Sponsors & Partners

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival is a not-for-profit organization with a very small staff and limited financial resources. We rely on the generosity of individuals and corporations to keep the Festival going from year to year.

Support for the Hong Kong International Literary Festival comes from corporations, arts grants, community organizations, consulates, local businesses and individual patrons. Many thanks to all our sponsors, partners and friends for their funding and ongoing help; you play a vital role in ensuring our continued success and help us reach the broadest audience possible.

We thank the following:

Friends of the Festival

The Hong Kong International Literary Festival is a not-for-profit organisation. The generosity of individuals plays a vital role in the enhancement of the literary arts, not just in Hong Kong, but in Asia as well.

Patron ($50,000 and above)

Tim and Jill Gallie

Connoisseur ($15,000 and $49,999)

Janice Lee

Biliophile ($10,000 - $14,999)

Clare Williams, Gabriela and Peter Kennedy, Carol Murray, Barbara Rogers

Collector ($5,000 - $9,999)

Gail Ruddick, Stephen Lo Kwok Chuen, Eric Wai, Cecelia and T.L. Tsim

Bookworm ($2,500 - $4,999)

Matthew Mrozinski, Anne Charron, Frank Ching, Kate and John Budge, Harry O'Neill, Sarah Harden, Christopher Hutton, Stuart C.F. Christie, Lynn Yau, Barbara and Simon Walters, Jennifer Zhu Scott

Reader ($500 - $2,499)

Joyce Wong; Yazmen Pleitgen, Anna Fulton, Susan Kreidler, Sunaina Paul Kumar, Anne Cripps, Angela Mackay, Anne Pelayo, Wanda Lee, Mathilda Bach-Frommer, Anne Marden, Sameera Anand, Douglas Kerr, Michelle Ainsworth, Li Chong Chan, Verner Bickley, Verman Genevieve, Janet Mann, Shahilla Shariff, Angela Bradbury, Amanda Hayes, Theresa Hudzinski, Alan Stewart, Enid Downham Hill, Marjory Miller, Leslie Stephenson, Sharon Evans, Agnes Lam, Jane Gorman, John Medeiros, Gill Meller, Louise Edwards, Christopher Munn, Simona Paravani, Christine Loh, Page Richards, Liana Cafolla, Frank Dikötter, Ness Collingridge, Reenita Hora, Georgina Challen, Deborah Biber, Giles Blanchard, Jane Fletcher, Ronna Chao, Jei Palanivel, Ben and Siu Ping Williams, Cynthia Hardoon, Melissa Maize, Gayatri Bery, Carolyn Bickerton, Michelle Spratt, Kerstin Grevis-James, Yi Fawn Lee, Rinko Ramchandani, Josie Taylor