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Founded 2010, for everyone interested in Chinese fiction in English. Tweets by @NickyHarman_cn & @helenwanglondon. Also at https://t.co/RfUulHI0xB (listopia)
Joined October 2012
“Writing Lives: from China in the 1930s to Britain in the 2020s” - talk on feminist author, Ling Shuhua 凌書華 (1900-1990) and Life-Writing masterclass led by @YanGeMay , 8 March 2025, Leeds University, UK. Event language English. FREE! Register here: https://t.co/2ww5kxYrhP
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The Wu family has escaped to the mountains for their holiday, but their tranquil lifestyle belies the turmoil brewing in 1920s-1930s China. This #TranslationTuesday, we bring you a short story by Ling Shuhua, translated from the Chinese by Nicky Harman: https://t.co/7hmhYgLWAE
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Not gonna make this list any longer bc I have stuff to do. But just to highlight the cultural and personal arbitrariness of such lists... How many have you read?
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A moment of triumph for 东北 enthusiasts - look at the back cover ↗️
We are pleased to reveal the cover and contributors to Granta 169: China. At a time when China has become a unifying spectre of menace for Western governments, this issue brings the country’s literary culture closer and into focus. This special issue launches on Thursday 7th.
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Come and join us this Wednesday (if you dare) to hear @xuetingni discuss Chinese traditions of the strange, and her new collection of contemporary horror, Sinophagia, from @Solarisbooks. All welcome!
A spooky Bookclub feature this month - Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror! We're delighted to be joined on Wed 23rd by translator and editor @xuetingni, so come and hear more, if you're in Leeds (and feeling brave...!)⬇️@Solarisbooks @LCSLeeds
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So happy to see more early Hong Kong literature translated. How might our views on early modern Chinese literature change if we include such works? Thank you @chrissonghk & @asiancha. Chris is doing such important work as a scholar & translator of early HK lit
[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄] We are very pleased to present Lü Lun’s story “Piano Day”, newly translated from the Chinese into English by Chris Song: "vividly captures the cosmopolitan atmosphere of Hong Kong from the 1920s to the 1940s". https://t.co/7ePSj2DWhO 。。。
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Translator Spotlight: @deathbladeISSTH! As part of our celebration for the International Translation Day, we're featuring one of Wuxiaworld's translators: Deathblade! 🖋️ Learn more about his translation journey, the epic works he’s translated, and how he came up with his unique
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Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese #Horror is out now! https://t.co/BfyftgY99f I'm still on tour https://t.co/dQKhMmd7LJ I look forward to meeting all my readers face to face! I'm trying to do something special and different at each stop! #books #sff
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📣Join us for an online roundtable on "Translating Chinese #danmei novels" with translators in English, Italian, Russian and Spanish. ⏰Date: 30 Oct 2024, 13:30 - 15:00 GMT 💻Venue: online, MS Teams 🔗Registration: https://t.co/ATgi0BpWX5
#UoETranslationalFunding #UoEAHRC_IAA
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Please read my interview with Matteo Damiani from China Underground, in which you can learn all about my latest translation, Murder in the Maloo: a Tale of Old Shanghai https://t.co/ImqMxuuH2V
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Beyond Captain America and Akira: Heroes and Villains in Chinese Comics and Caricature with Damian Mandzunowski & Lena Henningsen, Heidelberg University https://t.co/DanSGu4ZEN
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With this September, our ERC-funded project #ChinaComx starts. Researching comics culture in the People's Republic of China, the project aims to bridge the fields of PRC history, global comics studies, and visual history. See https://t.co/Pzw7eShQrx for details, and get in touch!
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#TaiwanKidLitMonth: Wild Kids, Two Novels About Growing Up, by Chang Ta-Chun, tr. by Michael Berry. Wildly popular #TaiwanYALit about teens who didn't take an 'academic path,' exploring the less savory side of life. https://t.co/v18ndvCuSP
#WorldKidLitMonth #IntlYALit 🧵
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#TaiwanKidLitMonth: Yan (閻鐵花) - the Taiwanese Equivalent to a DC/Marvel Superhero See the images & read more: https://t.co/IaxbT6UiLa
#Superheroes
#PekingOpera #WorldKidLit
#WorldKidLitMonth #GraphicNovels 🧵
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Taiwanese-American author, Grace Lin, has written so many popular books beloved by students, educators, parents and their children. Here's a closer look at some of them: https://t.co/55bJ9GKHWS
#TaiwanKidLitMonth #WorldKidLitMonth 🧵
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@booksfromtaiwan @PaperRepublic @NCTAsia_ @SOASTaiwan @NATSAconf @UWTaiwanStudies @Taiwan_Studies @cb4yr @KellyZhang_YL @ChineseBooks_eu Meet author Grace Lin, who is pioneering diversity in children's literature: https://t.co/GtClLI3hSv
#TaiwanKidLitMonth #WorldKidLitMonth 🧵
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Every Friday during #TaiwanKidLitMonth we're sharing an untranslated gem from Taiwan. Let's Pretend to Be a Fish by Bei-Lynn was honored as one of the “One Hundred Best Books from the World” at the 2023 Bologna Children’s Book Fair: https://t.co/z1TzYaIU9C
#WorldKidLitMonth🧵
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@AlmaAward @TaiwanLiterary @booksfromtaiwan @BooksTaiwan @locuspublish @locuspublishing @MaureenTai @GavinWoltjer @LittleBrownYR @TaiwanNewsEN Woodpecker Girl is a beautifully illustrated children’s book that tells the inspirational story of a young girl named Yipei Huang, who overcomes her physical limitations (cerebral palsy) to express herself through her art. https://t.co/JTFnYBXyJY
#TaiwanKidLitMonth 🧵
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#TaiwanKidLitMonth: Discovering the enchanting worlds of Jimmy Liao https://t.co/7vkh6GEnwc
#Taiwan #KidLit #WorldKidLitMonth 🧵
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