SHKP Quarterly

SHKP Reading Club promotes happy reading 新閱會致力推動“悅”讀 The SHKP Reading Club will continue its comprehensive drive to promote happy reading this year. Finalists in the 2016/17 Young Writers’ Debut Competition (YWDC) were announced and attended a gathering to meet the judges and get their advice. The Read & Share programme for the new academic year is under way with a series of activities to inspire students. 22 entries on final sprint to win YWDC The 2016/17 YWDC was well received and attracted over 1,100 young people submitting their entries on its theme of ‘future’. The eight celebrity judges have selected 22 finalists, including some in teams of two for the first time. The finalists’ entries are in different formats including true stories, picture-travelogue, fables and science fiction. Diverse plots range from a trip through old Hong Kong bookstores to a journey in the wake of an accident that lead to amputation and on to the cycle of life as seen by a locker. The finalists are now finishing their works with individual coaching from judges, who will select around eight winners for publication to debut at the Hong Kong Book Fair in July. Biennial YWDC co-organized by the Reading Club and Joint Publishing (Hong Kong) has helped 41 young people get their first books published since 2006. Many of them have been involved in creative work since then. Read & Share for the new school year The Read & Share school programme with the Reading Club and Hong Kong Aided Primary School Heads Association for the new academic year is under way. Various activities on a ‘children’s poetry’ theme are planned to spread the joy of reading, such as poetry workshops and storytelling and experience sharing by authors and book lovers. 2016/17 Young Writers’ Debut Competition judges meet finalists and offer writing tips “年輕作家創作比賽 2016/17 ”入圍者與評審會面，請教創作心得 企業社會責任 - 閱讀及全人發展 Vol 83 • Q1 2017 • SHKP Quarterly 26