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Chinese Crime Fiction from Around the World: Roundtable

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We're delighted to be joined by international scholars, translators, and authors to discuss their work and ideas on Chinese crime fiction. We'll be placing contemporary works from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and elsewhere in an international context, and welcome ideas and discussion! The event will begin with an introduction from Professor David Platten, co-author...

The Ink Cloud Reader: Kit Fan in Conversation

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We're delighted to welcome poet and novelist Kit Fan to Leeds for this event at the historic Leeds Library, where he'll be reading from and discussing his new collection of poetry, The Ink Cloud Reader, published in April by Carcanet. In his disquieting third collection The Ink Cloud Reader, Kit Fan takes enormous risks linguistically,...

Mia Chen Ma: “Beyond Feminist Perspectives: Care as a Mode to Envision the Future”

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For the third of our Centre’s Research Salon series this academic year to focus on science fiction writing from China, we’re delighted to welcome Dr Mia Chen Ma, a recent PhD graduate from SOAS, to discuss her latest research project.   In this online talk, Mia will focus on how Chinese women science fiction authors explore...

Austin Woerner: "Cultural Resonance: Translating the Landscapes of the Imagination"

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For the first of our Centre's Research Salon series in 2023, we're delighted to welcome Austin Woerner to discuss both his translation practice and his academic work. Austin is a lecturer in English and Creative Writing at Duke Kunshan University and previously taught at the Sun Yatsen University in Guangzhou. His published translations include two...

“Meisje met de Parel": A Unique Blend of Music, Art, Food and Science Fiction

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For this online event we're delighted to be joined by Xueting C. Ni 雪亭 and Anna Wu 吴霜, to discuss Anna's story 'Meisje met de Parel' 戴珍珠耳环的少女, translated by Xueting and featured in her British Fantasy Award-winning anthology Sinopticon: A Celebration of Chinese Science Fiction. Anna and Xueting will be talking about their story and translation,...

Peach Blossom Spring: Melissa Fu and Jennifer Wong in Conversation

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For the first event in our Festival of New Chinese Writing from Around the World we're delighted to welcome Melissa Fu and Jennifer Wong for a special conversation at the historic Leeds Library, to talk about Melissa's novel Peach Blossom Spring, published this year by Wildfire. The event is free and open to all, but please reserve...

Zhou Daxin: A conversation

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Join us for our next online event co-hosted with Sinoist Books, to find out more about our April Bookclub featured author Zhou Daxin, and for the launch of Zhou's latest book in English translation, The Sons of Red Lake. Hear from the author himself and join our discussions with translators Prof Haiwang Yuan and James...

Peach Blossom Spring: Melissa Fu and Jennifer Wong in Conversation

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Update: Please note that this event has been postponed until a later date, due to Covid. We're delighted to welcome Melissa Fu and Jennifer Wong to Leeds, to talk about Melissa's novel Peach Blossom Spring. All welcome! Please reserve your free place on our Eventbrite page. Tea and coffee will be available from 5pm, and...