Our featured author this month is Fiona Sze-Lorrain, with an excerpt from her book Dear Chrysanthemums, published by ScribnerUK. She'll also be joining us in Leeds next Wednesday! Find out more here: writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/book-club/janu…

Book of the month: Jia Pingwa ayearofreadingtheworld.com/2024/02/29/boo…

Amazing review of Broken Wings by Jia Pingwa (sinoistbooks.com/product/broken…) translated by the talented Nicky Harman Thank you so much😍!

We're really looking forward to this talk and translation masterclass on Friday 8th March, with author Lu Min 鲁敏 and translators Nicky Harman, Helen Wang and Prof. Zhu Zhenwu! All welcome, find out more here: writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/events/contemp…

Everyone in Gaza is now not only hungry but suffering acute food insecurity ‘That’s the first time an entire population has been so classified,” says US Sec of State Blinken (and Israel’s closest ally) timesofisrael.com/blinken-says-a…

What an absolute failure of humanity Lawmakers pass new measures to quash dissent #HongKong #Article23 theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

After mobilising 5,000 on Saturday - the largest turnout for fascist Tommy Robinson since the battle to defeat his movement 2018/19 - he is calling his fascist, racist and far right supporters back to London on 27 July. We need a mass turnout of broad forces to unite against his

Still a few more days to enter our first Bai Meigui creative writing competition! Judged by Jennifer Wong (she/her), @Kit_Fan_, and Karen Cheung, it's on the theme of 'Writing Hong Kong' - find out more here! Deadline June 30th. writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/translation-co…

Henry VIII’s wives if they’d never met him.

Nicky Harman introduces Chinese modernist woman writer Ling Shuhua (凌叔华, 1900-1990) and her short story “Writing a letter.” Active in cultural circles of the 1920s & 1930s, she was unique in having close connections with the Bloomsbury group. shanghailiterary.com/tslr-online-co…

booksonasia.net/2024/08/28/rev… A beautiful book I'll go back and re-visit

Our Paper Republic Newsletter is back! With a focus on Chinese-language women writers, news about a competition to expand our suscribers and our usual mixed bag of articles, interviews and reviews. paper-republic.org/pers/nicky-har…

We're really excited to welcome Xueting C. Ni (she, ta) to Leeds on Oct 23rd, as part of her Sinophagia tour! More details soon, and here's the book, available to pre-order! waterstones.com/book/sinophagi…

Congratulations, Jeremy Tiang! I loved COCOON, and so happy to see it (and you) win this prize! 💛💙

My Brown lecture from February got posted, check it out. I talk about what translators should aim for in their careers instead of awards, sales, or entry into the establishment. youtu.be/CPBNqsOPMZs?si…

"One of the best stories of the year" - A Glowing review of The Unfilial from the wonderful @MumblinDeafRo and the The Irish Times Many thanks!❤️ irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

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: tinyurl.com/4unsvx5u

Check out our latest Newsletter to learn about recent publications, reviews and upcoming events! 📚🤓paper-republic.org/pers/emily-jon… #ChineseLiterature

Furious and frustrated at the incompetence of O2. Trying to activate mobile data which I’ve paid for while in Laos

Hey Sleepstation 💙 what’s up with your website? Seems to have been down all today