Introducing vvpoetry in #HongKong #香港 !

It’s a good day today, so I’m sharing my newest book you can preorder now and get by the end of May!

#TheKazakhSpring #QazaqKoktemi

Pre-order here: cambridge.org/core/books/kaz…

Amazon: amazon.co.uk/Kazakh-Spring-…

Short 🧵 on what it’s all about:

We have a treat for you. [𝐍𝐄𝐖 Cha: An Asian Literary Journal 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄] We are very pleased to present Wong Bik-wan's 黃碧雲 “Nausea”, translated from the Chinese by Vanessa Yee-kwan Wong.

READ: chajournal.blog/2024/04/14/nau…
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FIT_Babel achieved the Q1 status in the category of 'Linguistics and Language' (Social Sciences) in the Scimago Journal Ranking for the first time! #Translation #Translation Studies scimagojr.com/journalsearch.…

okay, so if you're in the Toronto/Markham area and into Chinese lit or books in any humanities field, you *have* to visit 三益书店 (Century Book Store) in New Century Plaza.

I had quite the adventure trying to access the place today because it was SO hidden lol.

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As part of our 'Writing Hong Kong' event on May 8th, we'll be launching our first Bai Meigui creative writing competition, for current UK residents who have familial roots in and/or have previously lived in Hong Kong. Find out more here! writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/translation-co…

If you want to join on Zoom please email Matty on: [email protected]
Susan & I'll be introducing some of the essays we've translated by 邵洵美. Mine are mostly on art & Susan’s on literature. Thanks to Helen Wang & Michel Hockx for translating one short essay each.

Early cherry blossom sightings around #Robarts Library this year! 🌸 Last week, we spotted buds, and now, they're beginning to bloom. 🌸 #CherryBlossoms #Springtime U of T Libraries
University of Toronto

📢 Job Opportunity

Join our team at University of Toronto as a #ChineseStudies Librarian .

We're looking for a forward-thinking and collaborative professional to manage our #ChineseStudies collections.
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jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Ch…

Books we reviewed. #Babel #Translation #Translation Studies

【特集】香港詩人アンソロジー　黄淑甘嫻、宋子江、阮文略、盧真瑜、嚴瀚欽、曾詠聰、胡世雅　ジャン＝リュック・ステンメッツ（中地義和 訳・解説）　田口犬男　斎藤恵美子、佐々木洋一　福島直哉　amzn.to/3EW0Qrx

终于出版了！

In one week! Register NOW!
Cantonese Culture Masterclass: Cantonese Literature from the late 19th to the 20th century
Professor Fanny Li Yuen Mei & Professor Chris Song
April 4, 2024
6:00 – 7:30 PM Vancouver Time
Online Program in Cantonese via Zoom cantonese.arts.ubc.ca/events/event/c…

Anyone interested in writing a review of _Transfiction: Characters in Search of Translation Studies_ for FIT_Babel? Please contact me! Book detail: vernonpress.com/book/1870 #Translation Studies #Translation

🧵Our special forum on #religion & #SocialMovements in HK=out as advanced articles in the Journal of Asian Studies!!🥹shorturl.at/bhlHJ

So emotional now & incredibly grateful to the JAS, the reviewers, my co-authors Justin Tse Halyna Herasym David A. Palmer "Shum" (H.S. Sum Cheuk Shing) Venera & Ruslan

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Rest in peace Marjorie Perloff (1931-2024); an incredible scholar, critic, and colleague ... Marjorie passed away peacefully, surrounded by her family. She was herself to the end - funny, opinionated, generous, and fiercely devoted to her friends and family.