Community Reading
In 2019, a colleague and I founded 我城我書/One City One Book Hong Kong, a community reading project based on similar efforts in cities around the world. So far we have worked with Shaun Tan, Xi Xi, Ng Hui Bun, Dung Kai Cheung, and Cheung Yuen Man. We have held more than 150 events.
I have had occasions to reflect on the “Big Read” or “One City One Book” models for community reading, not least in a service learning course at EdUHK that places students with reading and literacy organizations.
Publications
Talks
One City One Book Hong Kong: Community Reading and the Strength of Weak Ties
Conference presentation, Hong Kong meets Kazakhstan: A Humanities Cultural Crossroads within the Belt & Road, Hong Kong
Reading: It Happened to Me - Can It Happen to You?
Invited talk, Reading Festival, Good Hope Secondary School, Hong Kong
Creative Writing as Community Reading
Invited talk, Bringing Creative Writing into the Community, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong
The Strength of Weak Ties: One City One Book Hong Kong as Neighborhood
Conference presentation, Hong Kong Studies Symposium: The Neighborhood, Hong Kong
Teaching
Community Reading and Literacy
Undergraduate, Education University of Hong Kong
Service learning via placements with literacy and reading organizations in Hong Kong. Portfolio assessment.