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Janice Y.K. Lee '94 on "Making a Splash" at the Literary Festival
Janice Lee's first book, The Piano Teacher, an historical novel set in Hong Kong , was released in the US in January 2009, to critical acclaim from publications as diverse as The New York Times, The Washington Post and People magazine, among many others. It debuted at #11 on The New York Times Bestseller list.
Making a Splash -- Some debut authors are fortunate enough to get it right the first time! Janice Lee's The Piano Teacher has now been published in twenty countries and in eighteen languages. Rana Dasgupta's Tokyo Cancelled was short-listed for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize and the Hutch Crossword Book Award. Come hear them talk about their work and what comes next. Moderated by Stephen McCarty, books editor of the South China Morning Post.
For details, please visit the web site of the Literary Festival: http://www.festival.org.hk/2009a/introduction.php
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