HKILF 2020

2020 promised to be a big year for the Hong Kong Literary Festival, not least because it was our 20th anniversary year. Given all the difficulties that came with successive waves of lockdown and uncertainty affecting every area of our lives, we hosted a first-ever “Hybrid Festival,” to capture the spirit of our ambition and express it in unique and dynamic ways. Our 20th edition theme “Present Tense/Future Perfect” invited talents from literary giants to debut authors to explore how the world was responding to issues such as health, inequality and climate change, as well as possible future directions for humanity and the planet, through fiction and non-fiction.“Accessibility” was the key theme of the 20th Hong Kong International Literary Festival, inviting more people to engage with new books, new ideas, and the joy of reading via diverse event formats, multiple language offering and staggered pricing.