{"id":36583,"date":"2026-03-16T08:28:36","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36583"},"modified":"2026-03-16T08:28:36","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T00:28:36","slug":"one-wrote-a-bestselling-book-about-being-a-courier-the-other-made-a-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=36583","title":{"rendered":"One wrote a bestselling book about being a courier, the other made a film"},"content":{"rendered":"


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What happens when the author of a bestselling memoir about working as a courier in mainland China, and a Hong Kong videographer who moonlights as a food delivery rider, meet?<\/p>\n

They do not immediately launch into a philosophical discussion about art and labour. Instead, they compare different vehicles\u2019 battery lifespans, the daily distances they travel, and the risk of traffic accidents on the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s very common in [mainland] China,\u201d Hu Anyan<\/span> says. \u201cAnd especially so with food delivery, because you\u2019re always in a rush.\u201d<\/div>\n

Ahead of his appearance at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in March, Hu, author of I Deliver Parcels in Beijing<\/em>, sat down for a conversation in his native Cantonese with videographer Kong Yiu-wing and the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n

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(From left) Kong Yiu-wing, the SCMP\u2019s Karen Cheung and Hu Anyan chat at the SCMP\u2019s offices in Times Square, Hong Kong. Photo: Jonathan Wong<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Meeting for the first time, Hu and Kong discussed their respective experiences as artist-labourers who draw on their jobs for their artistic practices.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n


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