{"id":185772,"date":"2021-11-11T09:30:02","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T01:30:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/?p=185772"},"modified":"2024-11-20T19:35:56","modified_gmt":"2024-11-20T11:35:56","slug":"recommended-reading-catherine-platt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/recommended-reading-catherine-platt\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended reading from the 2021 Hong Kong International Literary Festival, as selected by Catherine Platt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the holiday season coming up, it\u2019s time to <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/gift-guide\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">shop for gifts<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/public-holidays-hong-kong-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">plan your vacay for 2022<\/a>. If you\u2019re looking for a present for your bookworm pal, or thinking about how you\u2019re going to kill time during <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/best-quarantine-hotels-hong-kong\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">quarantine<\/a> (sorry for bringing that up), you\u2019re in the right place \u2013 because we\u2019ve got a brilliant recommended reading list for you here. Exclusively curated by Catherine Platt, Festival Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/event\/21st-hong-kong-international-literary-festival-rebound\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hong Kong International Literary Festival<\/a> (which runs until 15 November 2021), this list leaves you no excuse to not pick up a book this week!<\/p>\n<h2>Highlighted works from the 2021 Hong Kong International Literary Festival, as recommended by Catherine Platt<\/h2>\n<h3>1. <em>The Promise<\/em> by Damon Galgut<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185774\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185774\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185774 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-damon-galgut-900x643.jpeg\" alt=\"hong kong international literary festival recommended reading damon galgut the promise\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-damon-galgut-900x643.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-damon-galgut-768x549.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-damon-galgut.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185774\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right: Damon Galgut (Photography: Marthinus Basson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What Catherine says:<\/strong> <em>The Promise<\/em> is an easy pick, because it\u2019s just won the 2021 Booker Prize. Also, I love books that take me deep into the emotional and historical landscape of another culture, which this does with South Africa. The novel tells the story of a family through four funerals in an innovative and intriguing narrative voice that brings this formal structure to dazzling life.<\/p>\n<h3>2. <em>Heavy Light<\/em> by Horatio Clare<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What Catherine says:<\/strong> I love Horatio Clare\u2019s travel writing and this book takes him into deeply moving territory, as he charts his personal journey through mania and breakdown. He reflects, with warmth and compassion, on how we understand and treat acute mental health crises.<\/p>\n<h3>3. <em>Ghost Forest<\/em> by Pik-shuen Fung<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185776\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185776\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185776 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-pik-shuen-fung-900x643.jpeg\" alt=\"hong kong international literary festival recommended reading pik-shuen fung ghost forest\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-pik-shuen-fung-900x643.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-pik-shuen-fung-768x549.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-pik-shuen-fung.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185776\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right: Pik-shuen Fung<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What Catherine says:<\/strong> <em>Ghost Forest<\/em>, the debut novel by Canadian artist Pik-shuen Fung, is a poignant depiction of an astronaut family. The narrator negotiates her difficult relationship with her absent father, who stayed to work in Hong Kong after the family emigrated. It makes us wonder: how do we <a href=\"https:\/\/thehoneycombers.com\/hong-kong\/how-to-support-loved-ones-through-grief\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">grieve<\/a> if our family doesn\u2019t talk about feelings?<\/p>\n<h3>4. <em>AI 2041<\/em> by Kai-fu Lee and Chen Qiufan<\/h3>\n<p><strong>What Catherine says:<\/strong> This book is at the top of my reading list, because it\u2019s such an intriguing collaboration and so relevant to our immediate future. Technologist Kai-fu Lee and science fiction writer Chen Qiufan have written ten short stories that imagine how AI may impact our lives in 20 years\u2019 time, covering big data, biometrics, autonomous vehicles, robotics, UBI, as well as social and ethical issues that may arise from new technologies.<\/p>\n<h3>5. <em>Diamond Hill<\/em> by Kit Fan<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_185775\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-185775\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-185775 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-kit-fan-900x643.jpeg\" alt=\"hong kong international literary festival books to read list diamond hill kit fan\" width=\"900\" height=\"643\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-kit-fan-900x643.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-kit-fan-768x549.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/static.thehoneycombers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2021\/11\/hkilf-kit-fan.jpeg 1400w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/643;\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-185775\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Right: Kit Fan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>What Catherine says:<\/strong> Another wonderful debut, by poet Kit Fan, that recreates shanty town life in the 1980s right before the handover of Hong Kong. The book follows the recovering heroin addict, Buddha, as he tries to come to terms with his past. During this process, he encounters a variety of characters, including teenage drug dealers, Buddhist nuns, and property developers. The novel also gives us an insight into Hong Kong\u2019s former Hollywood, Diamond Hill, at the point of its demise.<\/p>\n<p><em>Find out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.festival.org.hk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">more about the Hong Kong International Literary Festival<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the holiday season coming up, it\u2019s time to shop for gifts and plan your vacay for 2022. If you\u2019re looking for a present for your bookworm pal, or thinking about how you\u2019re going to kill time during quarantine (sorry for bringing that up), you\u2019re in the right place \u2013 because we\u2019ve got a brilliant [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107518,"featured_media":185773,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[1136,9,18026],"tags":[31147,13029],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.7 (Yoast SEO v23.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Recommended reading by HKILF&#039;s Catherine Platt | Honeycombers<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Looking for books to read? 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