About this Event
Lunch Talk with Miles Franklin Literary Winner - Siang Lu
Speaker: Siang Lu
Moderator: Karen Koh
Date: March 6, Fri
Time: 12:00pm - 2:00pm
Venue: Museum Cafe 8
Address: Rooftop Hong Kong Maritime Museum Pier 8, Man Kwong St, Central
Price: HKD428 (includes lunch set)
Language: English
Format: Lunch Talk
Description:
Winner of the 2025 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Ghost Cities draws inspiration from China’s vast, uninhabited megacities to weave a dazzling set of interconnected narratives. At its heart is Xiang, a young man abruptly fired from his job at Sydney’s Chinese Consulate when it’s discovered he speaks no Chinese and has been secretly relying on Google Translate. Exiled to a ghost city, his fate begins to mirror, and collide with, other surreal storylines: an ancient Emperor creating a thousand doubles of himself; a lustful mountain gaining sentience; a chess-playing automaton guarding a deadly truth; and a world where every book is destroyed, only to be painstakingly recreated in the name of love, art, and obsession.
About the Speaker:
Siang Lu
Siang Lu is the Miles Franklin-winning author of Ghost Cities and ABIA-winning author of The Whitewash. He is the co-creator of The Beige Index and the creator of #sillybookstagram. Ghost Cities was shortlisted for eight additional awards, including the ALS Gold Medal, The Voss Literary Prize and The Age Book of the Year. In 2026, Ghost Cities will be published with Simon & Schuster’s Summit UK and US imprints, and in 24 territories in translation. Siang is based in Brisbane, Australia, and Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Cafe 8, Maritime Museum Rooftop, Martime Museum, Central, Hong Kong
HKD 428.00
