The Man HK International Literary Festival

In 2001, it was called the "Hong Kong Literary Festival". In 2003, it turned into a publishers' and literary agents' junket when it became the "Hong Kong International Literary Festival". Since the time MAN Investments--the same sponsor of the Booker Prize--became the primary sponsor of this event, the MAN Hong Kong International Literary Festival has grown into the biggest, most prestigious literary event in Asia.

Since 2005, every year's Booker Prize winner visits Hong Kong to give a lecture or workshop. It was too bad that I missed Alan Hollinghurst's talk at Hong Kong University.

To sign up for some of the events, visit this site.

If you're Asian and you happen to have a novel in the works, you still have time to submit an entry to win the MAN Asian Literary Prize.