MARQUEE | On Muscle: The Stuff that Moves Us and Why It Matters

Name: MARQUEE | On Muscle: The Stuff that Moves Us and Why It Matters
Start: 2026-03-03T18:30:00+08:00
End: 2026-03-03T20:00:00+08:00
Location: Hong Kong Central Library

Schedule

Tue Mar 03 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC+08:00

Location

Hong Kong Central Library | Hong Kong, HK

Bonnie Tsui
About this Event

On Muscle: The Stuff that Moves Us and Why It Matters

Speaker: Bonnie Tsui

Moderator: Jess Cheng

Date: March 3, Tue

Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm

Venue: Central Library

Address: 66 Causeway Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

Price: HKD 248

Language: English

Format: Talk

Description:

Join bestselling author and journalist Bonnie Tsui for a thought-provoking conversation on the body, movement, and what it means to be human. Drawing from her acclaimed books Why We Swim and On Muscle, Tsui explores our deep relationship with physical movement—from the pull of water to the power of muscle. Why We Swim, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and TIME Must-Read, journeys through extraordinary swimming cultures and personal stories across the globe. In On Muscle, Tsui turns inward, examining how muscle shapes strength, beauty, resilience, and identity. Blending science, culture, and lyrical storytelling, this event invites audiences to reconsider the physical body not just as biology, but as meaning, memory, and possibility.

About the Speaker:

Bonnie Tsui is an award-winning journalist and the bestselling author of Why We Swim, and the new book, On Muscle: The Stuff That Moves Us and Why It Matters, which was named as one of NPR’s “Books We Love” for 2025, an Amazon Editors’ Pick for Best Nonfiction, and a Barnes & Noble Best Book of the Year. Her books have been translated into 13 languages, and her work has been recognized and supported by Harvard University, the National Press Foundation, and the Best American Essays series.

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