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To celebrate the launch of Where Else: An International Hong Kong Poetry Anthology, published by Verve Poetry Press, and in partnership with Verve, and with the University of Leeds Poetry Centre, we're delighted to be joined by the collection's editors, and by some of the featured poets. This will be a hybrid event, with some speakers...
If you happen to be in Singapore this month, do drop by the amazing Asian Festival of Children's Content for the launch of our 8th Bai Meigui Translation Competition winning entry, as part of a panel discussing the value of the translation competition for schools (tickets available from the website). This panel will feature speakers...
The 3rd in our series of residential weekends for our Book Review Network focuses on Chinese crime fiction from around the world. The four books which will be read and discussed (with reviews coming later) are: Love and Murder in the Time of Covid, by Qiu Xiaolong; The Borrowed, by Chan Ho-kei, translated by Jeremy Tiang; Cocoon,...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
“Translating Chinese Science Fiction into English: Decolonization and Reconciliation on a Cultural Battlefield” For the 4th of our Centre’s Research Salon series this year, we’re delighted to welcome Emily Xueni Jin to discuss both her translation practice and her academic work. Emily is a science fiction and fantasy translator, translating both from Chinese to English...