|
An interview with Jane Houng about her book, "Cat Soup".
>> Listen or subscribe on I Tunes, visit the HKWC website page, or stream the podcast directly below:
An interview with Blair Reeve and the first of four panel discussions.
>> Listen or subscribe on I Tunes, visit the HKWC website page, or stream the podcast directly below:
A music video for a song for work. I rewrote the song to make it a bit slower and easier, and put together the students work and some guitar stuff with me at Tsim Sha Tsui.
On 14 June, 2016, I was in conversation with Xu Xi for the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. I owe a debt of gratitude to Xu Xi and to Phillipa Milne, the organiser. The photo below is by Laura Ho.
On 21 June, 2016, I published the podcast, which in many ways is the extended version of our conversation at the Kee Club, albeit recorded beforehand.
Click "read more" to see more photos and some kind words from those involved.
A remastered version of a little TEFL song I made a few years ago. It's quite popular with my students (the original has 600 views at the time of writing - not bad for me!). I had shot the original footage in 1080p, but I had edited it on Windows Movie Maker, and so it had suffered a lot of degeneration. I thought I would have a go at remastering the song and colour correcting the video. It's also slightly wider and the subtitles (surtitles?) are better quality. I think the extra width slightly spoils some of the jokes, but maybe I'm just used to the original...
An interview with Ray Hecht, author of South China Morning Blues, published by Blacksmith Books. I experimented with filters and EQ to remove low-end frequencies and to boost our voices.
>> Listen or subscribe on I Tunes, visit the HKWC website page, or stream the podcast directly below:
The second podcast to promote Tales of Two Cities. This one has several readings by me of contributor's stories.
>> Listen or subscribe on I Tunes, visit the HKWC website page, or stream the podcast directly below:
 I'm interviewing the splendid Xu Xi at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in June.
>> Tickets and information.
An interview and readings with members of the Singapore Writers Group to promote the new joint anthology.
>> Listen or subscribe on I Tunes, visit the HKWC website page, or stream the podcast directly below:
Some improvements to the garden, including a wooden shelving unit rescued from a closed-down shop. The spinach didn't survive the cold snap, and the sweet potato almost died, but has returned stronger than before. 
"Bucking the trend of embarrassing self-promotion that makes up 98% of today’s arts media content, mention of Jame’s books is followed by useful, in-depth discussion and generous advice about crime writing, international publishing, and how to stick to your guns as a contemporary author."
An interview with another HKWC member, Pat Kozyra, and an essay from me reflecting on eight parenting books.
>> Listen or subscribe on I Tunes, visit the HKWC website page, or stream the podcast directly below: 
"News, How-To's and interviews from the heart of the Hong Kong literary scene."
A new podcast with Jame Dibiasio to re-launch the HKWC Podcast on Libsyn. I tinkered with the format a little bit too.
>> Visit the Libsyn page or the HKWC website page, or listen to the podcast below:  A new music video for work. Lots of cartoons, plus live action silliness.
 "Angelus ad virginem / Subintrans in conclave, Virginis formidinem / Demulcens, inquit 'Ave!'" A mix tape of less well-known carols and lullabies for Christmas. Here's the track list: Box monsters for my daughters. Each is made from an upcycled cardboard box and contains a miniature family of box monsters and a park scene. The box monster idea/design (without the internal miniature part) is taken from the excellent Usborne book "365 things to do with paper and cardboard".
 A small vertical garden on my balcony. This went through many design iterations, but I think this position and these pots are best. Just need to figure out how to stop the water from dripping on downstairs' clothes horse. I planted spinach, beetroot, chard and pak choi.
 Three music videos to accompany songs in courses I teach. For each, I wanted to make the songs more engaging (or, in other words, to turn them into karaoke videos) and learn something new about video production.
A converted IKEA Ivar bookcase. It functions as a wardrobe and shelving unit for books. Pictures to follow.
An updated version of my audio essay on Hitchcock's contribution to my understanding of story-telling. I added music and changed the section on Secondary Characters.
>> Visit the Libsyn page or the HKWC website page, or listen to the podcast below:
Another video for the HKWC, this time with information on formatting for submitting stories. Music again by incompetech.
>> Watch the video 
An interview with Lom Harshni Chauhan. We talked about her parenting memoir, and parenting in general.
>> Visit the Libsyn page or the HKWC website page, or listen to the podcast below: 
A video for the HKWC giving some tips to improve critique group feedback. Music by incompetech.
>> Watch the video 
"What is gothic literature and why has the Hong Kong Writers Circle devoted an entire anthology of short stories to the genre?"
A new podcast about gothic literature and the HKWC anthology Hong Kong Gothic. I experimented with different recording and production effects to differentiate the speaking, reading and interviewing parts.
>> Visit the Libsyn page or the HKWC website page, or listen to the podcast below: |
RSS Feed
