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Introducing Chinese bestselling novelist Liu Zhenyun

Satire, style and the spiritual esprit that underpins the human race, is examined in exquisite detail by the prize winning contemporary Chinese novelist, Liu Zhenyun whose novels embrace the absurdity of people while offering a philosophical slant on the who, what, when and why of what makes the humble human tick. His latest novel Salty Jokes: Am I Supposed to Laugh? has taken China by storm.

Spotlight on Contemporary Chinese Poetry

Zhou Yaping is…"an experimental avant-garde poet, one of the main representatives of Chinese language poetry" - J.H. Prynne, British poet
If the Wheat Dies launch included an online poetry reading and discussion with Zhou Yaping and his translator Suzanne Zheng, attended by those interested in Chinese culture and publishing and international students of Chinese. There was an introduction by Paul Manfredi, Professor of Chinese at Pacific Lutheran University, author of Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic and the event was hosted by Alicia Liu of Singing Grass.