The Taiwan Book Festival is being held this Saturday and Sunday at Huashan Culture Park from the hours of 1pm-6pm. I will be giving a presentation on How to Setup a Successful Blog/Website and Monetize It at 1pm on Saturday at Table C. Here is a link to the presentations and discussions that are occurring on both days.
This is a great opportunity to find your favorite English titles. The Taiwan Book Fest is also launching the Taiwan Book Exchange. A combination of both an online and physical community based on the free exchange of books, members will be able to discuss books online and arrange to meet other members and exchange books. Book exchanges will be moderated to ensure fair play.
Alleycats will also be offering a secondhand book service, with more details to follow soon.
Where and When? Sat & Sun 23-24 April, 1 pm, at Alleycat’s Pizza Restaurant in the Huashan Culture Park (a few minutes’ walk from Zhongxiao Xinsheng MRT station). See the website for a map.
What? The Book Fest is a celebration of English-language fiction and non-fiction, with a focus on books about Taiwan. Authors will be giving presentations, and leading group discussions. There will be a book exchange, and sales of both new and second-hand books.
Who?
Over ten authors including:
- Steven Crook, author of Keeping Up With The War God and Taiwan: The Bradt Travel Guide
- Gits Ferrari, author of Not SARS, Just Sex and The Oil Sands of Alberta
- Syd Goldsmith, author of Jade Phoenix
- Jerome F. Keating, author of Taiwan: The Search for Identity and Mapping Taiwan
- Richard Saunders, author of Taipei Day Trips I and II and Yangming Shan: The Guide
- Rolf-Peter Wille, author of Formosa in Fiction
How much? It’s free! There’s no entry fee, and no need to register.
Canadian expat Carrie Kellenberger has kept a home base with her husband in Asia since 2003. A prolific traveler, Carrie has funded her travels primarily as a writer, editor, travel blogger and photographer, but she has also worked as an educator, voice over artist, model and nightclub singer. She draws upon her 15+ years of travel experience to write about travel-related issues and the countries she has visited on her award-winning web site, My Several Worlds.
Her photography and travel articles have appeared in both print and online publications around the world, including Travel and Leisure Asia, Unearthing Asia and Hip Compass Escapes.
