The fair's Renowned Writers Seminar Series, organised by the HKTDC, Ming Pao and Yazhou Zhoukan, features 17 writers from the Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Taiwan and the United States. They include celebrated novelist, playwright and critic Kenneth Pai Hsien-yung, and martial arts novelist Wen Rui-an. Zi Zhongyun, a Senior Fellow at the Institute of American Studies, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and one of China's leading scholars on international relations, is also participating, as is Murong Xuecun, the pen name of Hao Qun. Mr Murong is among China's most successful Internet writers. His Leave Me Alone: A Novel of Chengdu, was published on the Internet, then adapted for film and nominated for the Man Asian Literary Prize.