The Department of English cordially invites you to join the upcoming workshop, A Date with the Moon in Me: 我和我的月亮有個約會 organized by the English Language Centre, on 2 October 2025 (Thursday).
Date: 2 October 2025 (Thursday)
Time: 4:00pm-6:00pm
Venue: CR219, Creative Humanities Hub
Registration: Fill in this form to reserve a place
Remarks: 1 iGPS unit will be awarded to undergraduate students who attend the workshop
“The moon weeping says
I want to be an orange”
- Federico García Lorca
We live under the same moon, but does the moon see us the same?
More than 1200 years ago, Li Po imagined the moon and his shadow as his drinking companions. In Hong Kong, Lin Xi responds to the lyrics of Teresa Teng’s legendary love song, “The Moon Represents my Heart” (1977), by rewriting how the moon though “once represented somebody’s heart, the end was the same . . . the moon in the past was transformed overnight into the sun today” —this is sung by Faye Wong in “Once in a Blue Moon” (1999). While Lin Xi’s rendering sounds more sentimental, the “moon” in the poem of Wallace Stevens, an American poet in the 20th century, is more philosophical, that Stevens sees the moon as “a dream of pre-history” which leads to a paralinguistic state.
What is your moon like? What face do you think it wears?
What is your moon like? What face do you think it wears?
Join Hong Kong illustrator Little Half to rediscover the moon within you, while Dr. Belle Ling from HSUHK’s Department of English will illuminate how literary art shapes our inner moon. In this workshop, you will be guided using water colouring and literary appreciation skills to explore the texture, temperament, and tonality of your unique moon.
Quota: 20 places, first-come-first-served
Workshop Fee: HKD20 (Payment method details will be provided in the confirmation email.)
*This workshop will be conducted in both English and Cantonese.
About Little Half:
Kathy Chan is a local HK illustrator who founded the Little Half Studio in 2016. In 2021, she was selected as one of the 2021 Finalist Illustrators at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair in Italy. Kathy’s creative works often revolve around the protagonist “Little Half” — a round-faced, slightly chubby girl transitioning from shyness to courage (Website: https://www.instagram.com/littlehalf602/)
