A video interview with Phillipa Milne of the HKILF.
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Always lots of things going on... Here are the poetry night with Sophie Hannah that I moderated and videoed, and the podcast with Jason S Polley.
Three podcasts with the British Council and an event coming up. Click the pictures to download each podcast. I will be interviewing Sophie Hannah (and videoing the session) on 25 July at the BC. Click the picture for information and registration.
In January, I was made chair of the Hong Kong Writers Circle, of which I'm very proud.
Finally, I completed another video essay for primary school children learning English. This is the first one I've edited using Davinci Resolve, which is a wonderful program to use.
Book launch at the ACO (my new favourite bookshop), and podcast with Peter and Elsie (click to download directly). The Christmas podcast features writers from the HKWC and the Singapore Writers' Group (SWG). Seven stories, which is a lot of recording and editing! Reena Bhojwani introduces her book, "Surprising Mrs Rhubarbson". >> Listen or subscribe on I Tunes, visit the HKWC website page, or stream the podcast directly below:
An interview with Jane Houng about her book, "Cat Soup".
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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.
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.
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The second podcast to promote Tales of Two Cities. This one has several readings by me of contributor's stories.
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An interview and readings with members of the Singapore Writers Group to promote the new joint anthology.
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"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.
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"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.
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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.
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An interview with Lom Harshni Chauhan. We talked about her parenting memoir, and parenting in general.
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"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: This was commissioned for the forthcoming I Tunes presence of the podcast and will be embedded in all future mp3 files. It is by Katrina Teh.
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"Isn't it difficult to write about a city...?"
This podcast was produced to help writers who want to submit stories for the new HKWC anthology which I am editing. It features music from Salt Water Medicine.
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