From its humble origins in 1990 at City Hall with just 149 exhibitors and 200,000 visitors, the HONG KONG BOOK FAIR has grown into one of Asia’s most anticipated cultural events. Now held annually at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, the fair has become a dynamic convergence of literature, technology, and global storytelling—drawing over a million visitors at its peak and expanding to include thematic zones, art installations, and offsite cultural programs. Its growth mirrors Hong Kong’s rising stature as a hub for cross-border creativity and publishing.
This year, the 35th HONG KONG BOOK FAIR 2025, held from July 16 to 22, welcomed over 770 exhibitors from more than 30 countries and regions. With the theme:
“Reading the World – Food Culture • Future Living”
The fair explored how food, memory, and cultural identity shape the stories we tell and the lives we live. Among the 620+ events held throughout the week, the exhibition “Book a Table: Food for Thought” captured global attention through its interactive installations and consular collaborations.
Kravitz & Sons participated not only to display titles but to engage in this vibrant conversation. One standout among the selections was Ultimate Love: A Life of Soul and Searching by Kitty Caley—a powerful and deeply personal memoir that explores love, grief, illness, and spiritual resilience in the face of unimaginable loss.
The author, Kitty Caley, is more than a storyteller—she’s a survivor, a mother, and an advocate. Known professionally as a real estate broker with accolades like Top Producing Agent and Multi-Million Dollar Club Member, Caley’s deeper calling emerged in the wake of unimaginable grief. Following the tragic loss of her son Chip to AIDS, she turned her pain into purpose, working with the AIDS Resource Center in Dallas and Fort Worth and speaking out to spread awareness and compassion. Her writing is a continuation of that service—a way to help others walk through the fog of suffering toward clarity and hope.
Ultimate Love: A Life of Soul and Searching is not your average memoir. It’s a raw and intimate tribute to a son, a spiritual reckoning, and a love letter from a grieving mother to the world. Kitty Caley offers readers a deeply personal narrative that confronts illness, identity, death, and ultimately, the power of unconditional love. Through memories, family photos, and moments both heartbreaking and healing, the book documents her son Chip’s journey through AIDS—a disease that not only tested his spirit, but also revealed the resilience and devotion of those who stood by him.
This book is as much about soul-searching as it is about soul-keeping. Caley writes with brutal honesty, describing the emotional and spiritual toll the illness took on her family. Yet within those pages is also incredible grace. Through faith, support, and Chip’s own courage, the story becomes a testimony to the strength of love in the face of loss.
In a world still learning how to talk about grief, illness, and caregiving, Ultimate Love brings necessary conversation to the surface. It fits perfectly within the Hong Kong Book Fair 2025’s theme of “Future Living,” reminding us that the way we handle the hardest parts of life shapes the humanity of the future. This is a story that transcends one family—it touches anyone who’s ever held on through pain, questioned faith, or lost someone too soon.
Find your copy of Ultimate Love: A Life of Soul and Searching at Amazon today—because stories like this don’t just deserve to be told; they need to be remembered.
Ultimate Love
A Life of Soul and Searching
Kitty Caley