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Nury Vittachi
is one of Hong Kong's best-known writers and columnists. His novel The Feng Shui Detective is a Hong Kong bestsellers and has begun to be assigned as a set text in secondary school (a teacher's guide is available).
Nury is equally adept at reading and talking to teens and younger children.
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 Speaking fee: HK$2000
Class/set text* : free
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Roseanne Thong
is both a teacher as well as the author of two picture books, Round is a Mooncake and Red is a Dragon, specially written for children from multi-ethnic families or just living and growing up in Asia.
Target audience: pre-school and primary.
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Speaking fee: HK$2000
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Annie Wang
is the author of Lili : A Novel of Tiananmen, which is suitable for upper secondary school students.
She has also written six books in Chinese, including the Chinese bestseller From Beijing to California and is therefore also an excellent speaker to students in Chinese as well as English.
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Speaking fee: HK$$1,500-$3,000
Class/set text*: HK$1000
Sessions may in either English or Chinese.
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Elaine Leung
As CEO of Paddyfield.com, Elaine works closely with many local schools and is an organiser of the Youth section of the Standard Chartered Literary Festival. She often talks to students (primary and secondary), teachers and parents about books and reading.
See Books 4 Kids for some standard sessions.
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Fees, if any, depend on the circumstances. Please enquire.
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Xu Xi
is the author of several novels and collections of short stories, including History's Fiction and The Unwalled City.
Xu Xi's books, and especially the short stories, are often read as part of a secondary school curriculum and are usually best for students 16 and up.
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Speaking fee: HK$$1,500-$3,000
Class/set text*: HK$1000
Running a creative writing workshop: HK$5000+
Bookings via Image Alpha Limited
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Charles Foran
is the author of several novels and non-fiction books, including House on Fire, which takes place in Hong Kong and Tibet, and Butterfly Lovers about Beijing, and The Story of My Life (so far), an autobiographical look at growing up.
Target audience: upper secondary.
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Speaking fee: HK$2,000
Class/set text*: HK$750
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Ming Chen
is the author of Sassparilla's New Shoes, a picture book for pre-school and early readers. Sassparilla is a young Asian girl who is given her sister's hand-me-down shoes, much to her chagrin. Sassparilla decides to transform the footwear into a wealth of decorative alternatives.
Target audience: pre-school and primary.
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Speaking fee: HK$2000
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Gillian Bickley
has lived in Hong Kong for about 30 years, teaching at the Univ. of Hong Kong and the HK Baptist University. She is the author of Hong Kong Invaded! A '97 Nightmare, a re-publication of an 1897 novella describing the invasion of Hong Kong by France and Russia, including scholarly annotations and suitable for upper secondary students. She has also written a Hong Kong reader, Jockey, originally published by Heinemann.
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Speaking fee: HK$$1,500-2,000
Class/set text*: HK$1000
Running a writing workshop: HK$5000+
Bookings via Image Alpha Limited
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A series of presentations for
teachers, parents, librarians
and anyone interested in books
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