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Marie Kondo: “I keep my collection of books to about thirty volumes at any one time.” Jean Piaget: "My book collection will blot out the sun; quake at its majesty."

One skill I consistently notice in the best writers I work with is their ability to self-edit. It doesn’t mean I don’t ever make changes to their work or spot errors, but there are four things I’m sure these writers are doing before I lay eyes on their story...

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Delicious Hunger by Hai Fan 海凡《可口的饥饿》is the first ever book from Singapore (!) to receive an @EnglishPen #PENTranslates Award tiltedaxispress.com/delicious-hung…

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…

Here’s a fun one: The Rock N Roll Book Club is reading a biography of the complicated, fascinating early Shanghai film star Ruan Lingyu—book club meeting is in two parts, scan the QR to join.

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A must for anyone interested in visual and material culture of the Republican and Mao periods.

You know what, I get it

“I don’t think we can have a good society if we don’t have good poetry.” —Octavio Paz buff.ly/3Ece9nu

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 chinacomx.github.io for details, and get in touch!

Adventurous publishers! Based outside of South Asia but want to know more about book prospects and authors, editors, and publishers there? We want to help! Deadline around the corner - 15 September - spread the word! bit.ly/publishers-tra…

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#Shanghai history Twitter: can anyone ID this uniform? The only clues we have are that our correspondent’s grandmother, who is in this 1933 photo, went to a girls school in Shanghai and was on the All-China basketball team. Any clues gratefully accepted!

#季風每月排行榜 #季風薦書 #9月季風讀者最喜歡的書 九月是季風在華府重生的第一個月，我們感激從各地前來的讀者、媒體和學者朋友們，本期中文榜單排名首位的是《不明白：為什麼中國走到了這裡》——本書開啟了解真實中國的新篇章。而英文圖書榜首的是來自Ian

A then-and-now stroll through Old Shanghai’s wild side, with “Gunboat Justice” author Doug Clark - sleaze & sin, crime and punishment, and so many good tales! Old Shanghai: what a place, eh? #shanghai

I know. The question on your lips this Thanksgiving Day is “what was Thanksgiving like in Old Shanghai?” We scoured the newspapers, and found a very traditional holiday. A service of Thanksgiving, a big turkey dinner, a hotly contested football, after parties … read on! 🧵 1/

Thanksgiving ✅ Onto holiday shopping! 🎁 On that score, have we got a deal for you … Historic Shanghai gift certificates at historic prices! One week only. Info and orders here, or scan the QR code. jinshuju.net/f/qpVAiJ?code=…

How do I edit? Here's the answer! Oooh... I'm getting close to turning in the new novel... I'm pretty excited.

I always look forward to sharing my annual list of favorite books, movies, and music. Today I’ll start by sharing some of the books that have stuck with me long after I finished reading them. Check them out this holiday season, preferably at an independent bookstore or library!