 at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU). Hosted by the IWW, the festival will explore the fields of literature, visual arts, music, and film. During the six-day festival, a gathering of writers, scholars, and artists will also be invited to explore and exchange their visions of science fiction, broadly defined, across various disciplines and perspectives through literary readings, workshops, panel discussions and film screenings.
The festival is free and open to members of the public. For more details, please visit https://www.facebook.com/pg/hkbuiww/events/.
Register online at https://goo.gl/forms/PvZ7bAPTRyLHeHPE2.
Highlights of the Festival:
11 March 2019 (Monday)
Festival Opening and Panel Discussion: The Many Worlds of Chinese Science Fiction | |
Time: | 11:30 – 13:00 |
Venue: | Mr and Mrs Lau Chor Tak Multi-Purpose Hall (SCC 201), HKBU Shaw Campus, Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong |
Language: | English & Putonghua (Simultaneous interpreting available) |
Speakers: | Ms Anna Wu (fiction writer, Mainland China) |
Mr Chan Ho-kei (fiction writer, Hong Kong) | |
Mr Ho Ching-pin (fiction writer, Taiwan) | |
12 March 2019 (Tuesday)
Panel Discussion: Creativity 2.0: How Science Influences Art | |
Time: | 15:30 – 17:00 |
Venue: | CVA 304, 3/F Communication and Visual Arts Building, HKBU, Baptist University Road, Kowloon Tong |
Language: | English |
Speakers: | Dr Cheung Tit-leung (Filmmaker; Part-time lecturer, Academy of Film, HKBU) |
Dr Eugene Birman (Composer; Research Assistant Professor, Department of Music, HKBU) | |
Mr Kingsley Siu-king Ng (Visual Artist; Assistant Professor, Academy of Visual Arts, HKBU) | |
Ms Sarah Lippett (graphic novelist, UK ) | |
13 March 2019 (Wednesday)
Panel Discussion: Feminist Perspectives on Speculative Fiction | |
Time: | 11:00 – 12:30 |
Venue: | FSC 501, 5/F Fong Shu Chuen Library Building, HKBU Ho Sin Hang Campus, Waterloo Road, Kowloon Tong |
Language: | English |
Speakers: | Ms Han Yujoo (fiction writer, South Korea) |
Ms Kyoko Yoshida (fiction writer, translator and scholar, Japan) | |
Ms Natasha Pulley (fiction writer, UK ) | |
Music Concert: Night Sounds of Illusions | |
Time: | 19:30 – 21:00 |
Venue: | Tong Three, 716 Shanghai Street, Mongkok, Kowloon |
Language: | Cantonese & Putonghua |
Musician: | Mr Hak Gwai |
Mr Keith Li | |
Mr Siu Ko | |
Writer: | Mr Albert Tam (fiction writer, Hong Kong) |
Ms Anna Wu (fiction writer, Mainland China) | |
Mr Ho Ching-pin (fiction writer, Taiwan) | |
14 March 2019 (Thursday)
Screening: Black Mirror Episode & Post Screening Discussion: Social Credit: The Future Is Now | |
Time: | 15:00 – 17:30 |
Venue: | WLB 103, 1/F The Wing Lung Bank Building for Business Studies, HKBU Shaw Campus, Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong |
Language: | English |
Speakers: | Dr Gladys Pak-lei Chong (Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, HKBU) |
Dr Mark Boone (Assistant Professor, Department of Religion and Philosophy, HKBU) | |
Mr Nikola Madzirov (poet, Macedonia) | |
Panel Discussion: Fact & Fiction: Sci-Fi as Social Critique | |
Time: | 19:30 – 21:00 |
Venue: | SWT 701, 7/F Shaw Tower, HKBU Shaw Campus, Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong |
Language: | English |
Speakers: | Ms Barnali Ray Shukla (writer-director, India) |
Dr Eli Park Sorensen (Assistant Professor, Department of English, CUHK) | |
Dr Guo Ting (Research Assistant Professor, Asia Global Institute, HKU) | |
Mr Jason Y Ng (Writer; President of PEN HK) | |
16 March, 2019 (Saturday)
Symposium: AI, Moral Imagination, and the Future of Artistic Practices | |
Time: | 11:00 – 13:00 |
Venue: | Council Chamber (SWT 501), 5/F Shaw Tower, HKBU Shaw Campus, Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong |
Language: | English |
Speakers: | Dr Bettina Dietz (Associate Professor, Department of History, HKBU) |
Dr Celine Yungya Song (Director, AI and Media Research Lab; Associate Professor, Department of Journalism, HKBU) | |
Ms Mara Genschel (poet, Germany) | |
Dr Christopher Keyes (Composer; Professor, Department of Music, HKBU) | |
Dr Simon Lui (Computer musician; Adjunct Professor, Singapore University of Technology and Design) | |
Ms Zoie So (Artist; Senior Lecturer, Department of Visual Studies, Lingnan University) | |
Dr Zhang Jiji (Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy, Lingnan University) | |
Panel Discussion: Science Fiction Culture in HK: A Minor Perspective | |
Time: | 18:30 – 20:00 |
Venue: | Lecture Theatre, Hong Kong Central Library, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong |
Language: | Cantonese |
Speakers: | Ms Angela Su (artist, Hong Kong) |
Mr Dung Kai-cheung (fiction writer, Hong Kong) | |
Dr Gabriel Tsang (writer and scholar, Hong Kong) | |
Ms Hon Lai-chu (fiction writer, Hong Kong) | |
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Media enquiries:
Diana Au from the Faculty of Arts (3411 7173 / d_au@hkbu.edu.hk)