Muse (Hong Kong Magazine)

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Various issues of the magazine
Various issues of the magazine

Muse Magazine (瞄) is a monthly publication on Hong Kong's art and cultural scene. [1]

As of March 2008, the magazine has 1,000 paid subscriptions and several hundred copies sold on newsstands.[2]

Contents

[edit] History

Launched in February 2007, Muse models itself after The New Yorker. [3] Although Muse is primarily an English magazine, Chinese elements are also included. [4]

In the March 2008 issue, the magazine has exclusively published Eileen Chang's English short story, The Spyring, which her Chinese story Lust, Caution, and subsequently the movie were based on. [5]

[edit] Content

The content of each issue typically includes feature stories, profile, fiction, Muse tour and reviews on concerts, cinema, books, theater etc.

[edit] Contributors

Muse has been running articles and columns of writers like Lung Ying-tai (龍應台), Xu Xi, Lam Joi-Shan(林在山) and Leo Lee Ou-fan.

[edit] Sponsorship

Muse has sponsored different arts and cultural events in Hong Kong. For example, the Hong Kong Arts Festival[6] and Hong Kong International Film Festival. [7]

[edit] External Links

[edit] References

  1. ^ HKU Journalism and Media Studies Centre Website
  2. ^ Thomas Crampton's Asian media blog
  3. ^ Lam, Perry (5 2007). "The Muse of Muse". Muse Magazine (4): 2. 
  4. ^ Yazhou Zhoukan
  5. ^ ESWN Culture Blog
  6. ^ HKAF: The Shape of Things
  7. ^ HKIFF "My Cinema"


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