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Monday, 15 April
12:00-10.30pm, every day until April 21	Fringe Club, Foyer	Literally Visually, "Coloring Words": Color poetry and photographs by Madeleine Marie Slavick, "Salt Videos": Multi-media poetry by Mani Rao, Vishwas Kulkarni and others. Literally Visually is the fusion of literature with new media. Emotion in motion.
1:30-3:30pm	Institute of Education	Creative writing workshops for English teachers with New York/ Hong Kong author Xu Xi
7:30-9:30pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	Dymocks presents: "An Audience With Amitav Ghosh". One of the world's top novelists talks about his work and takes questions from the audience. Ghosh is one of the festival's biggest draws.
7:30-9:30pm	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"The Art and Craft of Screenwriting": A fascinating discussion between Asia-based movie industry names Julien Carbon, Evans Chan, Laurent Courtiaud, Bey Logan, Lawrence Ah Mun and Jake Needham. Moderated by Lawrence Gray. Hosted by the Hong Kong Writers' Circle.
Tuesday, 16 April
10:00am-1:00pm	Institute of Education	Creative writing workshops for English teachers with Xu Xi
7:30pm	Foreign Correspondents' Club	Allianz presents: "Lit Wits": An entertaining soiree for readers and writers at the fabled Foreign Correspondents' Club of Hong Kong, a bar which itself has been featured in at least four novels.
Wednesday 17 April
10:00am-1:00pm	Institute of Education	Creative writing workshops for English teachers with Xu Xi
12:30pm	Foreign Correspondents' Club	"Writers and Politics": An eye-opening session with the Vice President of the International PEN, Moris Farhi plus Jasper Becker, Yang Lian, Huang Bei Ling, and others. Hosted by PEN.
3:00pm	China Tee Club	"High Tea": Meet the Authors. This fun session promises to cover topics from the risqué to the classical with three Australian authors, Dewi Anggraeni, Brian Dibble and Linda Jaivin; emceed by Nury Vittachi. Hosted by the Australian Association Women's Group.
8:00pm	The Fringe Club	"Outloud" poetry readings. Lively evening with visiting poets Adam Aitken, Louise Shew Wan Ho, Jam Ismail, P.K. Leung, Yang Lian, M.L. Liebler, Catherine Lim, Shirley Geok-lin Lim, Huang Bei Ling, Dino Mahoney, David McKirdy, Madeleine Marie Slavick, Mani Rao, Jim Wong-Chu, and others.
Thursday 18 April
Lunch	Foreign Correspondents' Club	Speaker lunch with three stars of the global literary scene, all of whom have an interest in or links with Asia: Amitav Ghosh, Justin Hill and Hanif Kureishi.
2:00-3.45pm	Helena May, Garden Road	"Afternoon Tea" with interesting and very different authors who have flown in from the United States: Robin Hemley, Annie Wang and Xu Xi; emceed by Nury Vittachi. Hosted by the American Women's Association.
3:45pm	Pui Ying Secondary School, Pokfulam	"Drama in Schools". Tony Le Nguyen conducts a workshop with students.
4:30pm	Standard Chartered Bank (30/F, 4-4A Des Voeux Rd, Central)	Press Conference (for media, authors and sponsors only).
7:00-9:00pm	China Tee Club	"Writing from Asia" with Amitav Ghosh, Anhua Gao and Jake Needham. Moderated by Peter Gordon. With a reception for the 2002 Schools Book Prize winners hosted by the Harvard Club of Hong Kong. A Harvard Club-Paddyfield Literary Soiree.
8:00pm	Wan Chai. Gathering spot: Coyote Bar, 120 Lockhart Road, Wan Chai.	"In Search of Suzie Wong": Local bad boy Nury Vittachi and friends lead a literary(ish) expedition into the infamous district of Wan Chai. (No tickets. Own expense. Discretion guaranteed. Good behaviour optional.)
Friday 19 April
12:00pm	Foreign Correspondents' Club	Lunch with Amit Chaudhuri & Arthur Sze. In a double-header, acclaimed UK-educated novelist Chaudhuri gives a very different perspective on writing than Sze, a poet flying in from the United States.
4:00pm	S.K.H. Chan Young Secondary School, Sheng Shui	"Drama in Schools". Tony Le Nguyen conducts a workshop with students.
7:30pm	Mandarin Oriental Hotel	Gala dinner for authors and major sponsors. Co-sponsored by The University of Hong Kong. Cocktails sponsored by TIME.
Saturday 20 April
7:30-9:00am	Foreign Correspondents' Club Verandah (FCC members and their guests only)	Continental breakfast buffet / Pre-festival social breakfast.
9:30-11:00am	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"Getting Published": Lively discussion including English and foreign-language literary agents, local and international publishers (Asia2000, HKUP, Chameleon Press etc.), distributors and authors who have taken different approaches to getting published. Mary Cunnane, Todd Crowell, Alice Gruenfelder, Charles Foran, Jennifer Kolitch, Mina Cerny Kumar, Vivian Yang and others.
9:30-11:00am	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"Drama - Laughter Across Cultures": Be entertained with playwright/ moderator Dino Mahoney, writer/actors Tony Le Nguyen & Jacob Rajan, and theatre practitioner Tang Shu-wing.
11:30am-12:45pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"Creating Fiction": Moderated by Elaine Ho of Hong Kong University, this stimulating session features Amitav Ghosh, Hanif Kureishi, Alex Kuo and David Wong Louie one of the most high-powered line-ups on the festival schedule.
11:30am-12:45pm	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"Creative Non-Fiction": Specialists in the huge and growing field of non-fiction tell you how it's done and how to succeed; with Verner Bickley, Todd Crowell, Linda Jaivin, and Karl Taro Greenfeld. Moderated by Robin Hemley.
1:00pm	Foreign Correspondents' Club, Main Dining Room	"Must Travel: The New Breed of International Being" Entertaining lunch with top international writer and raconteur Pico Iyer.
2:15pm-3:30pm	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"Writing in English or Chinese?" Bilingual authors give a unique peek into the future of global publishing with reference to the two biggest and most complex languages on this planet. Moderated by Xu Xi, with Anhua Gao, P.K. Leung, Hwee Hwee Tan, Annie Wang, Ouyang Yu and Zhao Chuan (Leslie).
2:15pm-3:30pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"Writing Around the Region": Insights on capturing the intricacies and mysteries of East Asia, a socially and politically rich region, featuring people who have done it well. Featuring Dewi Anggraeni, Amit Chaudhuri, Catherine Lim and Pira Sudham. Moderated by Michael Vatikiotis.
2:30pm-5:30pm	Meeting Room, Foreign Correspondents' Club	Writing workshop with Hanif Kureishi For those with a genuine interest in writing fiction, preferably with some experience. Get guidance from a master. Numbers limited.
4:00pm-5:30pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"The Challenges of Translation": It is becoming evident that moving between languages is going to be a key to finding vast new markets in the book business. Moderated by Gilbert Fong, with Amit Chaudhuri, Brian Holton, Mabel Lee, Yang Lian, Arthur Sze, Ouyang Yu, and Zhao Chuan (Leslie).
4:00pm-5:30pm	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"Writing Memoir, Biography and Autobiography": Arguably the fastest growing segment of writing today is the personal memoir industry, the products of which range from celebrity lives to autobiographies written as personal therapy. With Anhua Gao, Robin Hemley, Brian Dibble and Gillian Bickley. Moderated by David Parker.
6:00pm	Fringe Club Roof Garden	"The Party - Meet the Authors": Hosted by Dymocks. Drinks, snacks, books and autographs from top authors at a fun but informal event. Be there!
7:30pm	Fringe Club Bar	"Dirty Linen: Sh-sh-shared Secrets... Political, Personal & Erotic": hosted by Dino Mahoney and Pauline Burton, featuring many visiting and local writers, including Linda Jaivin and Hwee Hwee Tan. Hosted by Outloud.
Sunday 21 April
10:00am-11:30am	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"Asian Englishes": Moderated by Shirley Geok-lin Lim, new linguistic frontiers will be explored by Adam Aitken, Jose Y. Dalisay, Leow Puay Tin, Hwee Hwee Tan, and Dina Zaman.
10:00am-11:30am	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"Writing about Mainland China": Charles Foran, Anhua Gao, and Justin Hill look at a country which, in literary terms, is under-explored. Moderated by Jasper Becker.
10:00am-11:30am	Foreign Correspondents' Club, Main Dining Room	"Selling Like Hotcakes": Writers and publishers of popular fiction and non-fiction share their secrets about getting books written, published and sold in numbers. With Christopher New and Mary Cunnane, Jake Needham, Denis Way and Nury Vittachi.
11:30am-1.00pm	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"Today's Poetry": Suddenly poetry is fun, with accessible, popular and rap-rhythm rhymes performed at live venues - including in Hong Kong. Moderated by Mani Rao, featuring Arthur Sze, Jam Ismail, Huang Bei Ling, M.L. Liebler, Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Jim Wong-Chu,.
11:30am-1:00pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"Capturing Hong Kong": The glittering city by the sea has always captivated writers, but has recently entered into a new and as yet undocumented area. Moderated by Martin Alexander, with Louise Shew Wan Ho, Agnes Shun-Ling Lam, Christopher New, David T.K. Wong and Xu Xi.
2:45pm-4:00pm	Fringe Club, Star Alliance Theatre	"Writing About Macau": This ancient enclave has a 400-year history filled with magical stories and extraordinary personalities - and the story isn't over. Moderated by Glenn Timmermans, with Fernanda Dias, Henrique de Senna Fernandes, and translator Prof David Brookshaw, with Annabel Jackson, and P.K. Leung.
2:45pm-4:00pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"Making Movies": A discussion on Hong Kong's filmmaking scene, with Julien Carbon, Laurent Courtiaud, David Elfick, Lawrence Gray, Bey Logan, Jake Needham, and actor, Daniel Wu. Moderated by Raymond Ng.
4:15pm-5:15pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"Writers' residencies/ retreats, courses, fellowships, grants and other key resources": Moderated by Jane Camens, Zhao Chuan (Leslie), David T.K. Wong, Xu Xi, a representative from the Arts Development Council and others.
5:15pm-6:15pm	Fringe Club, Lycos Asia Theatre	"The Writer's Identity": Find out why you always write autobiographically, or in the third person, or as a member of the opposite sex. Plumb the mysteries at the heart of the creative process, moderated by Xu Xi, with Dewi Anggraeni, Agnes Shun-Ling Lam, Stephen Rogers, David T.K. Wong, Ouyang Yu and others.
6:30pm	Fringe Club, Roof Garden	Closing Drinks Party