RTHK：The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2010

RTHK’s Hugh Chiverton met author Hyejin Kim on her book, Jia: A Novel of North Korea, the first novel about present-day North Korea to be published in English.

Robin Hemley spoke to Hugh Chiverton about the genesis of his book 'Do-over'.

Sarah Passmore interviewed Alexis Wright about her novels.

RTHK’s Hugh Chiverton met author Hyejin Kim on her book, Jia: A Novel of North Korea, the first novel about present-day North Korea to be published in English.

Sarah Passmore was joined by Robert Ryan to talk about the difference between writing journalism and novel, and his writing life.

After studying natural sciences at university in London, he began his writing career as a journalist in the late 1980s for The Face, Arena and GQ (US edition) before taking up a staff job at The Sunday Times.

In 1999, after the publication of his first novel, Underdogs, Ryan left the newspaper to concentrate on his novels although he still contributes frequently to the newspaper as freelance writer.

Ryan has published twelve novels under his own name and two, Steel Rain and Copper Kiss, as Tom Neale. He has also collaborated with jazz trumpeter Guy Barker on a piece based on his novel, Underdogs, and with dZf on a "jazz noir" version of "The Magic Flute". Ryan's latest novel is Death on the Ice.

Sarah Passmore was joined by Morris Gleitzman to talk about his novels.

Gleitzman’s first book, The Other Facts of Life, started out as a screenplay which he turned into a novel. Gleitzman found he could get closer to the characters’ thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film and so began his career as a novelist.

His other books for children, to name but a handful, include: Two Weeks with the Queen (1989), Misery Guts (1991), Second Childhood (1995), Water Wings (1997), and Boy Overboard (2002), all of which have been adapted for the stage. His most recent books include; Once (2006), Give Peas a Chance (2008) and Then (2009), which was awarded the Children's Book Council of Australia Book of the Year Award: Younger Readers.

Gleitzman’s books are aimed primarily at readers aged 8 to 12 and he is known for his tough subjects, presented in a humorous and offbeat style.

In Botswana, meet Precious Ramotswe and friends; in Edinburgh, be introduced to amateur sleuth Isabel Dalhousie; hear the latest hanes from 44 Scotland Street; and at the Institute of Romance Philology at Regensburg make the acquaintance of Professor Doctor Moritz-Maria von Igelfeld. This is the world of Alexander McCall Smith. This literary repast is sure to satisfy your appetite in more ways than one. In conversation with RTHK's Sarah Passmore.

Sarah Passmore was joined by Louis de Bernières to talk about his writing.

Sarah Passmore asked Emily Gravett how she started her career and why she likes to draw animals.

Mandla Langa is South African. Mandla Langa skipped bail in 1976 and went into exile. He has lived in Botswana, Lesotho, Mozambique, Angola, where he did MK military training, Zambia, Budapest and London. Sarah Passmore was joined by Mandla Langa to talk about his own story and his award-winning book The Lost Colours of the Chameleon (2008).