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Sinopsis

Bookmarks, Radio 3's online book club, is a one-stop platform delivering exclusive interviews with authors and editors, news and reviews. Plus bookish conversations with people you wont hear on the radio, and recommendations from notable folk.

Episodios

  • Katty Law's book recommendation

    08/07/2016 Duración: 18min

    Radio 3's reporter Angie Man talks to Katty Law, Convenor of Central and Western Concern Group about her favourite book - A Sense of History: Studies in the Social and Urban History of Hong Kong by Carl Smith. She reveals how the book has inspired her ...

  • Jeffrey Wasserstrom on China in the 21st Century

    08/07/2016 Duración: 15min

    We welcome author, China scholar and commentator, Jeffrey Wasserstrom. He's written numerous books on China including "China in the 21st Century: What Everyone Needs to Know", and the fun and totally accessible "Eight Juxtapositions", which we'll discu...

  • Samuel Johnson Prize winner Frank Dikotter

    08/07/2016 Duración: 15min

    Samuel Johnson Prize winner Frank Dikotter just released the final part of his People's Trilogy, which looks at the impact of communism on the lives of ordinary people in China. This third installment "The Cultural Revolution: A People’s History, 1962–...

  • Matthew Cooper on his children's books

    31/03/2016 Duración: 13min

    Matthew Cooper has written two children's books set in Hong Kong: Black Rain Day – A Hong Kong Adventure and Lost in Hong Kong. Matthew has lived in Hong Kong for over 10 years and in that time he has worked as a medical writer (abandoned as it was a b...

  • Sarah Brennan

    31/03/2016 Duración: 23min

    Sarah Brennan is the Hong Kong-based, Australian-born author and publisher of the best-selling Chinese Calendar Tales as well as the hugely popular Dirty Story series for kids. Both of these are wickedly illustrated by Hong Kong’s much loved award-winn...

  • Haresh Sharma

    31/03/2016 Duración: 21min

    Haresh Sharma, the multi-award-winning Resident Playwright of the Necessary Stage in Singapore and writer of over 100 plays, which have been staged worldwide. Winner of numerous prestigious awards including Singapore Literature Prize, Southeast Asian W...

  • Korean author and illustrator Yangsook Choi

    31/03/2016 Duración: 17min

    Yangsook Choi is a Korean author and illustrator based in New York. She has written and illustrated many books for young readers. Her books have been awarded "Best of the Best" by the Chicago Public Library and many awards. When she is not creating, sh...

  • Uma Krishnaswami

    31/03/2016 Duración: 15min

    Uma Krishnaswami is the author of more than twenty books for children, from picture, through to novels for young readers. Her books have been published in eleven languages and have been awarded for many prizes, including Book Uncle and Me. She teaches ...

  • Award-winning author Bali Rai

    31/03/2016 Duración: 18min

    Bali Rai, the Angus Book Award-winning author of his notable novel (Un)arranged Marriage, which received rave reviews and was shortlisted for nine regional book prizes, winning The Angus, Stockport, North Lanarkshire and Leicester Book awards. The nove...

  • Blair Reeve

    31/03/2016 Duración: 14min

    Blair Reeve, a New Zealander based in Hong Kong, he has been writing and performing a rhythmic and comical style of performance poetry. His first children's book is Hogart The Hedgehog Turns Nink. He also teaches creative writing to students at Chinese...

  • Brian Falkner

    31/03/2016 Duración: 22min

    Brian Falkner began college intending to study computers, but along the way he decided to shift his focus to something more creative. Falkner's debut novel was The Flea Thing, and followed by twelve books in the next ten years, published in fourteen co...

  • Varian Johnson on creative writing

    31/03/2016 Duración: 17min

    Varian Johnson was born and raised in Florence, South Carolina, and attended the University of Oklahoma, where he received a BS in Civil Engineering. He later attended the Vermont College of Fine Arts, where he received an MFA in Writing for Children a...

  • James Tam on Man's Last Song

    30/03/2016 Duración: 15min

    James Tam talks about his latest novel Man's Last Song, which speculates about a Hong Kong in the year 2090.

  • French author Gerard Breissan on The Day They Came

    30/03/2016 Duración: 16min

    French author Gerard Breissan joins Phil Whelan to talk about his novel "The Day They Came", a​ ​tale of a young man's experiences and friendship with an extra-terrestrial...in France.

  • Poet Elbert Lee on"Rain on the Pacific Coast"

    30/03/2016 Duración: 16min

    We welcome poet and author Elbert Lee and find out about his latest volume of poetry with a natural flavour, "Rain on the Pacific Coast".

  • Dr. Solomon Leong on The Secret Of Flowers

    30/03/2016 Duración: 11min

    Award winning floral superstar and regular champion at the Chelsea Flower Show, Dr. Solomon Leong joined Phil Whelan to talk about his new book, The Secret Of Flowers.

  • Top photographer Michael Wolf on "Informal Solutions"

    30/03/2016 Duración: 14min

    Top photographer Michael Wolf talked about his photography and his brand new book, "Informal Solutions- Observations in Hong Kong Back Alleys".

  • The Miraculous History of China's Two Palace

    06/01/2016 Duración: 15min

    Sinologist and author Mark O'Neill joins us to talk about his latest book “The Miraculous History of China’s Two Palace Museums,” which details the treacherous history of how some of China’s most precious artifacts were rescued from the invading Japane...

  • Jason Ng: 10 Years in Hong Kong

    28/12/2015 Duración: 09min

    RTHK Radio 3 was proud to present The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2015. This year we talked to famous writers globally and locally to discuss their work and writing. And we also attended their events and bring you the highlights. Our rep...

  • Dame Margaret Drabble: A day in the life of a Smiling Women

    28/12/2015 Duración: 13min

    RTHK Radio 3 was proud to present The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2015. This year we talked to famous writers globally and locally to discuss their work and writing. And we also attended their events and bring you the highlights. Our rep...

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