R3's Sarah Passmore talks with three authors about their new novels, all inspired by living and working in Hong Kong and the region: Libby Wong Former Civil Servant , Legco member and winner of the RTHK/SCMP Short Story Competition . Author of Rainbow City. Eric Stone LA-based author who spent 11 years in Hong Kong. Living Room of the Dead ' is a detective thriller about the Russian white slave trade, set in Hong Kong, Macau and Vladivostokis. Peter Maize Former TV news anchor. Zoom Out is his first novel. R3's Phil Whelan chats with the man who took Wham! to China Simon Napier Bell Legendary pop figure – the man who managed The Yardbirds, Japan and Marc Bolan, - and found time to write ‘You Don't Have to Say You Love Me.' Books include Black Vinyl , White Powder. RTHK's Francis Moriarty hosts a discussion on contemporary journalism with four participants from around the world: Karl Taro Greenfeld Author and Journalist, based for some time in Hong Kong as editor of Time Asia. Currently Editor-at-Large at Sports Illustrated. Elena Poniatowska One of Mexico's most celebrated writers and journalists, who made a name for herself writing about a government massacre of 250 protesting students. Awarded the Mexican National Award for Journalism and the French Legion d'Honneur. Tarun Tejpal Indian Journalist and Publisher. Asiaweek magazine called him one of Asia's 50 most powerful communicators. Ayu Utami Ayu Utami is one of Indonesia's few bestselling female writers . As co-founder of a union of freelance journalists declared illegal by the government, Ayu was banned from practicing her occupation in 1994. She continued her journalistic work underground. Nell Freudenberger Her collection of stories, Lucky Girls won the Pen/Faulkner Malamud award for short fiction. Born and based in the US. Gish Jen Author of The Love Wife , Typical American , and Mona in the Promised Land , as well as a collection of stories entitled Who's Irish? She lives in Massachusetts and is currently Writer in Residence at the University of Hong Kong. Doris Pilkington Australian author Doris Pilkington shot to fame with her memoir Follow the Rabbit Proof Fence . It tells the true story of her mother and aunts' escape from an institution designed to educate, to Western standards, mixed race children born to Aborginal women. The children were removed from their families at a young age, often never to see them again. Doris also suffered the same fate. Seamus Heaney Nobel Prize-winning writer. Probably the best-known and most popular poet writing in English today. Pico Iyer Now considered one of the world's greatest travel writers – but how did he start his career? Armand Marie Leroi Scientist, and author of Mutants – on the Form, Varieties and Errors of the Human Body. Rattawut Lapcharoensap His debut collection of short stories set in Thailand, Sightseeing was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award. Rattawut was born in Chicago and raised in Bangkok. Elena Poniatowska One of Mexico's most celebrated writers and journalists, who made a name for herself writing about a government massacre of 250 protesting students. Awarded the Mexican National Award for Journalism and the French Legion d'Honneur. Although she has lived most of her life in Mexico her roots are in France. Kunal Basu Author of historical novels The Opium Clerk , and The Miniaturist , talking here about his latest book Racists. Tom Standage Technology journalist and author. Latest book is A History of the World in 6 Glasses. Mike Dash Mike Dash writes popular history books, his most recent being Thug, a look at a murderous cult in India. He has also been acclaimed for Tulipomania and Batavia's Graveyard , but he started his career working in magazine publishing including such titles as Viz, Bizarre and Ceramics Industries International. John Banville John Banville won the 2005 Man Booker Prize for his novel The Sea . It was the second time he had been shortlisted for the prestigious award. Sarah Passmore asked him what it meant to him to win the Booker Prize. David McKirdy David McKirdy is one of the directors of the Man Hong Kong International Literary Fetival and the author of the poetry collection Accidental Occidental. Karen Connelly Canadian writer Karen Connelly is best known for her popular poetry and travel writing, but she has just published her first novel, The Lizard Cage . She has lived all over the world and told Sarah Passmore, why she started traveling.