To promote the cultural and intellectual life of Hong Kong, the Libraries has created the University of Hong Kong Libraries Reading Club. The Reading Club will sponsor a series of book talks featuring leading members of Hong Kong intellectual community.
Spring 2007
The Old and New Testaments in Chinese, translated by Joannes Lassar and Joshua Marshman, issued in 5 volumes, Serampore, 1815-1822.
Old Maps - The Foot-prints of Human Civilization
The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith. 1776 Edition.
| Speakers: | Kenneth Fung; Daniel Fung; Paul Kua; Dr Anthony Ferguson |
| Date: | 1 February 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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The Search for a Vanishing Beijing: A Guide to China's Capital Through the Ages/ Michael Aldrich
| Speaker: | Michael Aldrich |
| Moderator: | Jason Wordie |
| Date: | 1 March 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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The Possible 30 stories = 無窮的可能 : 扶貧路上30個故事.
| Speakers: | Chong Chan Yau; Mok Chiu Yu |
| Moderator: | Amy Cheung Schwarting; Madeleine Marie Slavick |
| Date: | 22 March 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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Strange tales from a Chinese studio / Songling Pu ; translated and edited by John Minford.
| Speaker: | The Hon Margaret Ng |
| Date: | 19 April 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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關錦鵬的光影記憶
In Critical Proximity: The Visual Memories of Stanley Kwan
| Speakers: | Dr. Esther Cheung and Stanley Kwan |
| Date: | 3 May 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 6:00 - 7:30 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese |
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Ten Eternal Questions / Zoe Sallis
| Speaker: | The Hon Alan Leong |
| Date: | 10 May 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English and Cantonese |
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| Speaker: | David Tang |
| Date: | 7 June 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
Click here to re-visit the book talk An apple a week
| Speaker: | Leung Man-to 梁文韜 |
| Date: | 19 July 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Cantonese |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 韜韜食經 -圍村特色菜
Fall 2007
Love & revolution : a novel about Song Qingling and Sun Yat-sen / Ping Lu ; translated by Nancy Du.
| Speaker: | Lu Ping |
| Moderator: | Perry Lam |
| Date: | 13 September 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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A Talk by Dr Chiang Chen (蔣震博士) : On Reading
| Speaker: | Dr Chiang Chen |
| Moderator: | Professor S.L. Wong |
| Date: | 4 October 2007 (Thursday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | Putonghua |
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| 主講: | 宋以朗先生（張愛玲遺產監管人） |
| 日期: | 2007年11月5日（星期一） |
| 時間: | 晚上7時至9時 |
| 語言: | 廣東話 |
Click here to re-visit the book talk 閱讀張愛玲
The Great Difference: Hong Kong’s New Territories and Its People 1898–2004
| Speaker: | Dr James Hayes |
| Moderator: | Dr John Carroll |
| Date: | 7 November 2007 (Wednesday) |
| Time: | 7:15 - 9:00 pm |
| Language: | English |
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《親愛的安德烈》
題目：舉起敲門的手──21世紀兩代的「背對背」--- 龍應台教授、安德烈對談
| 講者: | 龍應台教授、安德烈 |
| 主持: | 馬家輝博士 |
| 日期: | 11月17日 (星期六) |
| 時間: | 下午3時 |
| 語言: | 普通話 |