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Translating Taiwan: Talk and Q&A with Darryl Sterk

Date
Date
Friday 10 March 2017, 16:00 - 17:30
Location
University of Leeds, 11-14 Blenheim Terrace, Room 1.16

Refreshments provided, and bookstall from Blackwells Books

Join us for a presentation and Q&A with Darryl, a prolific translator of literature from Taiwan, whose works include the critically acclaimed The Man With The Compound Eyes 複眼人, by Wu Ming-yi 吳明益, and his latest book - Horace Ho’s 何致和 The Tree Fort on Carnation Lane 花街樹屋 (Balestier Press, 2017). Darryl also lectures in translation and interpreting at National Taiwan University.

Horace Ho is our March book club pick, so you can read more about him on our Bookclub page, and read an excerpt (in English and Chinese) of his book Offshore Island Bible 外島書, also translated by Darryl.

The event is free, but please register on our Eventbrite page to give us an idea of numbers.