Phil Whelan meets French author and academic François Drémeaux. He is one of the speakers of the Hong Kong Book Fair 2014. The body of his work concerns French presence in this and other former colonies.

Ahead of the Hong Kong Book Fair, Phil Whelan meets author Richard Tong, whose published works include "Me and my potato" and "Happy Birthday Bitch"! Richard's new book is called "Bitch on Heat".

Ahead of the HK Book Fair, a chat with author and historian Professor Frank Dikotter. Frank is the author of "The Tragedy of Liberation: A History of the Chinese Revolution" a series of books that document the impact of communism on the lives of ordina...

Hear poet and author, Mida Azada talking about her newly released "Cataclysmal: Seventy Wasted Poems" - a very cool collection of poems with a Filipino flavour.

Poet (and fluent Cantonese speaker) David McKirdy joins Phil Whelan to unveil his brand new collection, "Ancestral Worship". It's his ode to Hong Kong, which has been his home since he was four.

Author Peter Craggs speaks to Phil Whelan about his book, "When Harry Met Vicky—A Fatal Attraction Growing Up with My Parents". It's a fascinating memoir of his father, a well-known Police inspector in the then Royal HK Police Force, who starts a new l...

Author Mike Smith talks with Phil Whelan about his brand new book, "In The City Of Dragons". It's the second in his planned trilogy of cheeky, nostalgic, barely legal...TRUE stories of times gone by in Hong Kong. Former Royal Hong Kong Policeman, and e...

American, Jenny Bowen, is the the founder of "Half the Sky", which has to be one of the most successful charities taking care of orphans in China, will tell us her story, and introduce her recent best selling biography, 'Wish You Happy Forever'. As wel...

Noreen Mir asks Richard Westoby, author of "Our Journey: One Couple's Guide to US Surrogacy" about his alternative way to build a family. They started to discuss how did the journey begin...

Phil Whelan meets renowned Chinese novelist, Chan Koonchung. He's the author of The Fat Years, dubbed ‘The Chinese 1984’. His latest book, published this week is "The Unbearable Dreamworld of Champa The Driver". It focuses on the lives of Tibetan migra...