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City Centre Forest Home
Writer: Chan Hay-ching
Artwork: A short novel
"The
Gardens'
very
existence
adds
a
naturalistic
and
humanistic
flavour
to
Hong
Kong's
image
as
a
‘global
financial
hub".
Living
in
a
rapidly
changing
and
highly
urbanised
world,
would
animals
also
be
perplexed
by
the
question
"Where
were
our
homes?"
The
Gardens
is
considered
an
oasis
in
the
city
where
not
only
endangered
animals
are
protected
and
cared
for,
but
which
also
attracts
other
animals
like
cats,
squirrels
and
bats
to
make
a
home.
Curious
about
the
habitats
and
habits
of
the
different
animals
in
the
Gardens,
writer
Chan
Hay-ching
has
written
a
fantasy
short
story
featuring
the
Gardens.
A
little
orphaned
squirrel,
the
protagonist
in
the
story,
dashes
around
speaking
to
the
plants
and
animals
of
the
Gardens
in
its
attempt
to
understand
what
a
happy
home
is
to
them.
From
the
sensitive
narrative
about
the
ecology
of
the
Gardens,
readers
can
probably
explore
what
a
home
means
too.
Download
here:
City
Centre
Forest
Home
(2
MB)
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Artist Biography
Chan holds an Mphil and BA in Chinese from Lingnan University. As a writer, she has been telling stories with imaginative elements closely related to Hong Kong people's daily lives, communities and urban spaces. She has published essay collections Wanderer and novels including No longer Wearing a ‘Dog Face' and The Popping Candy Incident, and other Stories, with the latter awarded the "Highly Recommended Prize of the Hong Kong Literature Season" in 2017. Her works have also been published in various magazines such as Hong Kong Literature, Literary Century, The Writer, Muse, Fleurs des Lettres.
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