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Hong Kong Book Fair

Hong Kong Book Fair
The annual Book Fair is organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and takes place over several days. It launched in 1990.
last updated:
9 September, 2024
Bookworms flocked to the fair on Tuesday for a final chance to pick up a bargain. Photo: Jonathan Wong
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Book Fair draws 1 million visits, average spending rises 4.6%

Organiser says event turnout boosted by large number of mainland visitors, while some exhibitors lament sales drop of 5 per cent to 15 per cent.

Hong Kong economy

Exhibitors at Hong Kong book fair told to stop selling ‘sensitive’ titles

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Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Book Fair launch attracts thousands of eager readers seeking new titles

Hong Kong society

Mainland visitors to make Hong Kong Book Fair a bestselling event: organiser

Event organiser ‘confident’ following roadshows in Guangzhou and Shenzhen as well as positive response on social media platform Xiaohongshu.

The 34th edition of the annual book fair will kick off on Wednesday and last until July 23 at Wan Chai’s Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre. Photo: Elson Li
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong Book Fair turns new page with push to draw Greater Bay Area tourists

Annual book fair to return on July 17, with organisers to offer joint passes for Sports and Leisure Expo and World of Snacks.

Books and literature

How Hong Kong independent bookstores are in flux amid closures

Recent months have seen well-known independent bookstores close in Hong Kong after they were suspected of breaking various laws, but novel business models are seeing new ones emerge.

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Coronavirus Hong Kong

Editorial | Hong Kong book fair’s success a significant step on the road to normality

Almost 1 million people attended the event, a welcome return to pre-pandemic levels. And the fair also provided compelling evidence that enthusiasm for printed works still exists in the digital age.

A young reader peruses a book during Hong Kong Book Fair 2023. Drawing nearly 1 million attendees, the event continued the city’s return to pre-pandemic life. Photo: Yik Yeung-man
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Book Fair logs 990,000 visitors this year, a return to pre-Covid levels

Hong Kong Trade Development Council says attendees spent HK$872 on average at joint event comprising book fair, Sports and Leisure Expo and World of Snacks.

Hong Kong society

Bookworms gather in Hong Kong for yearly feast as fair opens

Organisers expect visitor numbers to reach pre-pandemic levels of 1 million over seven-day event.

Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Book Fair vendor predicts visitor numbers will rebound to 1 million

Hong Kong Book fair vendors work flat out to set up on Tuesday to make up for lost time caused by Typhoon Talim.

Exhibitors at the Hong Kong Book Fair work flat on Tuesday to prepare for Wednesday’s opening. Photo: Sam Tsang
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong Book Fair’s 760 exhibitors urged to abide by national security law

Organisers say they do not have lists of books that could not be displayed because they trust their exhibitors.

A stand promotes children’s literature at a media briefing for the 33rd Hong Kong Book Fair. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Books and literature

Hong Kong Book Fair 2022 closes with total of 850,000 visitors

Number of attendees rose about 2.4 per cent from the 830,000 visitors at last year’s fair; customers spent an average of HK$879 at 2022 event.

Hong Kong politics

Hong Kong youth ‘should learn Chinese history to cultivate national identity’

Secretary for Security Chris Tang says many young people had wrong ideas about country and city government during 2019 social unrest and had to ‘bear the legal consequences’.

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History

Different take on Chinese migration to California – and on Hong Kong’s role

Historian Elizabeth Sinn argues that far from being shipped overseas as indentured labourers, Chinese emigrants to California chose to go there under their own steam.

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Author Elizabeth Sinn. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong youth

Hong Kong’s advertising veterans champion youth at annual book fair

Meta regional creative head Kitty Lun joins 19 other advertising veterans to launch book to motivate young residents to learn and transform.

Advertising industry veteran artist Kitty Lun speaks at the Hong Kong Book Fair. Photo: Xiaomei Chen

New chapter for Hong Kong’s independent booksellers or end of story?

Political activist and independent publisher hit brick wall twice recently in bid to sell books in Hong Kong.

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Boris Johnson

Letters | The UK shows why democracy badly needs rethinking

Readers discuss how Boris Johnson’s tenure is an emblem of what is wrong with democracy, and why Hong Kong parents must go beyond buying exam workbooks to raise good learners.

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Books and literature

Publishers fear for sales despite hundreds queuing early for Hong Kong Book Fair

Titles featured include works of late writer Ni Kuang, publications on wide range of subjects and even a 14-page Xi Jinping speech.

The book fair will run till next Tuesday. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong society

Hong Kong publishers adopt cautious attitude ahead of city’s annual book fair

Small and medium-sized publishers says they are taking extra care when picking titles to curate at Hong Kong Book Fair.

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Censorship

Editorial | Concern is justified over book fair bans

Hong Kong authorities must clearly define where the red lines are so that stakeholders do not fall foul of the national security law.

Hong Kong society

Organiser dismisses suggestions of censorship at Hong Kong Book Fair

Trade Development Council says it does not censor books in advance, but hopes exhibitors can observe book fair’s guidelines.

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Books displayed at a press conference on the Hong Kong Book Fair. Photo: Edmond So

Hong Kong Book Fair on July 20, some publishers banned ‘with no reason’

This year’s event is themed ‘Reading the World: Stories of Hong Kong’.

Hong Kong Book Fair to start on July 21. Photo: Nora Tam
Hong Kong at 25

Hong Kong publishers warn of grim future after 2 Book Fair applications rejected

One of a Kind says its application for the annual book fair was rejected, while sources reveal Humming Publishing also barred from event.

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Hong Kong national security law

Reading between the ‘red lines’: bookshops try to navigate security law

As Hong Kong booksellers worry about national security law, popular independent San Po Kong store is latest to close, with owner blaming ‘the state of politics’.

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Hong Kong national security law

Books attacked, screenings cancelled: the impact of censorship in Hong Kong

Shades of Cultural Revolution as films are blocked, books are targeted, and creative community comes to grips with new censorship landscape.

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Illustration: Perry Tse
Hong Kong economy

Hong Kong Book Fair closes with total of 830,000 visitors

Average spending falls by 6 per cent according to survey of 800 shoppers even as some publishers report a rise in sales.

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Visitors to the Hong Kong Book Fair at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai. Photo: May Tse
Hong Kong politics

This year’s book fair an opportunity for pro-establishment camp, authors say

Opposition-leaning media ‘have retreated under the national security law’, one author says, ceding spotlight to pro-establishment writers.

Hong Kong national security law

Books by opposition figures still sold at Hong Kong Book Fair despite complaints

Activist group files complaints about eight books that are either penned by opposition figures or about anti-government protests in 2014 and 2019.

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