The Hong Kong Writers Circle launched its 21st anthology Coming of Age at the Asia Society on Sat night to an (almost) full house! I shared a hairy moment from my trilogy of short humour stories, Ageless. HUGE thanks to Team HKILF for putting together a cracking festival, anthology editors Jay & Julian, all contributors and most of all, the unbeatable audience!
Issue 12 of The Apostrophe has landed on Substack! This one features a firecracker of a cover by Zed and a pithy photo story by Joãowow Lucas. If you’ve got an eye for capturing a ‘moment’ on camera, I want to see it as art editor! Subs reopen April 1st (no joke) on the theme of ‘YAWN’.
In an exciting break with tradition (usually we are at the Fringe), the Hong Kong Writers Circle‘s Hong Kong International Literary Festival launch of its 21st anthology Coming of Age, edited by dream team Jay Oatway and Julian Lyden, will be held at the Asia Society Sat 7 March from 8-9.30pm. My contribution is like my bum curtains: Ageless. The Circle‘s last two lit fest launches of Score and Lost in Transition sold out so hurry, hurry to grab your tix! I’ll be among the readers. Afterparty TBA (but there will be one…)
https://www.eventbrite.hk/e/book-launch-21-coming-of-age-tickets-1981552717520
Past HKWC Lit Fest launches!
Your opportunity to score tickets for the HK Lit Fest launch of the HKWC‘s 20th anniversary anthology Score has arrived – and ended, as tickets have already sold out!!! But please don’t let a trivial matter like no tickets put you off! Where there’s free tickets, there’s no-shows, so it’s DEFINITELY worth showing up for the 6pm event. If there’s space, you’ll be wafted in. If there’s not, you can still join us afterwards for a drink at speakeasy Dragonfly. I’ll be reading one of my ‘Two Shit Shorts’ (the actual title, not just me being modest).
Whether you’ve already got tix or chance it on the door, I hope to see you in the Jockey Club Theatre of the HK Fringe Cub from 6-7pm on Sun 2 March!
https://www.amazon.com/Score-Writers-Circle-Anniversary-Anthology-ebook/dp/B0DZ32R7S5
https://bookazine.com.hk/products/score-the-hong-kong-writers-circle-anthology
Taking part in the HK Lit Fest launches of the Hong Kong Writers Circle‘s and Women in Publishing Society‘s anthologies is always a hit of dopamine. In 2025, two of my flashiest flash fiction pieces (aptly titled ‘Two Shit Shorts’) will be flushed in HKWC anthology Score. The event will be held at the Jockey Club Theatre at the Hong Kong Fringe on 2 March at 6pm – and as it’s a celebration of 20 years of the Circle AND a leaving party for some of us, come to party!
The Women in Publishing Society will be launching their anthology Imprint 23 at the FCC from 7-10pm on Weds 5th March. This is always a blast. I’ll be reading at both events. Wheeeeee!
Another action-packed (and themed) edition of The Apostrophe (Issue 7) has dropped on Substack! It can also be read and downloaded as a pdf here!
This one features incredible photography by Anthony Roussel (cover artist) and Philippe Joly, and spectacular art by Julien Pantz. Thanks to everyone who contributed!
Submissions for our next issue on the theme of ‘Character’ are open now!
Issue 6 of The Apostrophe on the theme of ‘Excuses’ just dropped on Substack! The perk of being art editor for the HKWC’s quirky lit mag is not needing an excuse to connect with and showcase the talents of inspiring established and emerging visual artists! This edition features an ingenious scrabble poem cover by artist Rachel P Smith!
The theme for Issue 7 is ‘Action’. No more excuses – GO for it!
Issue 5 of The Apostrophe is a tasty morsel of poetry, fiction and art! It’s always exciting to connect with new artists as art editor, especially when they are as quirky and talented as Victoria Mae Martyn and Andreas Vonbuddenbrock! Victoria’s kooky cover art is called ‘Corporate Coffee’ 😆 and Andreas’ stunning sketch of HK is called ‘Infinity’. Thanks to editors Jan Lee and Sam Powney, all the writers, poets and artists who made this our most striking edition yet!
The Hong Kong Writers Circle‘s 19th anthology Lost in Transition launched in a ‘sold out‘ event at the Hong Kong International Lit Fest on Wednesday evening – and sold out of copies at Bookazine 48 hours later! Thanks to everyone who came out to support! The anthology will be restocked at Bookazine and uploaded to Amazon shortly!
Join me for my final event of HKILF 2024 when I’ll be performing my humorous short story The Snide Sniper at the Women in Publishing Society‘s launch of Imprint 22 at the FCC!
https://bookazine.com.hk/products/lost-in-transition
The Hong Kong Writers Circle‘s launch of Lost in Transition at the Hong Kong Lit Fest has sold out a week after Poetry, Stories and Mental Health! This means I only have one lit fest event left where you can still grab a ticket! Please act fast to book for the Women in Publishing Society‘s launch of Imprint 22 at the FCC on 7 March! This one’ll cost you, but includes free wine or bubbles, a delicious buffet, two copies of the anthology per guest and a full evening’s entertainment at the FCC from 7-10pm, where I will be among the readers. Hope to see you there!
