Li Er's new book
By Helen Wang, March 23, '12
http://europe.chinadaily.com.cn/epaper/2012-03/23/content_14897771.htm
Li Er's latest anthology of short fiction The White Raven was published in January.
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Confessions of a multi-lingual author
By Helen Wang, March 23, '12
http://www.macaudailytimes.com.mo/macau/34718-Jimmy-TDM-Talk-Show-Confessions-multi-lingual-author.html
Jimmy Qi on TDM Talk-Show: Confessions of a ‘multi-lingual author’
Weibo ciphers and argots
By Helen Wang, March 23, '12
http://offbeatchina.com/wiebo-rumors-written-in-ciphers-and-argots-words-you-need-to-know-to-decipher-the-political-mystery-in-china
Almost overnight, everybody on Sina Weibo becomes part of a “Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy” reality show – they look for traces of truth in every rumor, and in their hands lies a secret code book...
What children learn about China
By Helen Wang, March 23, '12
In repsonse to the recent post "Chris Livaccari on Overcoming Misconceptions about China"...
The little that schoolchildren know about China is usually what they learn from school and family (and advertising, TV, commercial stuff etc). Lots of primary school activities relating to China at school are projects about dragons, lanterns and lots of red, so no wonder this is their response.
China's Teenage Writing Boom
By Helen Wang, March 23, '12
http://english.qstheory.cn/culture/201112/t20111231_133081.htm
Chris Livaccari on Overcoming Misconceptions about China xichuanpoetry.com
Salon.com posted an interview with Chris Livaccari of the Asia Society (New York) with a guided reading list of how to overcome misconceptions about China. Here’s how he begins his responses:
I recently asked some school kids, “If you had the opportunity to go to China today, what do you think you would see?” One of the students said there would be a lot of lanterns everywhere, a lot of red, and a lot of dragons. I thought, “Wow. If this kid stepped into Shanghai in 2012, he would really be bowled over.”
The books he mentions are...
Crime Writer A Yi on Chicken Soup, Camus and Murder without Motive www.bruce-humes.com
English PEN launches PEN Atlas
By Helen Wang, March 22, '12
http://www.englishpen.org/writing-in-a-city-thats-collapsing/
Just Launched!
Free Word Centre - new Translation Programme
By Nicky Harman, March 22, '12
The Free Word Centre, London, now has a whole section devoted to translation: its Translation Programme. This has partly arisen out of the Translator Residencies last autumn, of which I had one, but there's now lots more going on. Keep an eye on it!
Ten Years in the History of Chinese Online Literature
By Helen Wang, March 22, '12
http://www.hotinchina.net/?p=677
Ten Years in the History of Chinese Online Literature — (1) Beginning with the Free Serials
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China’s Best-Selling Fiction for 2011
By Helen Wang, March 22, '12
http://www.hotinchina.net/?p=756
By the Editor, Viola tricolor, Gaines Post:
On February 16th, 2012 the Beijing Open Book IT Corporation published its 2011 annual retail book market best-seller rankings for the fiction category. The following are the Top 15 on the rankings as well as an introduction...
Chinese Graphic Novels and Manga
By Helen Wang, March 22, '12
A review of Aneurin Wright's Things to do in a retirement home trailer park (www.trailerparkbook.com) prompted me to do a quick search on Chinese graphic novels....