The upcoming 24th Taipei International Book Exhibition will offer a little something for everyone - the literature, illustrations, and films of 2016 theme country Hungary on one hand, and a retrospective exhibition on one of the most beloved female authors in Asia, Eileen Chang (張愛玲).
Details revealed in a Dec. 23 press conference included the 2016 slogan "Freedom Love,” which is taken from a poem by Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi (1823-1849):
"Liberty, love!
These two I must have.
For my love I'll sacrifice
My life.
For liberty I'll sacrifice
My love."
"Exhibition of Eileen's Style,” which is timed to coincide with the second decade of her passing, will include personal items, manuscripts, photo albums, and paintings. Many of these items will be shown in Taipei for the first time, as the author passed away in Los Angeles in 1995.
The Taipei book fair attracts 500 thousand fairgoers on an annual basis. Last year's attendence included 648 publishers from 68 countries, and over 400 writers, illustrators, and publishers. The 2015 theme country was New Zealand.
'Freedom Love'
24th Taipei International Book Exhibition
- Date: Feb. 16 - 21, 2016
- Venue: Taipei World Trade Center
- Location: Exhibition Hall 1 & 3
- Site: http://tibe.org.tw/
Hungary Pavilion
- Filmmaker-writer Peter Gardos
- Film critic Gyorgy Dragoman
- Gourmet writer Mautner Zsofia
- Illustrator Katalin Szegedi
Around the World
- Poet Robert Louis Haas (US)
- Poet Brenda Hillman (US)
- Motivational writer Stephanie South (US)
- Writer Etgar Keret (Israel)
- Writer Muriel Barbery (France)
- Children's writer Oscar Brenifier (France)
- Writer Romain Puertolas (France)
- Writer Chantal Thomas (France)
- Book designer Wu Yi-meng (吳禕萌, Germany)
- Comic artist Asa Ekstrom (Sweden)
- Writer Andrzej Sapkowski (Poland)
- Illustrator Afonso Cruz (Portugal)
- Scientific writer Michael C. Corballis (New Zealand)
- Graphic artist Rachel Fenton (New Zealand)
- Designer Donovan Bixley (New Zealand)
- Feminist writer Chizuko Ueno (上野千鶴子, Japan)
- Illustrator Satoe Tone (刀根里衣, Japan)
- Writer Wen Yourou (溫又柔, Japan)
- Comic artist Xia Da (夏達, China)
- Comic artist Huang Jia-wei (黃嘉偉, China)
- Writer Wenren Yueyue (聞人悅閱, Hong Kong)
- Cookbook author Jacky Yu (余健志, Hong Kong)
- Photographer Chan Hin Io (陳顯耀, Macau)
- Professor Leonard Chan Kwok Kou (陳國球, Hong Kong)
- Travel writer Chok Yen Hau (卓衍豪, Malaysia)
- Food and lifestyle writer Lin Jing-cheng (林金城, Malayasia)