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The Taiwan Book Fest will be held on the 23rd and 24th of April. It will be taking place at Alleycat’s Pizza in the Huashan Culture Park with presentations and discussion groups running from 1pm each day. The timetable of events can be seen below.
The Taiwan Book Fest is a celebration of English-language fiction and non-fiction, with a focus on books about Taiwan. Authors will be giving presentations, and leading group discussions. There will be a book exchange, and sales of both new and second-hand books.
The Taiwan Book Fest is FREE and you don’t need to register for the presentations or group discussions.
Saturday, 23rd April
1pm Group Discussions Table A: Favourite books
Table B: Scott Sommers – Becoming Taiwan (Academic publishing)
Table C: Carrie Kellenberger - How to Set Up a Successful Blog/Website and Monetize It
2pm Second-hand Book Sales
3pm Presentations Jerome F. Keating (on his Taiwan books)
Rolf-Peter Wille (author of “Formosa in Fiction”)
4pm Group Discussions Table A: Jerome F. Keating - Books on Taiwanese politics and history
Table B: David Reid – Blogging and Citizen Journalism
Table C: Richard Saunders – Self-publishing in Taiwan
5pm Presentations Craig Ferguson (Australian photographer)
Gits Ferrari (author of “Not SARS, just Sex”)
Sunday, 24th April
1pm Group Discussions Table A: Dan – writing online & making an income from your writing
Table B: Michael Cannings – Resources for learning Taiwanese
Table C: Books on Business and Money
2pm Second-hand Book Sales
3pm Presentations Syd Goldsmith (author of Jade Phoenix)
Steven Crook (author of the Bradt Taiwan guide)
4pm Group Discussions Table A: Steven Crook - Book Writing vs. Magazine and Newspaper Writing
Table B: Classic travel books
Table C: Syd Goldsmith – novels set in Taiwan
5pm Presentations Richard Saunders – Travel in northern Taiwan
*Book sales and exchanges will continue after three o’clock on both days but on a smaller scale.
