Radio 3's reporter Angie Man talks to Katty Law, Convenor of Central and Western Concern Group about her favourite book - A Sense of History: Studies in the Social and Urban History of Hong Kong by Carl Smith. She reveals how the book has inspired her ...

Radio 3's reporter Angie Man talks to Katty Law, Convenor of Central and Western Concern Group about her favourite book - A Sense of History: Studies in the Social and Urban History of Hong Kong by Carl Smith. She reveals how the book has inspired her ...

We welcome author, China scholar and commentator, Jeffrey Wasserstrom. He's written numerous books on China including "China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know", and the fun and totally accessible "Eight Juxtapositions", which we'll discu...

We welcome author, China scholar and commentator, Jeffrey Wasserstrom. He's written numerous books on China including "China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know", and the fun and totally accessible "Eight Juxtapositions", which we'll discu...

Samuel Johnson Prize winner Frank Dikotter just released the final part of his People's Trilogy, which looks at the impact of communism on the lives of ordinary people in China. This third installment "The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–...

Samuel Johnson Prize winner Frank Dikotter just released the final part of his People's Trilogy, which looks at the impact of communism on the lives of ordinary people in China. This third installment "The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–...

Matthew Cooper has written two children's books set in Hong Kong: Black Rain Day – A Hong Kong Adventure and Lost in Hong Kong. Matthew has lived in Hong Kong for over 10 years and in that time he has worked as a medical writer (abandoned as it was a b...

Sarah Brennan is the Hong Kong-based, Australian-born author and publisher of the best-selling Chinese Calendar Tales as well as the hugely popular Dirty Story series for kids. Both of these are wickedly illustrated by Hong Kong’s much loved award-winn...

Haresh Sharma, the multi-award-winning Resident Playwright of the Necessary Stage in Singapore and writer of over 100 plays, which have been staged worldwide. Winner of numerous prestigious awards including Singapore Literature Prize, Southeast Asian W...

Haresh Sharma, the multi-award-winning Resident Playwright of the Necessary Stage in Singapore and writer of over 100 plays, which have been staged worldwide. Winner of numerous prestigious awards including Singapore Literature Prize, Southeast Asian W...

Sarah Brennan is the Hong Kong-based, Australian-born author and publisher of the best-selling Chinese Calendar Tales as well as the hugely popular Dirty Story series for kids. Both of these are wickedly illustrated by Hong Kong’s much loved award-winn...

Matthew Cooper has written two children's books set in Hong Kong: Black Rain Day – A Hong Kong Adventure and Lost in Hong Kong. Matthew has lived in Hong Kong for over 10 years and in that time he has worked as a medical writer (abandoned as it was a b...

Yangsook Choi is a Korean author and illustrator based in New York. She has written and illustrated many books for young readers. Her books have been awarded "Best of the Best" by the Chicago Public Library and many awards. When she is not creating, sh...

Yangsook Choi is a Korean author and illustrator based in New York. She has written and illustrated many books for young readers. Her books have been awarded "Best of the Best" by the Chicago Public Library and many awards. When she is not creating, sh...

Uma Krishnaswami is the author of more than twenty books for children, from picture, through to novels for young readers. Her books have been published in eleven languages and have been awarded for many prizes, including Book Uncle and Me. She teaches ...

Bali Rai, the Angus Book Award-winning author of his notable novel (Un)arranged Marriage, which received rave reviews and was shortlisted for nine regional book prizes, winning The Angus, Stockport, North Lanarkshire and Leicester Book awards. The nove...

Blair Reeve, a New Zealander based in Hong Kong, he has been writing and performing a rhythmic and comical style of performance poetry. His first children's book is Hogart The Hedgehog Turns Nink. He also teaches creative writing to students at Chinese...

Blair Reeve, a New Zealander based in Hong Kong, he has been writing and performing a rhythmic and comical style of performance poetry. His first children's book is Hogart The Hedgehog Turns Nink. He also teaches creative writing to students at Chinese...

Bali Rai, the Angus Book Award-winning author of his notable novel (Un)arranged Marriage, which received rave reviews and was shortlisted for nine regional book prizes, winning The Angus, Stockport, North Lanarkshire and Leicester Book awards. The nove...

Uma Krishnaswami is the author of more than twenty books for children, from picture, through to novels for young readers. Her books have been published in eleven languages and have been awarded for many prizes, including Book Uncle and Me. She teaches ...

Brian Falkner began college intending to study computers, but along the way he decided to shift his focus to something more creative. Falkner's debut novel was The Flea Thing, and followed by twelve books in the next ten years, published in fourteen co...

Varian Johnson was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina, and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received a BS in Civil Engineering. He later attended the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where he received an MFA in Writing for Children a...

Varian Johnson was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina, and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received a BS in Civil Engineering. He later attended the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where he received an MFA in Writing for Children a...

Brian Falkner began college intending to study computers, but along the way he decided to shift his focus to something more creative. Falkner's debut novel was The Flea Thing, and followed by twelve books in the next ten years, published in fourteen co...