Tammy Lai-Ming Ho

Independent bookstores in China differentiate themselves from the state-owned Xinhua Bookstore& other privately owned shops through an emphasis on the free exchange of ideas.

We're seeking reviewers to engage with this book. If interested,pls email t@asiancha.com.

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PANEL | The Art of Literary Translation Jacqueline Leung, Nicholas Stephens, and Dong Li discuss their experiences of maintaining the nuances when translating to English.

𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐀𝐑𝐓 𝐎𝐅 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍—Nicholas Stephens, Dong Li, and @asiancha.bsky.social contributor Jacqueline Leung will be discussing their experiences as translators. Moderated by Ann Morgan.

7 March 2026 | 11:00am - 12:15pm | Goethe-Institut Hong Kong

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1...

𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐁𝐎𝐃𝐘: 𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐖𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬

@asiancha.bsky.social contributors Ysabelle Cheung & Karen Cheung & Cha Reading Series speaker Kaitlin Chan will explore their creative practices & storytelling approaches.

8 March | 3:00-4:15 pm | Fringe Club

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Join us for the film screening & special presentation by Producer Prof. Helen F. Siu on the documentary film 𝑀𝑒𝑡𝑎𝑚𝑜𝑟𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑖𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑦 𝐴𝑟𝑒𝑎 灣區變形記.

📆 Wed 11 March
⏰ 5:30-7:30pm
🎞️ Auditorium, Asian Center, UBC
Registration:https://hksi.ubc.ca/events/event/bhk2026-docu-screening/

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—@asiancha.bsky.social 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩
𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬

We invite proposals that place HK and Ireland in the same analytical frame, with both locations integral to the argument in a paper.

⧉ chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...

Morning Hong Kong…

Do not miss this HK International Literary Festival event featuring TWO @asiancha.bsky.social guest editors, Joshua Ip ("Writing Singapore") & James Shea ("Writing Japan")!

𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐂𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬‑𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬
Mar 6 | 5:30-6:30 pm
Moderator: Huiwen Shi

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Join us for the book talk by Dr. Ting Guo (Assistant Professor of Language Studies, University of Toronto) on 𝑅𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑜𝑛, 𝑆𝑒𝑐𝑢𝑙𝑎𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑚, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑃𝑜𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑖𝑠𝑐𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 𝑖𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑛𝑎 (2025).

📆 Tuesday 10 March
⏰ 2:00-2:45pm
🎞️ Auditorium, Asian Centre, UBC
Registration: hksi.ubc.ca/events/event...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social—Jonathan Han on James Shea's prize-winning 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒:

/ Shea’s poems do not readily yield to explanation. They entice with wit & draw the reader in with apparent lucidity, yet the crux of the poetry often remains elusive./

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/03/02/d...

If I remember correctly, many of the HK International Literary Festival events were free to the public to attend; one only needed to register beforehand. Looking at this year's programme, many events are ticketed. Is this a new trend or has this actually always been the case?

Join us for the book talk presented by Charles Fung, PhD student in sociology at State University of New York,Stony Brook, about 𝐴 𝑁𝑒𝑤 𝐷𝑜𝑐𝑢𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔, 1945–1997 (2025), in collaboration with Florence Mok of Nanyang Technological University. Registration: hksi.ubc.ca/events/event...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social—Jennifer Eagleton on 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐴𝑟𝑡 𝑜𝑓 𝑍ℎ𝑎𝑜 𝐻𝑎𝑖 𝑇𝑖𝑒𝑛 (HKU Press,2026): "... a series of informative essays on the renowned contemporary artist Zhao Hai Tien, tracing her evolution& the development of her artistic practice & philosophy."

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The Sunset Session: A Literary Celebration of the Hotel Central, at this year’s Macao Literary Festival for all (cocktail) history and literature lovers - March 9 - 6.30pm on the panoramic rooftop.

𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑔𝑎 𝑃𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑇𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑠𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑠 brings together in print the voices of those who lived it—the activists, observers and members of the public who found themselves swept into the storm.

If you'd like to write about it for CHA, email t@asiancha.com.

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[𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐃𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟔] A Conversation on 𝐿𝑒𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑛𝑔 by Nirris Nagendrarajah & Wregas Bhanuteja

/ The film makes a case for forgiveness, community, and empathy as prerequisites for survival and resistance. It possesses the audience with its spiritual & deeply felt charm. /

chajournal.com/2026/02/27/l...

𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚.

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐚𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐜𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦.

Combine the two, and what do you get?—𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒘𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒎𝒂.

𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: kubrickpoems.blogspot.com/2026/02/kubr...
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social FIRST IMPRESSIONS—Kevin McGeary on Lai Wen’s 𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒:

/ In Lai Wen’s novel 𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒, one character muses, “In China, you may not be interested in politics. But politics is interested in you.”

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/20/s...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐈𝐌𝐏𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒—Kevin McGeary writes about Lai Wen’s 𝑇𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑛𝑚𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑞𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑒 (Spiegel & Grau, 2024): "One character muses, 'In China, you may not be interested in politics. But politics is interested in you.'"

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/20/s...
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My stay in Venice coincides with the beginning of the Year of the Horse! 🐎 🐴 🎠 🏇 In Venice until the end of the month.

𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐂𝐡𝐚: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩

𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬

⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬—𝐂𝐡𝐚: 𝐀𝐧 𝐀𝐬𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩

𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝:
𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐰𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐇𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬, & 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬

⧉ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: chajournal.com/2026/02/17/c...
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Illustration of the Chinese zodiac, most wearing little hard hats. From top - mouse, ox, tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, chicken, dog, pig

And here's the whole Chinese zodiac, but protest

Source: Telegram (Jan 2020)

祝逐家馬新年快樂，馬年大吉！😁

BTW: if you’re interested you can now listen to my BBC Radio 3 “Between the Ears” documentary “Return to the City of Darkness: Kowloon Walled City” on BBC.com and on the BBCSounds app (www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...)

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Aastha Uprety’s essay reads Jia Zhangke's 𝑆𝑡𝑖𝑙𝑙 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒 and Razan AlSalah's 𝐴 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑒’𝑠 𝑇ℎ𝑟𝑜𝑤 as twin elegies of engineered upheaval, where dams and pipelines reorder earth and memory.

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/15/d...
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𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖—Fathima M on Premchand's 𝐾𝑎𝑟𝑏𝑎𝑙𝑎 (Sahitya Akademi, 2023), trans. Haris Qadeer & Sami Rafiq: "This social play was not only relevant to its own time, but is perhaps even more pertinent today."

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/14/k...
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Some appearances (and I will also be giving a lecture on newly translated Hong Kong fiction).

I am in Venice (what an amazing place!) until the end of the month. Let me know if you are around and/or if you have any suggestions. 😀🥰

Any recommendations for books on Venice that I might not have heard of? Joseph Brodsky's WATERMARK was recommended to me by this writer on 13 September 2025: chajournal.com/category/jef...

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Anna Nguyen turns on an offhand slight, “No one speaks Vietnamese,” & worries it into grief, form, & theory. Between a father’s aphasic silence & a mother’s nightly monologues, Vietnamese persists. Also featuring a poem.

⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/02/13/d...
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