Creamfields Hong Kong 2023
Creamfields Hong Kong 2023
Sat, Apr 1, 12:00
Central HarbourFront 中環海濱活動空間 • Central, HKI
HK$1,471.14 - HK$2,001.09
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Hong Kong Shifts | On Shifts: The Power of Storytelling
Join Cynthia Cheng and Maxime Vanhollebeke as they share the mission of their social impact storytelling platform.
By Hong Kong International Literary Festival Ltd
When and where
Date and time
Starts on Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:00 HKT
Location
Fringe Upstairs, The Fringe Club 2 Lower Albert Road Central Hong Kong
Refund Policy
No Refunds
About this event
Hong Kong Shifts has spent the last three years sourcing and sharing stories of strength, positivity and resilience from all corners of the city and from over 100 shift workers, ranging from street cleaners, security guards, sampan drivers, fishermen, to bamboo scaffolders, seafarers, taxi drivers, among others.
Join co-founders Cynthia Cheng and Maxime Vanhollebeke as they share the mission of their social impact storytelling platform and the power of connecting with strangers.
Jessica Cheng will moderate this powerful talk.
Hong Kong Shifts is a social impact storytelling platform launched in July 2019 by Cynthia Cheng and Maxime Vanhollebeke. Its mission is to promote kindness, empathy and inclusiveness in our living and working communities through authentic storytelling. They publish a bi-weekly bilingual story on social media and work with NGOs, social enterprises, schools and community partners on human-centred visual storytelling campaigns, events, pop-up exhibitions and workshops.
Cheng was born in Canada and grew up in Hong Kong. Prior to pursuing a career in social impact, writing and mental health, she was a practising lawyer for 8 years in London, Abu Dhabi and Hong Kong. Vanhollebeke is originally from Belgium and lived in London and Chicago before settling in Hong Kong in 2009 to pursue a career as an international lawyer. He splits his time between legal consulting and building Hong Kong Shifts.
About the organiser
Organised by
Hong Kong International Literary Festival LtdHong Kong International Literary Festival Ltd.
The Hong Kong International Literary Festival (HKILF), founded in 2000, is an annual event held over ten days in autumn, featuring established and emerging writers from around the world in a programme that includes discussions, literary lunches and dinners, workshops, lectures, debates, book signings, and readings.
The stellar list of past HKILF authors includes literary luminaries such as Seamus Heaney, Louis de Bernières, Colm Tóibín, Jung Chang, and Yann Martel.
HKILF is organized and coordinated by Hong Kong International Literary Festival Limited, a non-profit, charitable literary arts organization which also manages the annual Young Readers Festival.
HKILF brings writers and book lovers together at events that allow them to share ideas.
Hong Kong is uniquely positioned to attract not just the best authors and thinkers in Asia, but globally. The city that built itself on the exchange of goods, is now also the region’s focal point for the exchange of ideas.
Literature makes us think, it gives us new perspectives. HKILF starts conversations that build a better society.