'Around is a collection of artists and critics’ ear-witness accounts of Around sound art festival (2009), and their latest reflections on “sound art” and listening. The title of this book is derived from Around sound art festival 2009 – a festival of listening and the first of its kind in Hong Kong. Artists, curators, critics and musicians contribute 16 essays on listening in less noticed places in Hong Kong like Motat on Lamma Island, empty public housing estates in Wong Chuk Hang, and listening to frogs and rivers, listening to distance. The book includes a CD with 12 recordings of site-specific works presented in the festival.'—description excerpted from publisher's website

Contributing writers include: Akio Suzuki, Black, Carlo Fossati,Cédric Maridet , Dajuin Yao, Edwin Lo, Eugene Tan, Felix Hess, Jérôme Joy, Kawai Shiu, Lau Gukzik, Mike Cooper, William Lane and Yan Jun