Mark Daly’s interest in the legal aspects of Nelson Mandela’s fight against injustice and the mind of Adolf Hitler reflects his human rights work, while he also loves reading about tennis’ mental game and how Canada was created
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From Spanish classic Don Quixote to an Argentinian comic strip to Tai-Pan – the novel that convinced Santiago Martinez-Caro to take up his current Hong Kong posting – these are the books consul general would take to a desert island
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Consul general’s picks includes an award-winning book on the Rwandan genocide, a collection of poetry and thoughts from one of Sweden’s best-known diplomats, and the story of a little boy punished for being cruel to animals
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Known for their edgy and erotic images, Nic and Becky Gaunt, who will exhibit at Hong Kong’s Affordable Art Fair, sell most of their work overseas, but say they are beginning to see city galleries become more adventurous
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Mother’s Choice CEO Eyres longs for a meaningful life and her favourite books encompass themes of social justice, resilience, forgiveness, identity, destiny and love
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Patti Waldmeir, the Financial Times correspondent and author of ‘Chinese Lessons: An American mother teaches her children how to be Chinese in China’, explains why she decided to move with them to Shanghai
The Hong Kong International Literary Festival speaker, who won a Pulitzer Prize for The Orphan Master’s Son, talks about his lonely childhood and why his stories tend to veer towards the bizarre
High in the Andes sits Lake Titicaca. Kate Whitehead meets the floating inhabitants of this remote location
What is it? A brand new 266-room hotel on its own island (below) within the Venice lagoon. Isola delle Rose is an artificial island, built in the 19th century, and JW Marriott spent several years transforming what had been a sanatorium before the hotel opened in March.
Burma’s largest city is buzzing and change is in the air—nightlife included
Though the “Lady” was the main attraction, the Irrawaddy Literary Festival managed to focus the spotlight on Myanmar’s changing book landscape