Poetic Lunch

During this program, we explore how the experience of reading or hearing poetry and the experience of tasting food can deepen each other. Soyeon An and Ying-Ting Shen, chef and designer, have developed a unique concept, inspired by the poetry of poet in residence Felix Chow, who will also participate in the program. The emotions that resonate in the work of the poet will be made palpable by the food and the way the experience is engineered for the audience. Without wanting to give away too much: this is a very special program which you will think about for some time afterward, and which will definitely taste good!

Felix Chow is a poet and academic from Hong Kong.
In his work, Chow is not afraid to deal with heavy and highly political topics, such as the Hong Kong student protests of 2019. Being a young person living in Hong Kong is central to his poetic and academic work. He also concerns himself with and makes use of the playfulness of Kongish, the type of English fused with Cantonese that is spoken in Hong Kong.

Chow double-majored in English and Hong Kong Studies, achieving first-class honours at the University of Hong Kong, and is currently
working as a research assistant at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University’s School of Arts and Social Sciences. His poems have been published in several journals such as the Lincoln Review, Voice and Verse and CHA: An Asian Literary Journal. Additionally, Chow is a co-organizer of OutLoud Hong Kong, Hong Kong’s longest running English poetry collective. He also works as an English tutor.

Felix Chow has been honoured with several awards such as the Maisie Choa English Poetry Prize and has won the HKBU Century Club Citywide English Poetry Competition.

For five weeks, including during Poetry International Festival 2024, Felix Chow will be the Poet in Residence at Poetry International.