Lindsay Varty

Lindsay Varty is a best-selling author and journalist based in Hong Kong. She is fascinated by local culture and history. As a young girl, her parents would take her to eat congee in Sham Shui Po, order snacks from dai pai dong, and buy fish from the wet market. Her parents wanted their children to discover the real Hong Kong and to know its people. Lindsay’s book Sunset Survivors is a celebration of Hong Kong culture and a tribute to her home. Lindsay now gives talks to schools and societies and runs walking tours which focus on Hong Kong’s fading industries. Her work has been featured on TEDx, CNN, The Guardian, CCTV, and more locally in SCMP, Localiiz and Sassy. She hopes that her work can encourage people to take a deeper interest in local heritage and community and help support Hong Kong’s unique cultural identity.