Tying in with Hong Kong Reading for All Day on April 23, Hong Kong Public Libraries (HKPL) will hold its second Hong Kong Reading Week (HKRW) from April 19 to 27.
About 450 online and on-site events will be staged to encourage the public to cultivate good reading habits.
HKPL will also participate in a reading promotion event, 2025 Hong Kong Reading+, that will kick off at New Town Plaza in Sha Tin tomorrow.
Organised by the Hong Kong Publishing Federation and sponsored by the Cultural & Creative Industries Development Agency, this ten-day initiative will make use of the HKPL’s electronic resources. It will also feature handicraft workshops, sessions with authors, an exhibition, music performances, and more.
On Hong Kong Reading for All Day, reading locations will be set up at selected Leisure & Cultural Services Department venues, public libraries, community libraries and other local venues, for a “Read Together for Half an Hour” event.
The Hans Andersen Club will also set up a reading location on the same day at Lok Fu Place, where it will be staging a carnival.
On April 26, a prize presentation ceremony will be held at the Hong Kong Central Library (HKCL) for this year’s 4.23 World Book Day Creative Competition.
The public can view winning works by students from Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau at the HKCL, which will hold fun day activities on April 26 and 27.
There will be sessions with authors and book making workshops at the HKCL on April 27. In addition, a pop-up library offering a virtual reality tour of China’s natural landscape and cultural attractions, and more, will be set up at D·PARK, Tsuen Wan on the same day.
Furthermore, the HKPL and RTHK Radio 5 have invited celebrities from different sectors to help celebrate the joy of reading.
