Profile // Shanghai Garden Books
Garden Books is the go to place in Shanghai when looking for English language books due to its extensive and up-to-date collection of international books, newspapers and magazines. An independent...
View ArticleNEW CHINESE FICTION IN TRANSLATION
Each month, we are pleased to present excerpts of new Chinese fiction in English translation, direct from the source at Pathlight magazine.
View ArticleCreative Asia's Student Editorial Series
CREATIVE ASIA gives virtual access to emerging and established arts in Beijing, Shanghai, Sydney and beyond.
View ArticleContemporary Australian writers, performers hit festival circuit in China
A diverse line-up of leading contemporary Australian authors land in China this month, for a packed program of events across nine cities, for the Australian Embassy Beijing’s seventh annual Australian...
View ArticleProfile // Capital M
Capital M is located on Beijing’s historic Qianmen Street, overlooking the city's ancient gates and Tian'anmen square. Its iconic location is a hub for delicious dining as well as a vareity of cultural...
View ArticleBenjamin Law in/on China
Sydney-based journalist and author of Gaysia: Adventures in the Queer East (2012), Benjamin Law, recently spent time in China as part of the Australian Embassy Beijing’s seventh annual Australian...
View ArticleThe Mustache Dispute by Memtimin Hoshur
Pathlight's Spring 2014 Issue is about to hit the shelves, featuring a wide range of contemporary Chinese fiction, non fiction and poetry in translation. Here, we give you a sneak peek, with an...
View ArticleProfile // Page One Bookstore
This boutique two-story book shop is a wonderland for Beijing's visual arts, design and book lovers. The Singaporean publishing house and bookstore, Page One, is nestled in the heart of Beijing's...
View ArticleSheng Keyi's new novel "Death Fugue" published in English
Following the success of her popular coming-of-age novel Northern Girls (Penguin; 2012) Chinese novelist Sheng Keyi's (b. 1973) latest book, Death Fugue has been published for the first time in English...
View ArticleMultidisciplinary journal "Concrete Flux" calls for submissions
Bold, bilingual and born in Beijing, the multimedia, multidisciplinary journal, Concrete Flux has just announced a call for submissions for its fourth issue.Launched a bit over a year ago during...
View ArticleThe Bookworm launches new publishing arm for Chinese literature in translation
Beijing’s favourite independent bookshop and events hub, The Bookworm, has announced the launch of China Bookworm Press in 2015.Registered in Hong Kong, China Bookworm Press is an independent...
View ArticleConcrete Flux's Solveig Suess on China's 'High-Quality' Urbanisation
BY MAHIRA SOBRALGraphic designer, Solveig Suess’s brain-child Concrete Flux is calling for submissions for their fourth magazine issue: Suzhi 素质. CREATIVE ASIA caught up with Solveig to find out more...
View ArticleThe Gravedigger: poetry by Yao Hui
Yao Hui, originally from Guizhou in southern China, began writing poetry in the 1980s. Now, he's the cultural ambassador of China's rice wine (baijiu) giant, Maotai.
View Article6 authors writing in Chinese who you might want to pay attention to
BY DAVE HAYSOM Who will be the influential voices of the Chinese literary world this year? CREATIVE ASIA asks Dave Haysom, joint managing editor of Beijing-based literary magazine Pathlight, which...
View Article"Radish" by Mo Yan published in English
Winner of the 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature, Mo Yan (literally “don’t speak”) is once again in the spotlight as his breakout story Radish, which first appeared in 1985, is published in English...
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