Queer Book Club: Book Fair Visit

Let's visit the Hong Kong Book Fair 2025 together and see whether we can find any queer books there!

We are meeting at the Wan Chai MTR station and walking to the exhibition centre, so please don't be late.

After we enter, we will visit the hall that has the main English publishers. Then we might want to split into a few smaller groups - here it is very important you are in our WhatsApp group chat, so we can stay in touch!

At about 1pm, we will meet back up to share what we found. Then, people can either choose to get lunch together, remain at the book fair, or go home. We have decided to not organise a group lunch in case people want to stay longer, since there is no re-entry.

See more details about HKBF 2025: https://hkbookfair.hktdc.com/en/index.html

The Plan
9:45 Meeting @ Wan Chai MTR Station
9:50 Depart from the Wan Chai MTR station
10:00 Entering the Book Fair
13:00 Meeting (outside the main hall)
13:15 End

What to do

1. RSVP on this event page.
2. Don't forget your Octopus card for the payment (HKD 10). Other payment methods will raise the price to HKD 30! There is an option for a full pass (HKD 88), which would need to be purchased in advance (see details on the website or ask Amy).
3. Please enable DMs from other members and turn on notifications so that our team can communicate with you.

Hope to see you there!
Izabella and Amy

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