This week in PostMag: from HKILF and new books to Zuma’s alumni
From Hong Kong to Marrakech, explore art and culinary success stories – and rediscover the joy of reading at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival
In what I expect isn’t an uncommon story for media types – or anyone picking up a print magazine honestly – I was an avid reader as a child. Shockingly, compulsory education didn’t beat it out of me. In fact, summer reading lists and 19th century literature courses were welcome havens from the indignity of precalculus, physics and econ. (Perhaps to my detriment, but that’s another story.)
For me, it was entering the workforce. Even in a profession of words, time to just read for pleasure evaporated. And that was before the deluge of social media with its memes, short-form video and infinite scrolling.
This isn’t exactly a Lit Fest themed issue, but with all the great writers coming to town, it was impossible for them not to show up in the stories that follow. Our cover, bringing the world of books into a traditional kaifong stall, is illustrated by Hong Kong artist Kaitlin Chan, who will be speaking at the festival.