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📚Official Hong Kong International Literary Festival 香港國際文學節
🗓 HKILF 2027: 24-28 February
🌱Young Readers Festival 2027: 1-12 March

https://festival.org.hk
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Founded in 2001, the Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF), is an annual event held over 10 days in the fall, featuring established and emerging writers from around the world in a programme that includes discussions, literary lunches and dinners, workshops, lectures, debates, book signings, and readings. HKILF is organized and coordinated by Hong Kong International Literary Festival Li

mited, a non-profit, charitable literary arts organization which also manages the annual Young Readers Festival (YRF). Facebook | Instagram | Twitter

15/06/2026

A 25-year milestone as part of Hong Kong’s cultural landscape.✨📚

The full recap video is now live on our YouTube channel. Head to the link in our bio to watch. A massive thank you to our incredible festival community for being part of this spectacular 25-year journey! See you next year. 🎉

香港國際文學節 2026 回顧影片已正式上線我們的 YouTube 頻道✨點擊 bio 中連結即可觀看。
我們由衷感謝每一位重要的文學節夥伴、講者與讀者社群，謝謝大家與我們攜手走過 25 年的文學之旅。期待明年再見！

🎥Kudos to Joyce Yung and Random Art Workshop

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11/06/2026

This year marks the launch of the 21st edition of the Hong Kong Writers Circle annual anthology, 21: Coming of Age. 🎉At , more than 30 contributors gathered to connect and celebrate this special moment for the local writing community. Such an incredible evening of getting a closer look at the inspiring writing journeys behind the words!

今年的文學節，我們非常高興能見證 Hong Kong Writers Circle 第 21 本年度文集《21: Coming of Age》正式發布！🎉 現場超過 30 位編創者齊集一堂、互相交流，慶祝這個屬於本地英文寫作界的特別時刻。感謝所有參與者的到場支持。

09/06/2026

Design and illustration collide this Saturday! 🎨👀 Join our panel talk at , which explores the unique world of archiving illustrative work based on the current Miroslav Šašek exhibition "This is Hong Kong".
We are thrilled to be a partner for this event with the Hong Kong Design Centre, Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Hong Kong , Baobab , Bookazine . More info about another talk will be released soon.
Catch the exhibition from 6 June to 7 July. See you there! ✨
感受設計與插畫的靈感碰撞🎨👀
本週六來參加展覽座談會！兩位本地藝術家與設計師，從現正展出的「薩錫克：從前，有個香港」出發，探討插畫作品獨特的檔案保存與呈現方式。
我們非常榮幸與香港設計中心、捷克共和國駐香港總領事館（）、Baobab和Bookazine 攜手呈獻這場活動，我們將很快公布另一場講座的細節，敬請期待。
展覽日期為 6 月 6 日至 7月 6 日，切勿錯過！✨

Panel: This is Hong Kong—Design and Illustration Collide
「薩錫克：從前，有個香港」插畫座談會
📅Date 日期: 13/06
⏰️Time 時間: 13:00-14:30
📍Venue 地點: The Annex, 2/F, DX design hub, 280 Tung Chau Street, Sham Shui Po 深水埗通州街 280 號 DX 設計館二樓別館

Speaker 講者: BIlly Potts, Pearl Law
Moderator 主持: Laura Mannering

🎟 Free Admission, registered via the link in bio. 免費入場，請透過 bio 中鏈接預先登記。

05/06/2026

BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES (SPRING 2026) – EMMA PEI YIN ✨

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Black Box Writers’ Series (Spring 2026) on 6 March. The session was a collaboration with the Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF). At HKU Black Box, Australian-Chinese author Emma Pei Yin discussed her debut novel, When Sleeping Women Wake.

In conversation with the series convenor, Emma spoke about chosen familial bonds and unheard voices. She discussed how, in writing, relationships between characters are formed not only through major gestures or dramatic turning points but also through the small, accumulated moments that give a story its texture. She also shared her experience working with editors from different countries.

We welcome everyone from our School and beyond to join future events in the Series!

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The BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES celebrates creative voices and craft, with a focus on writers and works with local connections. Part of The HKU Guild: Home for the Creative Arts.

04/06/2026

SAVE THE DATE, YRF 2027 1-12 MARCH
Looking back on a memorable 15th anniversary of our student programming✨ This year, our YRF speakers visited 67 schools across Hong Kong, leading 200 sessions and inspiring more than 16,000 students to explore the boundless joy of reading and creative writing. We hope these vibrant memories stay with our young readers. 🌱📚
A huge thank you to all of our local and international speakers, the participating schools, and our dedicated chaperones for making YRF 2026 another success! ❤️

今年 YRF 講者走進全港 67 間學校，透過 200 場活動，帶領超過 16,000 位學生一同探索閱讀與創作的無窮樂趣。我們衷心希望這些繽紛的記憶，能化作持久的熱愛，繼續陪伴年輕讀者們一路成長。🌱📚
我們感謝所有本地和國際講者的精彩呈現，各所學校的信任，以及全體義工的支持，共同成就成功的第 15 屆青少年讀者節！❤️

09/05/2026

Thank you to our government sponsor, SCOLAR , for their ongoing support of our YRF and HKILF events.📖The joy of books and reading is evident in these happy memories from our 2026 activities! 👏

感謝語常會對香港國際文學節和青少年讀者節的持續支持。📖✨我們希望每位參與者帶着活動的愉快回憶，繼續感受閱讀與創作的無限樂趣。

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P1: “Learning to Fly” - Zanni Louise at French International School

P2: (above) “Fame, Fiction, and the Age of Online Judgment” - Liam Pieper, Liann Zhang, Siang Lu at Fringe Diary
(below) “Manufactured Truths: Who Controls the Story?” - Hernan Diaz, Liam Pieper at The Executive Centre - Two Pacific Place

P3-4: “Creating Characters” - Ben Clanton at Social

P5: “Top Notch” - Hong Kong Stories at Hong Kong Fringe Club 藝穗會 - Diary

P6: “Mythology, Fairy Tales & Fantasy” - Sue Lynn Tan at Eaton HK - Kino Lounge

07/05/2026

Over 2,600 participants joined us for ! We love these audience moments📷

2026 香港國際文學節共迎來超過 2,600 位參加者！多謝大家的支持，我們珍惜每一次與愛書之人相遇、交流的機會，也期待在下一場文學旅程再會。📷

25/04/2026

Huge thanks to The Lion Rock Press and roksaan.cards whose colourful donations helped fill our festival thank you bags for .

Illustrator Catherine Choi also partook in our YRF programme. Her picture books—𝘗𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘳𝘤𝘶𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘦 and 𝘞𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘉𝘰𝘢𝘳—were featured in her event's for over 350 students throughout the city!

Community support is what makes the festival possible. Thank you for being part of the journey! 🙌

23/04/2026

Happy ! Swipe to see our recent marquee event highlights at ! The festival has been celebrating the power of stories and words for generations. 📖✨

祝各位讀者 #世界閱讀日快樂！我們堅信閱讀的力量能照亮心靈，為不同世代的讀者帶來啟發。
滑動即可查看今年焦點活動的精彩回顧。感謝所有觀眾到場支持！📖✨

💪On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters - Bonnie Tsui (3 March, Hong Kong Central Library)

📦I Deliver Parcels in Beijing - Hu Anyan 胡安焉 (4 March, Hong Kong Central Library)

👁️Amitav Ghosh: Ghost-Eye - Amitav Ghosh (5 March, Hong Kong Central Library)

🏛️Trust - Hernan Diaz (7 March, Asia Society Hong Kong Center)

🏪The Second Chance Convenience Store - Kim Ho-Yeon (7 March, Asia Society Hong Kong)

📮Subscribe to our newsletter to view more detailed event recap. 歡迎訂閱文學節電子報，不錯過詳細的活動回顧。

18/04/2026

📣WIN A BOOK AND A SPA VOUCHER! We need to hear from you. If you attended any events, please scan the QR code or click the survey link in our bio. It takes just a few minutes, and your feedback is important to us, for securing funding and planning future festivals.

🎁Survey participants will be entered into a draw to win a book and a spa voucher (courtesy of Iyara Day Spa), see more details in the link!

Thank you in advance for your support. ✨

📣 我們重視你的每一份回饋！

誠邀所有出席的朋友，花幾分鐘填寫「活動意見調查問卷」——你的寶貴意見對我們完善未來節目，至關重要。掃碼或點擊 bio 內 Linktree 首個連結（或問卷先前已寄送至參與者電郵）即可參與。

🎁 完成問卷者將自動參加抽獎，獎品包括精選書籍及 SPA 禮券（由 Iyara Day Spa 提供）。詳情參閱連結內容。

感謝你對香港文學教育推廣的支持與參與 ✨

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