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Category Archives: Books
Super-agent Toby Eady on the importance of agents for Chinese authors
Guest contributor Toby Eady is a London-based literary agent who represented Jung Chang (Wild Swans) and Xinran Xue (The Good Women of China). Chinese Authors – beware when fools rush in I have a Chinese author whose work I and … Continue reading
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Tagged agent, authors, Beijing, books, Chinese, literature, novels, publishing, Shanghai
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The most famous junk collector in Xi’an
Gaoxing (高兴) by Jia Pingwa (贾平凹) is actually based on the life experiences of his friend Liu Shuzhen (刘书祯), aka (刘高兴).
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Tagged @classic, Jia Pingwa, migrant workers, novels, Oriental Outlook
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Translation and its discontents
Translation errors. Jiang Zhihui (姜志辉).
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Tagged ESWN, Jiang Zhihui, SF, translation
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Women writers in 1940s Shanghai who were not Eileen Chang
Xiaojie Ji (小组集), an anthology of literature by women in 1940s Shanghai. Chen Zishan (陈子善) writes the foreword.
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Tagged @classic, 1940s, books, Chen Zishan, Eileen Chang, literature, Shanghai
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Hai Yan: books with the reach of television
Hai Yan (海岩) is interviewed by Oriental Outlook (瞭望东方周刊).
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Tagged @classic, adaptations, books, Hai Yan, literature, Oriental Outlook
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Cory Doctorow speaking at the Beijing Bookworm
On Wednesday science fiction writer, Boing Boing editor and copyright activist Cory Doctorow gave a speech at the Beijing Bookworm to an enthusiastic crowd. Victor Muh filmed the whole speech and uploaded it to Youtube. The guy wearing an Antiwave … Continue reading
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Tagged books, copyright, Cory Doctorow, events, media, science fiction, Victor Muh, video
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Porn crackdown targets online fiction
Coinciding with a Wired magazine article hailing China’s burgeoning market for online novels, China announced a crackdown on obscene online fiction. The dragnet has already snared 348 websites, accused of publishing “disgusting” written content that could “easily poison the minds … Continue reading
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Of banned books and reading habits
The Hong Kong Book Fair’s theme is Reading Hong Kong (阅读香港). Yau Lop Poon (丘立本) writes about reading banned books.
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Tagged @classic, banned books, censorship, Hong Kong Book Fair, Soho Xiaobao, Yau Lop Poon
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New adventures in book piracy
Hanwang (汉王) offers a scanning pen (e摘客).
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Tagged books, IPR, technology
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Harvest turns 50
Harvest magazine (收获) celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with the July, 2007 issue.