At Oxford this weekend, attending the annual Oxford China Forum. My literature panel yesterday afternoon went very well indeed. I shared a stage with well-known writer Sheng Keyi, the author of the Northern Girls, among other things, and veteran Swedish translator Anna. G. Chen, who has translated works of Mo Yan, Yu Hua and so… Continue reading Oxford China forum

I have the honor to be the featured writer at Leeds Center for Chinese Writing. This afternoon, I shared a stage with the wonderful award winning writer Yan Ge on a panel entitled “Women in China: Fiction and Reality”. In the first half of the seminar, I talked about Lotus, a novel about a migrant-turned… Continue reading Leeds The featured writer at Leeds

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