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Peter Suart is a former Hong Kong resident. He tells us what he will be talking about at the Hong Kong Book Fair. Among other things we also find out why he considers himself a "Mugwamp"!

Ahead of the HK Book Fair, a chat with author and historian Professor Frank Dikotter. Frank is the author of "The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution" a series of books that document the impact of communism on the lives of ordina...

Ahead of the Hong Kong Book Fair, Phil Whelan meets author Richard Tong, whose published works include "Me and my potato" and "Happy Birthday Bitch"! Richard's new book is called "Bitch on Heat".

Hear poet and author, Mida Azada talking about her newly released "Cataclysmal: Seventy Wasted Poems" - a very cool collection of poems with a Filipino flavour.

Poet (and fluent Cantonese speaker) David McKirdy joins Phil Whelan to unveil his brand new collection, "Ancestral Worship". It's his ode to Hong Kong, which has been his home since he was four.

Author Peter Craggs speaks to Phil Whelan about his book, "When Harry Met Vicky—A Fatal Attraction Growing Up with My Parents". It's a fascinating memoir of his father, a well-known Police inspector in the then Royal HK Police Force, who starts a new l...

Author Mike Smith talks with Phil Whelan about his brand new book, "In The City Of Dragons". It's the second in his planned trilogy of cheeky, nostalgic, barely legal...TRUE stories of times gone by in Hong Kong. Former Royal Hong Kong Policeman, and e...

American, Jenny Bowen, is the the founder of "Half the Sky", which has to be one of the most successful charities taking care of orphans in China, will tell us her story, and introduce her recent best selling biography, 'Wish You Happy Forever'. As wel...

Phil Whelan meets renowned Chinese novelist, Chan Koonchung. He's the author of The Fat Years, dubbed ‘The Chinese 1984’. His latest book, published this week is "The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa The Driver". It focuses on the lives of Tibetan migra...

Noreen Mir asks Richard Westoby, author of "Our Journey: One Couple's Guide to US Surrogacy" about his alternative way to build a family. They started to discuss how did the journey begin...

Noreen Mir is joined by Elsie Sze, author of "Ghost Cave: A novel of Sarawak", to talk about her new book and how it helps recollect her root.

As the world begins to look back 100 years to the start of the first world war, author Mark O'Neill talks about his latest book, "The Chinese Labour Corps". As the young men of Europe were fighting in the trenches, a little known contingent of Chinese ...

Former civil servant and author of Paper Tigress Rachel Cartland joins Peter King to discuss her book and experiences of 40 years with the Hong Kong government.

Phil Whelan chats to author Maurice Jones, who's new (hilarious) novel "Last Resort" has lead to him being called the "new Tom Sharpe". Maurice is an award-winning journalist who first shot to infamy in 1977 with the shortest defection in history: thre...

Noreen Mir speaks to Hong Kong based internatial author Sarah Brennan about her latest book in the Chinese Calendar Tales series ”The tale of the dark horse”.

Phil Whelan is joined by Professor Sam Crane, the Head of Political Science at Williams College in the USA to talk about Confucianism in modern society.

Jennifer Li is an owner of Attic Book Shop and a bookbinder specializing in restoring books and papers. She introduces "Wisdom of Emotions" by Dzogchen Ponlop Rinpoche to Angie Man. It is not only because Jennifer has recently encountered a customer w...

Fed up of the law? Take it easy...you might find some humour in the situation. On the 123 Show, Reenita Malhotra Hora talks with Mr Justice Kemal Bokhary, author of The Law is a Crocodile.

Phil Whelan meets author and Professor, Huang Yunte, who will talk about his latest; "‘Charlie Chan: The Untold Story of the Honorable Detective and His Rendezvous with American History". As always, Hollywood, when given the perfect chance to give an A...

Phil Whelan is joined by award winning novelist James Scudamore to talk about his book "Wreaking" which is set in an abandoned asylum.