PMQ Picture Book Library
Hollywood / 5F / H501 (Entrance: H504)
PMQ
Wednesday - Sunday | 1:00pm - 6:00pm
Day Ticket – $20
Unlimited Pass – $80 (within specific exhibition period)
In 2026, the PMQ Picture Book Library will officially open its doors. This April, we begin with a brand new initiative, “START FROM HERE.”
Since 2017, PMQ has been curating picture book exhibitions across diverse themes, expanding how we see and imagine what picture books can be. Picture books are not just for children. They are a way of seeing the world that crosses ages, cultures, and boundaries.
Launching at the end of April, “START FROM HERE” brings together five Picture Book authors: Kinchoi Lam, Benny Lau, Maoshan Connie, All Things Bright And Beautiful, and Shana Cheung as co-creators. From book selection to curatorial concepts, from storytelling to spatial design, five creative forces will transform the library through five distinct lenses and themes.
This is a gathering and a beginning. Where paths cross and stories find their first light. Where creators and readers meet in quiet recognition.
Let us begin here.
More stories, more imagination, more surprises.
Stay tuned for our latest happenings:
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Launching at the end of April 2026, “START FROM HERE” brings together five Picture Book authors: Kinchoi Lam, Benny Lau, Maoshan Connie, All Things Bright & Beautiful, and Shana Cheung as co-creators. From book selection to curatorial concepts, from storytelling to spatial design, five creative forces will transform the library through five distinct lenses and themes.
Ten years ago, inspired by this curiosity, I began creating local picture books for this city—reflecting on what I had seen around the world and on my own understanding of home.
A decade later, my journeys have expanded, and so has my collection. Now, with “home” as the theme, I am presenting thirty picture books from around the world at the PMQ Picture Book Gallery, organized into three sections: “Journey,” “City” (people and animals), and “Home.”
As a designer and creative educator, my fascination with picture books lies not only in their illustrations and stories, but also in the aesthetic details of the book as object, and in the possibilities that unfold between reading and using. In the realm of picture books, images are not simply representational; they invite abstraction, experimentation, and new visual languages.
