Kit Fan

Kit Fan was born and grew up in Hong Kong before moving to the UK at the age of 21. He has published two volumes of poetry and a novel. Paper, Scissors, Stone was his first collection of poems, published in 2011.

The title of the volume, "Paper, Scissors, Stone" refers to a popular game, the poems lack a clear connection to Chinese experience. Although titles of poems are often suggestive and the poems contain direct explicit references to Chinese history or locations in HK, these connections miss subtlety or are too bland or vague to create any strong recognition.… (more)