On Friday 26 October, the Library received a generous donation of literary works from the visiting writers of this year’s International Writers Workshop. This year’s theme is “Writing the Metropolis.” 

A book exhibition of the writers donated works will be on display in the Library from 1 November to 12 November.

Pictured above (from left to right), Meena Kandasamy of India, Bina Shah of Pakistan, Holly Thompson of the United States & Japan, Ajit Baral of Nepal, University Librarian Li Haipeng, Dean of Arts Professor Douglas Robinson, Pilar Quintana of Columbia, Nguyen Phan Que Mai of Vietnam and Egoyan Zheng of Taiwan. Above right, the authors’ representative, Bina Shah, a Pakistani journalist & fiction-writer presents University Librarian Li Haipeng with a selection of the visiting writers’ works for the collection.