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  • Bookcast HK ep.37 - 偵探冰室|嘉賓:陳浩基、冒業

    香港推理小說合集《偵探冰室》,結集不同的本地偵探小說作家,每年圍繞不同的主題,創作充滿香港元素的短篇推理小說。在一眾作者眼中,《偵探冰室》既是實驗場地,亦是培育新作家的平台。數數手指,《偵探冰室》已出版了七集,有新晉作者加入,亦有「老鬼」持續參與,舊人帶新人,亦成功協助部分作者轉型。

    今集 Bookcast HK 將早前的《偵探冰室》系列分享會的部分內容節錄,與聽眾分享。

    嘉賓 | 冒業、陳浩基

    主持、技術 | 葉真真

    書名| 《偵探冰室》

    作者| 陳浩基、譚劍、文善、黑貓C、望日、冒業、莫理斯、柏菲思、騎士丕特二世、馬丹尼、夜透紫

    出版| 星夜出版有限公司

    ISBN | 9789887977407、9789887977469、9789887977506、9789887977551、9789887977599、9789887650430、9789887650461

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    #BookcastHK #podcast #detectivefiction

    1 hr 3 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.36 - The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Tragedy (2006)|Guest: Dr Tony Banham

    In this episode of BookcastHK, we speak with Dr Tony Banham about his book, The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Tragedy (2006). The publication was turned into a documentary and released in summer. Our discussion also covers Tony's role as the editor of the Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong.

    Guest | Dr Tony Banham

    Moderator | Dr Chloe Lai

    Technician | Chu Wai Kit

    Title | The Sinking of the Lisbon Maru: Britain's Forgotten Wartime Tragedy

    Publisher | Hong Kong University Press

    ISBN | 9789888083138

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    1 hr 8 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.35 - Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone|Guest: Professor Alvin K. Wong

    In this episode of Bookcast HK, we speak with Professor Alvin K. Wong on his new book, Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone (2025). Building on women of colour feminism and queer of colour critique, Professor Wong’s “unruly comparison” troubles the Eurocentric tendency of queer studies and the China-centrism of area studies.

    This innovative approach of comparison does not look for direct equivalents; rather, it focuses on points of friction, asymmetry, and incongruity, where things do not translate neatly into another. It opens up alternative methods to investigate queer cultures and “perverse modernities” in “small places” like Hong Kong, thereby allowing us to “unknow” the dominant narrative of the city as being merely caught between British colonialism, China-centrism, and global capitalism.

    By performing unruly comparison of incommensurate texts and genres, Professor Wong generates productive conversations on disparate topics: the undoing of archives (Chapter 1), queer minor transnationalism (Chapter 2), trans cinema and queer globalities (Chapter 3), intimacies among queer migrant workers beyond capitalist logic (Chapter 4), and the representation of sex workers and queering of geopolitical borders (Chapter 5). These original readings reveal the racial, gender, and sexual incommensurability within Hong Kong and across the transpacific Sinophone.

    Towards the end of the episode, Professor Wong shares his new book project on queer Sinophone visuality, featuring experimental films by queer artists like Ellen Pau and Yonfan, and treats us to a reading from his book on the politics of unknowing Hong Kong.

    Our sincere thanks to Professor Wong for his brilliant book and for this meaningful conversation. His book is available in our library collection; be sure to check it out!

    Guest | Professor Alvin K. Wong (Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Literature, HKU)

    Moderator | Ronny Chan

    Technician | Chu Wai Kit

    Title | Unruly Comparison: Queerness, Hong Kong, and the Sinophone

    Publisher | Duke University Press

    ISBN | 9781478031895

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    1 hr 35 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.34 - 天黑勿上山|嘉賓:洪嘉/洪永起

    《天黑勿上山》是洪嘉的第二部作品,寫一個關於行夜山撞鬼的故事,由專門出版LBGTQ+作品的上下齋出版。今集Bookcast HK請來小說作者兼編劇洪嘉/洪永起分享創作背後的想法,及專門做性小眾出版的原因。

    嘉賓|洪嘉/洪永起

    主持|黎穎詩博士

    技術|朱煒傑

    書名| 《天黑勿上山》

    作者|洪嘉

    編輯|洪永起、黃妙妍

    出版|上下齋文創

    ISBN|978-988-70682-1-1

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    #BookcastHK #podcast #LGBTQ+ #queer

    46 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.33 - 蔬果花木拾趣|嘉賓:饒啟璋(Keith)、饒啟芬(Fanny)

    七月的Bookcast,我們邀請了饒啟璋(Keith)和饒啟芬(Fanny)兩姊弟,由參與出版《蔬果花木拾趣》出發,分享他們眼中作為作者、研究者、博物學家的父親,饒玖才的面貌。

    饒玖才先生早年在中國、新西蘭和美國接受農業、林業及自然護理的教育。1955至1990年在香港政府漁農處工作,退休前擔任助理處長。退休後,他專注於香港及鄰近地區的歷史風物研究,著作甚豐。

    2019年,他著手編撰《蔬果花木拾趣》,期間身體抱恙,一度考慮放棄。幸得家人、朋友鼎力協助,最終順利出版。

    Keith憶述,兒時闖進爸爸的工作室「歎冷氣」,還能勾勒當時酸枝圓檯、收音機、書櫃的佈置。長大後,他跟爸爸出門搜集資料,一起拍攝香港各地的芒果樹和大樹菠蘿。Fanny就形容,爸爸是個安靜的人,生活井然有序,熱愛觀察和閱讀,並透過寫作分享知識,希望人們「知其然,亦知其所以然」。

    嘉賓|饒啟璋(Keith) 、饒啟芬(Fanny)

    主持|黃淑儀(Leanne)

    技術|朱煒傑

    書名|蔬果花木拾趣

    作者|饒玖才

    出版|郊野公園之友會、天地圖書有限公司(2023年7月)

    ISBN|978-988-8551-02-6

    53 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.32 - 香江神探福邇,字摩斯系列|嘉賓:莫理斯

    被香港推理小說作家陳浩基形容:「就算不談推理,也是驚人的歷史小說」。耗時超過一年作前期資料搜集,推理小說作家莫理斯在2017年起陸續推出 《香江神探福邇,字摩斯》系列,至今已推出三集,第四集亦可望今年年底面世。

    莫理斯模仿 #福爾摩斯 探案的風格,不過其筆下的福爾摩斯和華生,則由英國人換成光緒年間的中國人福邇和華笙,既推理亦述說香港在晚清時期的歷史。

    今集Bookcast,我們邀請了莫理斯來分享他由法律學者轉為作家的心路歷程、親解推出 #福爾摩斯 探案仿作的難度。莫里斯亦分享了其結合偵探、武俠與本土歷史的創作理念。至於推理迷最關心的「推理偵查」,莫理斯也有各種巧思 ,包括將《推理十誡》融入其作品,將英式幽默與香港歷史連結。在此,亦提醒各位聽眾,本集含有劇透,敬請留意。

    嘉賓|莫理斯(Trevor Morris)

    主持|葉真真

    技術|朱煒傑

    書名|《香江神探福邇,字摩斯》系列

    作者|莫理斯

    出版|遠流出版

    ISBN|第一集:978-957-32-9268-5、第二集:978-957-32-9588-4、第三集:978-626-361-450-5

    58 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.31 - On the Maritime Histories of Hong Kong|Guest: Dr Stephen Davies

    In this episode of BookcastHK, we spoke to maritime historian Dr Stephen Davies. He talked about the books he had wrote and a podcast about Hong Kong histories.

    For the older generations, Stephen is not an unfamiliar name. He used to be a host of RTHK programmes. He was appointed a Chevalier de l’Ordre du Mérite Maritime by the Government of France in 2009 for his contributions to cross-cultural maritime scholarship and education. In 2020, he was made a Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society Hong Kong. Between 1990 and 2004 he and his partner Elaine Morgan sailed 50,000 miles, visiting 32 countries in their 11.8m sailing boat.

    After living in HK for half a century, in 2022, Stephen relocated to Europe, half a year in England and half a year in France. He was in town for holidays in February, we had the pleasure to speak to him during his brief visit in Hong Kong.


    Guest|Dr Stephen Davies

    Moderator|Dr Chloe Lai

    Technicians|Yip Chun Chun and Chu Wai Kit

    49 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.30 - Islanders島民|嘉賓:陳俊傑

    《Islanders島民》是一份中英雙語地圖雜誌(map-zine),由組織「島民」出版,從坪洲居民的角度出發,以地圖展示島嶼生活的獨有節奏,輔以文字和數據,帶領讀者放慢步伐,按圖索驥,探索永續生活的可能性。雜誌自2020年至今共出版了四期,分別以《有機空間》、《豐饒之地》、《在地生活》和《浮城自足》為主題。

    「島民」創辦人之一陳俊傑(Kit)從市區遷到坪洲超過十年,漸漸學會欣賞島嶼生活,最初感到被困島上,如今不願離開,於是決定出版《Islander島民》記錄這種變化。今集Bookcast,就由Kit分享出版地圖雜誌的初心,過程中遇過的困難,以及島嶼生活的可貴之處。


    嘉賓|陳俊傑(Kit)

    主持|朱皓澄(Miranda)

    技術|朱煒傑


    書名|Islanders島民

    作者|陳俊傑、Myriem Alnet

    出版|島民

    @islanders.space


    55 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.29 - 英詩乞衣|嘉賓:梁鳳儀 Louise & 周宇程 Felix

    今集Bookcast,我們邀請了「英詩乞衣」Podcast 其中兩位主持,Felix Chow 和 Louise Leung,來談談Podcast 的創立初衷和選擇題材及文本的過程。兩位主持也將分享香港英詩的獨特語言特色及詩人之間的互動,並分享他們的創作經驗。

    「英詩乞衣」是一個由香港中文大學全力支持的Podcast,四位主持分別為梁鳳儀(Louise Leung)、周宇程(Felix Chow)、葉晉瑋(Eric Yip)、和鄭恬恬(Tim Tim Cheng)。每一集,他們都會從世界各地的英詩出發,邀請嘉賓一起探討詩歌的趣味與矛盾。

    在今集的節目中,我們提及了以下精彩文本:

    Eric Yip|Exposure (ignitionpress, 2024)

    Franny Choi|Soft Science (Alice James Books, 2019)

    Henry Wei Leung|Goddess of Democracy: An Occupy Lyric (Omnidawn, 2017)

    Jennifer Wong|Goldfish (Chameleon Press, 2013); Letters Home (Nine Arches Press, 2020)

    Mary Jean Chan|Flèche (Faber, 2019)

    Nicholas Wong|Besiege Me (Noemi Press, 2021)

    Tim Tim Cheng|Tapping at Glass (Verve, 2023); The Tattoo Collector (Nine Arches Press, 2024)

    Xi Xi (trans. Jennifer Feeley)|Mourning a Breast (The New York Review of Books, 2024)

    Yam Gong (trans. James Shea and Dorothy Tse)|Moving a Stone (Zephyr Press, 2022)


    鼓勵大家聽完今集Bookcast 後,閱讀我們提到的作品,也歡迎收聽「英詩乞衣」的Podcast!


    嘉賓| 梁鳳儀(Louise)、周宇程(Felix)

    主持| 陳諾諺(Ronny)

    技術|朱煒傑

    59 min
  • Bookcast HK ep.28 - 潮汐之間|嘉賓:季明

    《潮汐之間》收錄季明(Jimmie)在2020年至2024年間,圍繞坪洲生活及島上事物所創作的散文。本書探討人類與非人類島民的共生、島嶼上的時間感,個人需求與社群連結之間的平衡等主題,寫南山路上的青蛙與蝸牛、活在粥店百步之內的人、降生在聖家路上的生命,體物入微。

    今集Bookcast,Jimmie分享了仰賴搭船出入坪洲的四個春天,細說小島的日出日落。聽聽Jimmie為何深信,不是她選擇了坪洲為家,而是坪洲選擇了她。

    嘉賓|季明(Jimmie)

    主持|黃淑儀(Leanne)

    技術|朱煒傑

    書名|潮汐之間

    作者|季明

    出版|島民出版(2024年8月)

    ISBN|978-988-70694-0-9

    55 min

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Bookcast HK 由打書釘製作,分享打書釘成員喜歡的書,並邀請友好作家對談,細說創作點滴,漫談文思和心跡。主要語言為廣東話,夾雜英語、普通話。