For the Record and other Poems of Hong Kong: With the text of a talk given to the English Society of the University of Hong Kong, 19 April 2002, Literary Odyssey in Hong Kong: A Personal Narrative .

This collection of sixty poems was written during almost thirty years’ residence in Hong Kong. Most are on explicitly Hong Kong topics, and reflect the writer’s personal experience and knowledge of Hong Kong. Those who have emigrated or who have spent a period of time overseas will empathise with the expatriate experience described. Other poems narrate and reflect on personal events and concerns which will resonate with many. // GILLIAN BICKLEY has lived mainly in Hong Kong since 1970. This, the first of her six collections of poetry, was first published in 2003. Some predate 1997, the year that Hong Kong was returned to the Government of the People’s Republic of China.