To celebrate the Chinese New Year of the Pig 2019, Paper Republic has launched its 2018 roundup of the most recent publications of English translations from Chinese. Its co-founder, Nicky Harman, is a leading light of the translation community and promoter of Chinese literature and culture. She was interviewed for The BookBlast® Diary in 2016 and Xu Xiaobin's Crystal Wedding reviewed.

Our conversation about writing from a non-English speaking world that is 4,834 miles away from the UK takes in the dark side of socialism and government censorship, what strengths are drawn by Chinese writers from the richness of their cultural background and national identity, issues faced by translators, Chinese women writers, sex and violence in contemporary Chinese literature, the unique aspects of contemporary Chinese literature, the growing popularity of science fiction and martial arts fiction in the West, and much more. For more info, check out our 'Spotlight' feature 'Playing Chinese Whispers with Nicky Harman' at www.bookblast.com/blog

Presented by Georgia de Chamberet | A BookBlast® Production rec, 14.02.2019 | 56.30 minutes

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