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Mr and Mrs Yeh Mou Chong Charitable Trust

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About IWW

The International Writers’ Workshop (IWW) at HKBU
is a self-funded, non-profit programme supported primarily by donations.

Its goal is to invite writers from around the world to visit HKBU and
engage in creativity-inspiring activities with local students, writers,
and the general Hong Kong community.

New! Click here to view the IWW Fact Sheet

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  • Spring

    2025 Writers-in-Residence

    • Krystyna Dąbrowska | Poland
      Poet, essayist, and translator

    • Iosi Havilio | Argentina
      Novelist and visual artist

    • Insuk Kim | South Korea
      Novelist

    • Aube Rey Lescure | USA
      Novelist and essayist

    • Aigerim Tazhi | Kazakhstan
      Poet

  • Fall

    2024 Distinguished Writers Series

    • Yann Martel | Canada
      Novelist

  • Spring

    2024 Writers-in-Residence

    • Ana Merino | Spain
      Fiction writer, poet and scholar

    • Azam Abidov | Uzbekistan
      Poet, translator and short story writer

    • Gabriel Awuah Mainoo | Ghana
      Poet

    • Ronnie Scott | Australia
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    2023 Distinguished Writers Series

    • Yasuhiro Yotsumoto | Japan
      Poet, essayist, and translator

  • Spring 2023 Writers-in-Residence

    • Yan Ge | China
      Fiction Writer

    • Violet Kupersmith | US
      Fiction Writer

  • Fall

    2022 Distinguished Writers Series

    • Simon Armitage | Britain
      Poet

  • Spring

    2022 Writers-in-Residence

    • Catalina Lobo-Guerrero | Colombia
      Journalist

    • Matilde Søes Rasmussen | Denmark
      Writer and artist

    • Marta Dzido | Poland
      Writer and filmmaker

    • Glenn Diaz | Philippines
      Fiction writer

    • Andy Brown | United Kingdom
      Poet

    • Colin Herd | United Kingdom
      Poet

  • Fall

    2021 Distinguished Writers Series

    • Yoko Tawada | Japan
      Fiction writer

  • Spring

    2021 Writers-in-Residence

    • Gili Haimovich | Israel
      Poet and translator

    • Gabriel Payares | Venezuela
      Fiction writer

    • Vladimir Poleganov | Bulgaria
      Fiction Writer, translator and screenwriter

    • Cristina Sánchez-Andrade | Spain
      Fiction writer

    • Anna Tolkacheva | Russia
      Media-artist, researcher and poet

  • Fall

    2020 Distinguished Writers Series

    • Helen Oyeyemi | Britain
      Fiction writer

  • Spring

    2020 Writers-in-Residence

    • Bonny Cassidy | Australia
      Poet and essayist

    • Gabriel Payares | Venezuela
      Fiction writer

    • Andra Rotaru | Romania
      Poet

    • Cristina Sánchez-Andrade | Spain
      Fiction writer

    • Anna Tolkacheva | Russia
      Media-artist, researcher and poet

    • Anna Weidenholzer | Austria
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    2019 Distinguished Writers Seires

    • Nam Le | Australian
      Fiction writer

  • Spring

    2019 Writers-in-Residence

    • Mara Genschel | Germany
      Poet and artist

    • Han Yujoo | South Korea
      Fiction writer

    • Sarah Lippett | Britain
      Graphic novelist and artist

    • Nikola Madzirov | Macedonia
      Poet, essayist and translator

    • Barnali Ray Shukla | India
      Poet, writer and filmmaker

    • Kyoko Yoshida | Japan
      Fiction writer and translator

  • Fall

    2018 Distinguished Writers Series

    • Tyehimba Jess | USA
      Poet

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2018

    • Ma Jian | China
      Fiction Writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2017

    • Eddin Khoo | Malaysia
      Poet, Translator, Journalist and Musician [Visit Cancel]

    • Ko Ko Thett | Myanmar
      Poet, Poetry Editor and Translator

    • Nguyen Bao Chan | Vietnam
      Poet and Television Editor

    • Lo Chih Cheng | Taiwan
      Poet, Writer, Cultural Critic, and Media Worker

    • Yu Xiang | China
      Poet and Visual Artist

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2017

    • Li Zishu | Malaysia
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2016

    • Asma Nadia | Indonesia
      Novelist and nonfiction writer

    • Minna Salami | Nigerian-Finnish
      Non-fiction writer

    • Brian Kim Stefans | USA
      Poet (Electronic Literature)

    • Müesser Yeníay | Turkey
      Poet

    • King Ban Hui | Malaysia
      Writer and Painter

    • Lin Bai | China
      Novelist

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2016

    • Shih Shu Ching | Taiwan
      Novelist

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2015

    • Bidisha | Britain
      Fiction writer, Non-fiction writer, Journalist

    • Alecia McKenzie | Jamaica
      Writer, Artist

    • Mariko Nagai | Japan
      Poet, Fiction writer, Translator, Photographer

    • Oumar Farouk Sesay | Sierra Leone
      Poet, Playwright

    • Badai | Puyuma Tribe, Taiwan
      Fiction writer, Literary historian

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2015

    • Li Ang | Taiwan
      Fiction Writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2014

    • Menna Elfyn | Wales, United Kingdom
      Poet, Playwright [Visit Cancelled]

    • Khet Mar | Myanmar
      Essayist, Short story writer

    • Philip Ó Ceallaigh | Ireland
      Short story writer

    • Ricardo de Ungria | Philippines
      Poet

    • Chung Wen Yin | Taiwan
      Fiction writer, Photographer

    • Jing Ge | China
      Fiction writer, Chinese calligrapher

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2014

    • Bi Feiyu | China
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2013

    • Maxine Case | South Africa
      Fiction writer

    • Marjorie Evasco | Philippines
      Poet

    • Petri Karra | Finland
      Fiction writer, Screenwriter

    • Aleksandr Skidan [Visit Cancel] | Russia
      Poet, Critic, Editor, Translator

    • Sonya Sones | USA
      Poet, Fiction writer

    • Gan Yao Ming | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

    • Zhaxi Dawa [Visit Cancel] | Tibet, China
      Fiction writer, Playwright

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2013

    • Su Wei-chen | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2012

    • Ajit Baral | Nepal
      Fiction Writer, Editior

    • Meena Kandasamy | India
      Poet, Writer, Activist and Translator

    • Nguyen Phan Que Mai | Vietnam
      Poet

    • Pilar Quintana | Colombia
      Fiction writer

    • Bina Shah | Pakistan
      Fiction writer, Journalist

    • Holly Thompson | USA / Japan
      Fiction writer

    • Egoyan Zheng | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

    • Ouyang Jianhe | China
      Poet, Music/Literary critic

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2012

    • Yan Lianke | China
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2011

    • Brit Bildoen | Norway
      Poet, Fiction writer, Children book writer, Editor

    • Hans Christoph Buch | Germany
      Fiction writer, Literary critic and Journalist

    • Mathilde Walter Clark | Denmark
      Fiction writer, Columnist and Editor

    • Alan Cherchesov | Russia
      Fiction writer

    • Erich Wolfgang Skawra | Austria
      Poet, Fiction writer and Translator

    • Merja Virolainen | Finland
      Poet and translator

    • John Sheng Kuo | Taiwan
      Fiction writer, Playwright

    • Zhai Yongming | China
      Poet [Visit Cancel]

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2011

    • Lo Yi-chin | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2010

    • Elisa Biagini | Italy
      Poet, Translator

    • Khaled Khalifa | Syria
      Fiction writer, Screenwriter

    • Xavier Moret | Spain
      Fiction writer, Journalist and Travel writer

    • Mahir Oztas | Turkey
      Poet, Fiction writer, Essayist

    • Amina Zaydan | Egypt
      Fiction writer, Editor

    • Mabrouck Rachedi | France
      Fiction writer, Essayist

    • Chen Xue | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

    • Xi Chuan | China
      Poet, Editor, Translator

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2010

    • Zhang Wei   | China
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2009

    • Gary SNYDER [Featured Writer] | USA
      Poet, Author, Scholar and Cultural Critic

    • Janet CHARMAN | New Zealan
      Poet

    • KIM Young-ha | South Korea
      Fiction writer

    • Wena POON | Singapore
      Poet and fiction writer

    • Atsushi SHIITADA | Okinawa, Japan
      Poet, critic and journalist

    • Miguel SYJUCO | Philippines
      Fiction Writer

    • Kirby WRIGHT | Hawaii, USA
      Poet and fiction writer

    • CHEN Li | Taiwan
      Poet, prose writer and translator

    • BI Feiyu | China
      Fiction Writer

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2009

    • Hwang Chung-ming | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2008

    • István GEHER | Hungary
      Poet and translator

    • Ina GRIGOROVA | Bulgaria
      Poet, fiction writer and playwright

    • Arian LEKA | Albania
      Poet and prose writer

    • Iulian TANASE | Romania
      Poet, photographer, sometimes painter

    • Marjan STROJAN | Slovenia
      Poet and translator

    • Olga TOKARCZUK | Poland
      Fiction writer

    • Olga WALLÓ | Czech Republic
      Poet, fiction writer, translator and director

    • CHEN Yu-hui | Taiwan
      Fiction writer, playwright and director

    • XU Xiaobin | China
      Writer and CCTV sensor screenwriter

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2008

    • Han Shaogong | China
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2007

    • Adam AITKEN | Australia
      Poet

    • Anastassis VISTONITIS | Greece
      Poet, essayist and journalist

    • Margaret GILL | The Barbados
      Poet, short story writer

    • Marzanna KIELAR | Poland
      Poet

    • Nukila AMAL | Indonesia
      Fiction writer, essayist and translator

    • Shay FENNELLY | Ireland
      Writer, photographer

    • Van Cam HAI | Vietnam
      Fiction writer, prose writer and journalist

    • LIAO Hung Chi | Taiwan
      Fiction writer, prose writer

    • DENG Gang | China
      Fiction writer

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2007

    • Ya Hsien | Taiwan
      Poet

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2006

    • Funso AIYEJINA | Nigeria
      Poet, short story writer and playwright

    • Marion BETHEL | Bahamas
      Poet, short story writer and playwright

    • Rita Ann HIGGINS | Ireland
      Poet and playwright

    • Tim MCNULTY | USA
      Poet and nature writer

    • Mike O’CONNOR | USA
      Poet, translator of Chinese poetry

    • Vivienne PLUMB | New Zealand
      Poet, fiction writer and playwright

    • LIU Ka-Shiang | Taiwan
      Poet, nature writer and fiction writer

    • CHI Zijian | China
      Fiction writer

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2006

    • LI Rui | China
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2005

    • Ahmed ALAIDY | Egypt
      Fiction writer

    • Hassan DAOUD | Lebanon
      Fiction writer and journalist

    • Dunya MIKHAIL | Iraq
      Poet

    • Taghreed NAJJAR | Jordan
      Children literature writer

    • Mahmoud SHUKAIR | Palestinian/Jerusalem
      Fiction writer and children literature writer

    • Sitok SRENGENGE | Indonesia
      Indonesia

    • Ghassan ZAQTAN | Palestine
      Poet

    • LAN Po-chou | Taiwan
      Fiction writer and literary reportage specialist

    • CAO Naiqian | China
      Fiction writer

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2005

    • Li Yu | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

  • Fall

    Visiting Writers 2004

    • Darryl ACCONE | South Africa
      Fiction writer, editor and independent scholar

    • Amma DARKO | Ghana
      Fiction writer

    • Cynthia JAMES | Trinidad of Caribbean Sea
      Poet, fiction writer and independent scholar

    • Lasana SEKOU | St. Martin of Caribbean Sea
      Poet, fiction writer, essayist and publisher

    • Tabish KHAIR | India
      Poet, essayist and scholar

    • Sukrita Paul KUMAR | India
      Poet

    • LI Zishu | Malaysia
      Fiction writer and prose writer

    • LO Yi-chin | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

    • JIANG Yun | China
      Fiction writer and prose writer

  • Spring

    Writer-in-Residence 2004

    • CHEN Yin-chen | Taiwan
      Fiction writer

  • Spring
    2025 Writers-in-Residence

    Krystyna Dąbrowska | Poland
    Poet, essayist, and translator

    Iosi Havilio | Argentina
    Novelist and visual artist

    Insuk Kim | South Korea
    Novelist

    Aube Rey Lescure | USA
    Novelist and essayist

    Aigerim Tazhi | Kazakhstan
    Poet

  • Fall
    2024 Distinguished Writers Series

    Yann Martel | Canada
    Novelist

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  • About IWW

    Founded in 2004, the International Writers’ Workshop (IWW) at HKBU is a self-funded, non-profit programme supported solely by donations. Its goal is to invite writers from around the world to visit HKBU to engage in creativity-inspiring activities with local students, writers, and the general Hong Kong community, providing opportunities for cultural exchange within and outside the university campus. IWW has invited over one hundred and thirty writers from fifty-five countries to Hong Kong. They stay on campus and interact with university students and staff, as well as with Hong Kong writers and the public. The establishment of the International Writers’ Workshop may be regarded as an important and historically significant initiative to promote cultural and educational activities in Hong Kong.

    New! Click here to view the IWW Fact Sheet

    Mission

    The objectives of IWW are threefold:
    • at the university level, to encourage creative writing and engage students in literary discussion;
    • at the local level, to enrich the cultural life of Hong Kong people; and
    • at the international level, to inspire literary creativity of writers from around the globe through exposing them to Hong Kong life and culture.

    * * *

    In 2018, IWW launched three new programmes: the Distinguished Writers Series, the newly-designed Writers-in-Residence Programme, and the IWW Literary Festival.

    Distinguished Writers Series
    Each fall, we invite a prominent, award-winning international writer to visit HKBU for a Literary Reading, Conversation, and a Masterclass. Past writers we have had the honour to host include:

    2023 – Mr. Yasuhiro Yotsumoto
    2022 – Mr. Simon Armitage
    2021 – Ms. Yoko Tawada
    2020 – Ms. Helen Oyeyemi
    2019 – Mr. Nam Le
    2018 – Mr. Tyehimba Jess

    Writers-in-Residence Programme
    Each spring, a group of international writers are selected from a competitive pool of applicants and invited to stay on campus for four weeks.

    IWW Literary Festival
    At the culmination of the Writers-in-Residence Programme, we host the annual IWW Literary Festival, which is a series of literary events based on a specific theme. The events range from literary readings and panel discussions to film screenings and creative writing workshops. Speakers and panelists include our Writers-in-Residence and other local scholars and writers. Previous IWW Literary Festival themes include:

    2024 – Origins and Futures
    2023 – Turbulence · Tranquility · Transdisciplinary Writing
    2022 – Writing and Well-being
    2021 – Humanity and the Planet
    2019 – The Many Worlds of Science Fiction

     

    * * *

     

    Former IWW Programmes
    Our previous annual events were the Writer-in-Residence Programme and the Visiting Writers Programme. The writers we invited for the Writer-in-Residence Programme included:

    2018 – Mr. Ma Jian
    2017 – Ms. Li Zishu
    2016 – Ms. Shih Shu-ching
    2015 – Ms. Li Ang
    2014 – Mr. Bi Feiyu
    2013 – Ms. Su Wei-chen
    2012 – Mr. Yan Lianke
    2011 – Mr. Lo Yi-chin
    2010 – Mr. Zhang Wei
    2009 – Mr. Hwang Chun-ming
    2008 – Mr. Han Shaogong
    2007 – Mr. Ya Hsien
    2006 – Mr. Li Rui
    2005 – Ms. Li Yu
    2004 – Mr. Chen Yingzhen

    The former Visiting Writers Programme entailed inviting and hosting a group of esteemed international writers at Hong Kong Baptist University for a month each fall. The group included foreign writers and Chinese-language writers. A theme was set for the programme every year:

    2017 – Mixing & Making
    2016 – The Written World
    2015 – Words and Other Interventions
    2014 – The Magical Reality of Writing
    2013 – Passages through Time: Endings and Beginnings
    2012 – Writing the Metropolis
    2011 – Writers from Northern and Central Europe
    2010 – Writers from the Mediterranean
    2009 – Writers from the Pacific Rim
    2008 – Writers from Eastern Europe
    2007 – Writing the Sea and the Waterfront
    2006 – One with Mother-Nature
    2005 – Understanding the Islamic World and Its Writers
    2004 – Writers from Post-colonial English-speaking Countries

  • IWW Organization

    Steering Committee (2024/25)

    Mr. James SHEA, Acting Director of International Writers’ Workshop; Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Academy of Language and Culture

    Dr. CHOW-QUESADA Emily Shun-man, Department of English Language and Literature, Academy of Language and Culture

    Dr. Johnathan HARRINGTON, Department of English Language and Literature, Academy of Language and Culture

    Dr. Patrick HOLLAND, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Academy of Language and Culture

    Prof. Shirley HUNG, Department of Social Work, Academy of Wellness and Human Development

    Dr. Catherine LADDS, Department of History, Academy of Chinese, History, Religion and Philosophy

    Prof. LO Kwai Cheung, Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, Academy of Language and Culture

    Dr. Benjamin Luke MOORHOUSE, Department of Education Studies, Academy of Wellness and Human Development

    Prof. Janice PAN, Director of Academy of Language and Culture

    Dr. Jason POLLEY, Department of English Language and Literature, Academy of Language and Culture

     

     

    Board of Advisors

    Ms. Polly HO, Kubrick Poetry Society

    Mr. David McKIRDY, Poetry OutLoud

    Ms. Elizabeth TURAI-KISS, Renaissance College Hong Kong

    Ms. Eva WONG Yi, Co-host, Bookview (RTHK)

     

    Board of Honorary Advisors

    Prof. Kamau BRATHWAITE (Barbados, Caribbean Sea) (Deceased), Poet; Playwright

    Prof. CHUNG Ling (Hong Kong / Taiwan), Poet; Short story writer; Founder and former Director of the IWW, HKBU

    Prof. Howard GOLDBLATT (USA), Translator; Sinologist

    Mr. HWANG Chun-ming (Taiwan), Novelist

    Prof Göran MALMQVIST (Sweden) (Deceased), Translator; Writer; Sinologist; Member of the Nobel Committee, The Royal Swedish Academy

    Prof. Christopher MERRILL (USA), Poet; Director of the International Writing Program, The University of Iowa

    Prof. NIEH Hua-ling (USA) (Deceased), Novelist; Founder and former Director of the International Writing Program, The University of Iowa

    Mr. PAI Hsien-yung (USA / Taiwan), Novelist

    Prof. Gary SNYDER (USA),  Poet; winner of Pulitzer Prize and Lannan Award

    Dr. Chris SONG (HK), Poet

    Prof. William TAY (Taiwan / Hong Kong), Translator; President of INK: A Literary Monthly

    Ms. ZHENG Min (China), Poet

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