Get inspired at Hong Kong Book Fair

There is still more than a year to go before the Hong Kong Palace Museum opens to the public in the West Kowloon Cultural District. An exhibition at the Art Gallery will showcase a number of related cultural artifacts to whet the appetites of visitors interested in Chinese antiquities.

"We invited Chinese authors from around the world," explains Benjamin Chau, deputy executive director of the HKTDC. "But we also want to underscore that Hong Kong is an international city."

Both Chinese- and English-speaking readers will get a chance to learn more about their beloved authors. Local authors Rap Chan, Su Hei and Shirley Loo will put their favorite things on display as part of a showcase titled Words to Warm the Heart to help fair visitors delve into a writer's creative journey. Budding Chinese authors get a platform to share creative ideas in the Eight Seminar Series, while their more well-known counterparts will speak at the Renowned Writers Seminar Series.

Australia-based New Zealand author Heather Morris will be part of the English and International Reading Series, speaking online and sharing how listening makes up part of the storytelling process with audiences in real time. Initially a screenplay writer, she met Holocaust survivor Lale Sokolov, whose story served as the material for her bestselling debut novel, The Tattooist of Auschwitz.