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莊國棟 (James Chong)
Founder & CEO

擁有戲劇評論及藝術行政的背景,也曾經經營書店、餐廳,加上在非牟利機構負責推廣世界公民教育的工作,James現在投入於社會創新的研習及實踐。2018年成立社企項目Rolling Books,同時間開始在香港中文大學修讀人類學文學碩士課程。 James參加不同的社創計劃及孵化培育課程,一方面了解社創發展的趨勢,另一方面以參與觀察研究為目標,嘗試了解參與人士的不同態度及初心。除了分析不同基金及創投的本質及限制,更加希望了解這些資源如何引發漣漪效應,影響不同持份者。 除了一直推廣閱讀,James的興趣範疇包括跑步、地方營造,以及如何以區塊鏈應用於社會創新。2023年,James在香港專業進修學校教授「社會工作與社會企業」課程。

James obtained his undergraduate degree in Computer Science in UNSW Australia. He was also trained in Arts Management; he created a theatre critics publication, produced theatre productions and eventually started a bookshop and a restaurant around the turn of the millennium.

The bookshop, called Mackie Study, didn’t survive, but it was one of the early attempts in the local industry to operate a bookshop with a multiple dimension of cultural and music events. A few years later, James joined Oxfam Hong Kong in the Development Education team, fostering global citizenship education in schools and in the parent-child sector.

In 2018, James founded Rolling Books to promote reading experience in this challenging digital age, while he became a postgraduate student of Anthropology at the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

2023, James is teaching and tutoring social work students in the subject of “Social Work and Social Entrepreneurship” in Hong Kong College of Technology.

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林蕙芝 (Gi Lam)
Co-founder (Volunteer Role)

透過跑讀組織 Run Of Page 認識Rolling Books創辦人莊國棟。2018年參加Good Seed(好薈社)計劃,以義務工作身份共同創立Rolling Books。深盼能拓闊對破除貧窮與社會創新的視野及想像。現職本地非牟利機構之數碼媒體編輯。

Gi met James Chong at a running-and-reading initiative called Errand Run in 2016, and they started Run Of Page together to promote the joy of running and reading (together!) at different districts. In 2018, she joined Good Seed program of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and participated in the start up stage of Rolling Books with James. Intending to widen her horizon in the social innovation sector and poverty alleviation, she continues to volunteer at Rolling Books while she works as a digital media editor in a local NGO.

吳嘉慧 ( Kary Ng )
Education & Incubation Lead

Kary畢業於香港浸會大學人文及創作系,主修人文學。在2021年參加七份一書店義補活動認識了Rolling Books,及後更有機會成為其中一員。

加入這家社企後,她曾參與多項與教育、藝術及閱讀相關的工作,並負責統籌及行政工作,其中合作項目包括:「賽馬會藝術有SENse」、「賽馬會喜伴同行計劃」、「躍變.龍城——九龍城主題步行徑」、「我城我書2022」等。

Kary希望人人都能享受閱讀的快樂,未來繼續與Rolling Books將閱讀滾動到每個角落。

Kary graduated from the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing at Hong Kong Baptist University, majoring in Humanities. After joining voluntary work at One Seventh Bookshop in 2021, she encountered Rolling Books and became a colleague.

After joining this social enterprise, Kary has coordinated various projects and programmes related to education, art, and reading, including “Jockey Club Arts Make SENse Programme”; “Jockey Club Autism Support Network”; “Kowloon City Themed Walking Trail”;  “One City One Book Hong Kong 2022”, etc.

She hopes everyone can enjoy reading and wishes to popularise it everywhere with Rolling Books in the future.

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戴曉婷 ( Candy Tai )
Programs & Community Lead

Candy畢業於香港中文大學文化管理文學士課程,熱愛文化與藝術,曾於不同藝團及藝文機構擔任行政工作。近年對書業界及出版業產生濃厚興趣,在2021年因參與SVhk(香港社會創投基金有限公司)舉辦的「心浪潮@深水埗」計劃繼而得到在Rolling Books實習的機會。

由實習生到成為全職工作,她已經負責及協助了很多Rolling Books的計劃,包括:七份一書店店長培育計劃、七份一辦館、第一屆獨立書店(圍爐)表揚獎及其延伸展覽、書店刊物出版等等項目。

Candy喜歡與別人交流閱讀,所以創立了bookstagram(Instagram: @mylittlespace_inlife)分享閱讀心得及書業界資訊。

As a graduate of B.A. in Cultural Management from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Candy is passionate about arts and culture, and had the administrative working experience in arts and cultural organisations. With her increasing interest in the book and publishing industry in recent years, she had obtained the opportunity interning in Rolling Books due to the participation of “Creative Beings@SSP” held by SVhk (Social Ventures Hong Kong).

From an intern to a full-time worker, she has led and assisted in a wide variety of Rolling Books’ projects, including “One Seventh Bookshops”, “One Seventh Store”, The 1st Independent Bookshops Awards (coterie) and its extended exhibition as well as bookshops leaflet publishing. 

Candy is fond of exchanging thoughts about reading with others, therefore she has created a bookstagram (Instagram: @mylittlespace_inlife) to share book reviews and information about the book industry.

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刁敏 ( Ivy Tiu )
Dreams & Marketing Lead

擁有攝影和策展的背景,Ivy 致力推廣文化及藝術活動,在 Rolling Books 中,她負責籌備由香港交易所慈善基金資助的「滾動紅的書車」、協助起動七份一辦館@安所,及支援凝聚社區等活動。

Ivy 熱心探索藝術及文化活動走進社區的可能性,在過去的經驗中,她曾協助在香港藝術中心及牛棚藝術村舉辦,混合音樂、光影、詩詞等媒體的嘉年華、以另類教育方式教導青少年攝影等活動,透過走進社區,籌劃多元化的活動,探索更多社區的想像。

Ivy 畢業於香港都會大學電影設計及數碼攝影藝術學士課程。

Ivy believes that reading is the window of wisdom and a powerful way for mind stretching. She has a strong mission to make art and cultural activities in every individual’s daily life. 

She manages and supports a HKEX foundation funded project – Ro Ro Ro Your Books. Besides her work about promoting reading experience, Ivy also supports community making in the One Seventh Store @Comm,On in Sham Shui Po. Prior to Rolling Books, she worked for a Hong Kong based news media company and managed the social media platform. 

With the experiences of public facing and supportive roles in different parties, Ivy hopes to bring her experience in reading and arts to the community. She teached photography to children, coordinated and curated different projects like the 2019 Graduation Show in HKMU and a multimedia festival in HKAC and Videotage.

Ivy obtained her BFA in Cinematic Design and Photographic Digital Art at the Hong Kong Metropolitan University. 

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梁凱恩 ( Annie Leung )
Officer, Community & Learning

Annie於2022年10月加入Rolling Books。

她希望可以將平等閱讀的想法帶進社區,讓更多人能發掘閱讀的樂趣,從書本中獲得力量,享受每一次靜下來看書的時間。

Annie joined Rolling Books in October 2022.

She hopes to bring the thoughts of equality in reading to the community which can let more people discover the fun in reading. Moreover, she enjoys gaining energy from books in every quiet moment.

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