Jason and his latest book Hong Kong Noir were featured in the January 2019 issue of City Magazine《號外》

2019

Quoted in CNN
Title: “This logo won a design competition in China. It looks a lot like Disney’s” by Eric Cheung
Publication date: 19 December

Panelist at Women in Publishing Society event
Topic: “Truth and memoir”
Venue: Hughes Room, Foreign Correspondents‘ Club
Date: 10 December

Spanish publisher Planeta de Libros announces Spanish translation of No City for Slow MenHong Kong No es Ciudad para Lentos
Translators: Juan Gabriel López Guix, Maialen Marin Lacarta
Date: 16 November

Book launch of Coming to Our Sense, 2019 anthology by Hong Kong Writers Circle, at Hong Kong International Literary Festival
Story: “Fiddler on the Deck”
Venue: Fringe Club, Central
Date: 8 November

Guest lecturer at Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
Title: “False News and Fake Accounts”
Venue: FalconerHall
Date: 20 October

Creative writing workshop at True Light Girls’ College
Date: 18 October

Spanish translation of No City for Slow Men

Moderator at PEN Hong Kong/Cha panel on Cantonese language
Venue: Kafnu, Hung Hom
Date: 24 July
Time 7:30 - 9:00pm

Read at PEN Hong Kong reading in support of international writers in prison
Venue: Art and Culture Outreach, Wanchai
Date: 27 June

Wedding featured in South China Morning Post fashion page
Title: “A wedding guide designed to keep both parties in spotlight” by Divia Harilela
Publication date: 18 June

Re-appointed to Board of Advisors of Hong Kong Baptist University’s International Writers’ Workshop (IWW)
Date: June

Delivered legal workshop for foreign domestic workers organized by Philippine Consulate General HK and Wimler Foundation
Topic: “Understanding Hong Kong culture”
Venue: Euro Trade Centre, Central
Date: 12 May

Interview with Commercial Radio news program 在晴朗的一天出發
Segment: “美法官輕判何志平,何囚友所寫求情信對佢減刑幫助最大” (U.S. judge hands Patrick Ho light sentence, thanks to mitigation letters submitted by fellow inmates)
Hosts: Stephen Chan/Chan Chung/Ken Kwok
Broadcast date: 28 March

Quoted in South China Morning Post
Article: “Former Hong Kong minister Patrick Ho appeals US conviction in multimillion-dollar bribery case” by Holmes Chan
Publication date: 28 March

Interview with RTHK news program 千禧年代
Episode: “有美國執業律師稱即使何志平上訴亦很難證明量刑有問題” (U.S. lawyer says Patrick Ho's appeal unlikely to reduce sentence)
Hosts: Yip Koon Lam
Broadcast date: 26 March

Panel speaker at “One City One Book” panel hosted by Cha: An Online Literary Journal
Topic: “Upon arrival: otherness, belonging, and hospitality”
Venue: Kubrick, Yau Ma Tei
Date: 25 March

Featured as new Convener of Progressive Lawyers Group in Hong Kong Free Press
Article: “Decline and fall? Progressive Lawyers Group plans new barometer to measure Hong Kong’s rule of law” by Holmes Chan
Publication date: 24 March

Panel speaker at Baptist University’s International Writers' Workshop literary panel
Topic: “Fact & Fiction: Sci-Fi as Social Critique”
Venue: Baptist University
Date: 14 March

Featured as trail runner in South China Morning Post sports page
Title: “Road runner switches to trails after finding community that transcends race, gender and socioeconomic status” by Mark Agnew
Publication date: 7 March

Interview with D100 Radio news program 左右大局
Episode: “華為為孟晚舟控告美國政府,拖延引渡特朗普會如何應付” (Huawei sues U.S. government to delay extradition of Meng Wanzhou—how will Trump react?)
Hosts: Li Wei-ling/Tommy Cheung
Broadcast date: 7 March

Television interview with TVB Jade news program 時事多面睇
Episode: “華為反擊” (Huawei hits back)
Broadcast date: 7 March

Television interview with TVB Jade news program 六點半新聞報道
Topic: “Huawei's legal challenge of U.S. government's product ban”
Broadcast date: 7 March

Television interview with TVB Pearl news program News at 7:30
Topic: “Huawei's legal challenge of U.S. government's product ban”
Broadcast date: 7 March

Appearance on TVB Jade evening news

Panel judge for 2019 Human Rights Press Awards
Date: March

Judge for 2019 WYNG Philomathia Student Essay Contest
Date: 17 February

Elected Convener of Progressive Lawyers Group
Date: 16 February

Commencement of spring semester at Faculty of Law of University of Hong Kong, LLM program
Course: International Securities Law
Venue: Centennial Campus, Pokfulam
Dates: 25 January - 26 April

Speaker at Bookazine’s “Meet the Authors” Event
Topic: Hong Kong Noir
Venue: Bookazine, Prince’s Building
Date: 23 January

Moderator at Hong Kong Baptist University’s “Backreading Hong Kong 2019” symposium
Topic: “Hong Kong Dystopia”
Venue: Oen Hall Building, Hong Kong Baptist University
Date: 19 January

Featured in City Magazine 號外
Article: “黑色香港不再黑” (Hong Kong noir isn’t always dark) by Lam Sam-wai
Issue: 508 (January 2019)

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