From left to right, Dr. Antony Huen, Mr. Daryl Lim Wei Jie, and Head of School, Prof. Tong King Lee

Introduction by MFA student

The event was well-attended

Autograph session

BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES (SPRING 2026)

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the first session on January 30 with our guest Daryl Lim Wei Jie. Looking forward to seeing you at our future sessions. 🌟

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Canadian Chinese novelist Sheung-King and Korean artist JeeMin Kim join the BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES for Displaced Nostalgia: Temporality, a performance of live writing, art-making, and audience participation.
🕓Mar 27, 10:00–17:00
📍HKU Black Box
Come and go as you wish✨

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Australian-Chinese novelist Emma Pei Yin joins the BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES (Spring ’26) to discuss When Sleeping Women Wake, her acclaimed debut longlisted for the ARA Historical Novel Prize.
🕓 Mar 6, 16:00–17:30
📍 HKU Black Box

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Scholar‑filmmaker RAJAT SHARMA joins the BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES (Spring ’26) to screen and discuss Never Brooklyn, his short documentary on working-class and migrant life, and redevelopment in Sham Shui Po.
🕓Feb 13, 16:00–17:30
📍HKU Black Box
All welcome✨
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Celebrating the first anniversary of the BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES! This season features a short film screening and talks on poetry, sci‑fi, and historical fiction, ending with a special performance.
🕓Selected Fridays
📍HKU Black Box/Zoom
See you soon✨
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Poet, editor & translator DARYL LIM WEI JIE joins the BLACK BOX WRITERS’ SERIES (Spring ’26) to discuss Mistranslations from a Future Vernacular, exploring rewriting, Oulipo & (mis)translation as creative method.

🕓Jan 30, 16:00–17:30
📍HKU Black Box

All welcome✨
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