Chatting with Author

Listen to the interview with famous Lantau author Jane Huong who isn’t Vietnamese or Malaysian, but married to a Hong Kong guy who wanted to spell his surname (Hung) differently from the herd. And talking of herd, her surname actually means ‘Bear’.

We had a fun chat on my roof that very beautiful day, the second blue-skies day of the year, it seemed, about her many books and projects. Jane is incredibly active and fun, and her latest book, Cat Soup and other stories a rollicking read. The only thing I didn’t get was the name of one grandmother mentioned in the book, ‘Pau Pau’ but eventually realised she must mean ‘Po Po’.

And as it happened, I had a bunch of visitors from Norway in my house that day, by an amazing coincidence all called Jane!

熊 – Hung (Bear)
婆婆 – Po Po (grandmother, old woman)
傾偈 – Keng gai (chat)