Chun Zhang is the translator of a beautiful children’s book The Story of Ink and Water by Liang Peilong and Li Qingye. We are always on the look-out for great children’s books created by Chinese writers and illustrators, and this one is due for publication in March 2017. We asked Chun to tell us more about it... … Continue reading The Story of Ink and Water – by Chun Zhang
St Gregory’s School ‘Reading China’ book group – by Theresa Munford
Theresa Munford teaches Chinese at a secondary school in the UK. She took the initiative a few years ago to set up a Chinese book group. At a symposium on Chinese children’s literature in 2016 she played a video in which she interviewed two of her teenage students about the Chinese books they had read. They spoke … Continue reading St Gregory’s School ‘Reading China’ book group – by Theresa Munford
One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Social Experiment – by Mei Fong
In October 2015 the Chinese government announced major changes to their population policy, commonly known as the One Child policy. Instead of curbs that limited one-third of Chinese households to strictly one child, Chinese families across the nation could have two children starting from 1 Jan 2016. With incredible timing, Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Mei … Continue reading One Child: The Story of China’s Most Radical Social Experiment – by Mei Fong
The Ventriloquist’s Daughter: Between Fantasy and Reality – by Lin Man-chiu
Spring 2017 will see the publication of The Ventriloquist’s Daughter, by Lin Man-chiu, tr. Helen Wang, the fourth Young Adult novel translated from Chinese and published by Balestier Press. Originally from Taiwan, Lin Man-chiu has travelled extensively in South America, and her experiences there inspired this story. The following piece is adapted from the Author’s … Continue reading The Ventriloquist’s Daughter: Between Fantasy and Reality – by Lin Man-chiu
Popular genre fiction in China, from the monkey king to tomb robbing – by Heather Inwood
What's big and exciting in Chinese literature? We asked Heather Inwood, who always seems to have her finger on the pulse! She's Lecturer in Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature and Culture at the University of Cambridge, and author of Verse Going Viral: China’s New Media Scenes (2014). One of the biggest and most exciting developments in … Continue reading Popular genre fiction in China, from the monkey king to tomb robbing – by Heather Inwood
Translations in the British Library – by Frances Wood
Frances Wood is the author of several books, including most recently Betrayed Ally: China in the Great War (2016) and her new book Great Books of China: From Ancient Times to the Present (2017). Now retired, she was, for over thirty years, one of the key librarians and curators of the Chinese section of the British Library. … Continue reading Translations in the British Library – by Frances Wood
Jia Pingwa as Global Literature – by Nick Stember
Nick Stember is a historian and translator of Chinese comics and science fiction. In 2015 he completed a Master of Arts in the Department of Asian Studies at the University of British Columbia. His work has been featured in The International Journal of Comic Art, Clarkesworld Magazine, LEAP: The International Art Magazine of Contemporary China, … Continue reading Jia Pingwa as Global Literature – by Nick Stember
Creating a dynamic new centre for Chinese literature in translation – by Frances Weightman
In the UK, most literary and translation events take place in London. A few years ago, Frances Weightman and Sarah Dodd, at the University of Leeds, set out to establish Leeds as the centre for new Chinese writing in "the North". Leeds is a city about halfway between London and Scotland (the train from London takes … Continue reading Creating a dynamic new centre for Chinese literature in translation – by Frances Weightman
Chinese Literature Prizes – by Chen Dongmei
China's domestic literary prizes are often viewed with uncertainty from abroad: Who runs them? Are they trustworthy? How are the different prizes specialized? Which should we be paying attention to? We asked Chen Dongmei, who usually exerts her influence behind the scenes at Paper Republic, to step forward and give us a rundown of prizes … Continue reading Chinese Literature Prizes – by Chen Dongmei
Ethnic-themed Literature out of China – by Bruce Humes
The People's Republic of China has a population of over 1.38 billion. About 90% of the population is ethnically Han-Chinese, which means that about 10% of the population belong to ethnic minorities. That's over 138 million people! We invited Bruce Humes to tell us more about these people and their literature. This post is in two … Continue reading Ethnic-themed Literature out of China – by Bruce Humes
Global Literature in Libraries Initiative 