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June Diary

28/5/2017

 
1 June - Our friends at Blacksmith Books are holding a book talk with Syd Goldsmith, hosted by our friends at Bookazine!
2 June - Deadline for applications to take part in the Authors At Large retreats with Xu Xi.
28 June - Hong Kong International Literary Festival presents Neville Sarony’s Devlin’s Chakra:
Book Launch. 7.00pm - 8.30pm Visual Arts Centre Lecture Theatre, 4/F 7a Kennedy Road Tickets: $125. ​https://www.ticketflap.com/neville-sarony

"One Moment Please (Before a Memoir)"

24/5/2017

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Aspiring memoirists and writers were in for a treat at the "Just a Moment, Please" HKWC workshop conducted by Reena Bhojwani.

Reena, who has conducted several writing workshops in the past, packed her presentation with useful tips gleaned from her own writing experience. The participants learned how to choose a memory, allow their minds to fully relive it, and then examine it dispassionately from various angles so as to be able to focus on what and how to write it. These ideas were further reinforced by writing activities and exercises, which were both enjoyable and educational. The participants came away from the workshop feeling more confident and better prepared to tackle a project in this increasingly popular genre of writing.

Like many writers,  I have thought about using an event or memory from my past to inform some of my own writing, but never felt confident enough to deal with the underlying emotions that might surface. This is where this workshop really helped me, as the tips and tricks showed me how I can distance myself from the memory and mine it intelligently for writing gold.

-- Dimple Shah, HKWC member

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Poetry Social - 2 May 2017

3/5/2017

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On 2 May, poetry and prose met haiku at the Culture Club for a night of verse and a little alcohol.
In a convivial event, four writers read poems in very different styles. Mathura is from Estonia and writes in English. I am impressed enough by those who write in a second language, but quite blown away by those who write poetry in their non-native tongue, and Mathura impressed with a lyric poem.
This was followed by Gili Haimovich, who read a piece she described as "a work in progress", but which sounded as finished as anything I've ever written (poetry or otherwise) - I guess it shows that poets set a higher standard.
We were then treated to an "introduction" by Sam (Suraj Samtani), a lovely device in which the poem was the poet's own introduction, and although not comic verse, very funny.
The last piece was commissioned by TEDEX for their recent Tedifying in Hong Kong, and you can listen to it here, which emphasised that poetry of all the written arts, is the one most intimately tied to actual performance. 
We wrapped the evening up with a haiku competition. Haiku is a Japanese style of poetry (there's a good explanation here), and we all threw a few ideas into the pot. The winners shared in common that they were all surprised to have won, and the champagne was duly shared amongst all to wrap up the evening.
-- Chris Maden, Beta Readers Group Secretary

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