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Hong Kong’s literary festival offers a packed programme of foreign and local writers
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Pages of history
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Sanctums for the scribe
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Hong Kong International Literary Festival revamp
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Hobby turns into career for lesbian erotica writer
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Chan Koonchung finds humour in China-Tibet dynamic
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Polish poet Adam Zagajewski
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My life: Ma Jian
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As luck would have it
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