One City One Book Hong Kong
- 2019
- News Updates
- Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities
The Centre for Popular Culture in the Humanities is proud to announce Hong Kong’s first ever One City One Book initiative. One City One Book Hong Kong is a community reading programme which aims to encourage as many people as possible in a city, to read and discuss a single book at around the same time. Each year students, scholars, and readers of all kinds will focus their attention on one single book. The goals of the initiative are to build a sense of community and promote reading, discussion, and civic engagement.
The book chosen for One City One Book Hong Kong 2018/19 is The Arrival (2006), a wordless graphic novel by the Chinese Australian artist and writer Shaun Tan. The Arrival is a particularly appropriate choice for the first One City One Book initiative in Hong Kong. Tan’s wordless graphic novel transcends language barriers and tells an immigrant story with resonant themes of migration, belonging, and hospitality. This celebrated book appeals to people of all ages, be they children, young adults or adults.
A series of activities related to The Arrival will be held around Hong Kong from January to May 2019, including discussions of the book and its themes, an art exhibition of Tan’s work, school events, book discussions, cultural performances, library events, and so forth. For more information, please visit: http://onecityonebook.hk.
Hong Kong is a community reading programme which aims to encourage as many people as possible in a city, with an aim to build a sense of community and promote reading, discussion, and civic engagement.
The book chosen for One City One Book Hong Kong 2018/19 is The Arrival, a wordless graphic novel which transcends language barriers and tells an immigrant story with resonant themes of migration, belonging, and hospitality. This celebrated book appeals to people of all ages, be they children, young adults or adults.
