Shenzhen, China
Bruce's web site -- Chinese Books, English Reviews -- targets English-language publishers, agents and purchasing editors looking for original Chinese writing for publication outside China. Go to www.bruce-humes.com for interviews with Chinese authors and Chinese-English translators, synopses, translated excerpts and reviews of Chinese books.
Take a look:
King Gesar: Tibetan Epic in Modern Chinese Prose
Top China Fiction: The Latest Ranking of Best Sellers in the PRC
Right Bank of the Argun: Twilight of the Reindeer Evenki
A Chinese Muslim's Pilgrimage to Andalus
Interview with China Novelist Fan Wen: A Century of Cultural Collisions in Shangri-la
Book Review: A New Chinese-Turkish Dictionary
The Kite Runner in Chinese: An Afghan Childhood Re-packaged for the Middle Kingdom
English by Wang Gang: Book Review + Interview with the Translators
Brothers: Here's Newsweek's Book Review Revamped for China
Bruce Humes and his Shanghai Baby
Date: 19 Apr 2010
Time: 11:30-12:30
Location: Marlborough Room, Earls Court 1
Topic: From bestselling author to renowned publisher: The superstar of China’s ever-evolving publishing scene.
Speakers: Guo Jingming (郭敬明), author and publisher. And authors: Ye Chan, Xiao Kaiyin, Lu Lili, Chen Long.
If you go, please let us know how the session went.
By Bruce Humes, April 18, 9:40p.m.