My review of Li Er's "Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree" translated by Dave Haysom @sinoistbooks.bsky.social emmalee1.wordpress.com/2026/04/15/c...

“Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree” Li Er translated by Dave Haysom (Sinoist Books) – book review

Li Er Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree translated by Dave Haysom “Cherries on a Pomegranate Tree” wears the weight of bureaucracy lightly and uses satirical humour to make a serious point. Fanhua – t…

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Join Mei Chin and I at @gutterbookshop.bsky.social on 19th February as we'll be talking about some of our favourite Chinese literature. It's free! Do come and celebrate the Lunar New Year with us – the Year of the Horse.

Dublin Lunar New Year@dublinlunarnewyear.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Great Books of China at Gutter Bookshop ✨ Join Rónán Hession and Mei Chin for a discussion on books from and about China, exploring its history, present, and unexpected perspectives. 🗓️ Thursday 19 February, 18.30–20.00. 🎫 Free, no booking required. 📚 Gutter Bookshop, Cows Lane, Temple Bar

One aim for this year: read a few chunky novels. Going to have a go at this one from @sinoistbooks.bsky.social

Britain’s Keir Starmer says engaging with China is about “seeing the whole elephant”. Worth reading The Sacred Clan, literature professor Liang Hong’s story collection, which helps understand the many layers of modern #China @sinoistbooks.bsky.social thisweekthosebooks.substack.com/p/centre-the...

Centre the dragon? #China #thisweekthosebooks has two great reads via @medium.com : • Dan Wang's analysis of why China has engineering feats and the US has lawyerly hold-ups. • Liang Hong's short stories on those left behind by ‘progress’. medium.com/this-week-th...

Centre the dragon

A new analysis of the fire in China’s belly. And hinterland stories on who gets burnt

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After five years of reviewing translated fiction for @irishtimes.com this is my last column. It has been a real privilege and I have loved doing it, but I need to focus on my writing and lighten my workload. Thanks sincerely to @martindoyle.bsky.social for the opportunity and to all the readers 🙏

A pleasure to contribute to this connoisseurs' list of books of the year for @review31.bsky.social review31.co.uk/essay/view/1... I chose Old Kiln by Jia Pingwa, translated by James Trapp, Olivia Milburn and Christopher Payne, published by @sinoistbooks.bsky.social

Review 31's Books of the Year 2025

Review 31 is an online literary review.

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A grand day out with @bibliorefuses.bsky.social / @muinbeoarchives.bsky.social & @hardimanmk.bsky.social. Met @swanriverpress.bsky.social in the flesh (yes, books were bought), chatted pleasantly with @sinoistbooks.bsky.social, @renardpress.com & other publishers. 👏👏@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social 📚

Dublin Small Press Fair@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social · 10mo ago

quick snaps as I ran around the Fair just before the doors opened yesterday—Antiphon Editions, Roberts Print, Mossy Press, and Cailleach Books. I will be spending more money than I had planned, which is the way of the small press fair! TODAY 10-4, Pearse Street Library, FREE ENTRY! come on down

@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social here we come!

Book of the month: Ning Ken One of the lovely things about this project is the interactions I've had through it with writers around the world. The Chinese literary master Ning Ken is a great example. After I gave a quote to support Thomas Moran's English translation of Tibetan Sky, I received a…

The inaugural Dublin Small Press Fair is happening at the end of November! 30+ presses, events, readings, and more. Organised by me and @eireannmor.bsky.social. More information coming very soon - follow @dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social for updates

Read an exclusive extract from Ning Ken's forthcoming novel, TIBETAN SKY, translated by Thomas Moran —a philosophical work of fiction about a disillusioned academic and the complex history of Tibet. TIBETAN SKY is out with @sinoistbooks.bsky.social on 26 September. www.wasafiri.org/content/excl...

Exclusive Extract: Tibetan Sky by Ning Ken, trans. by Thomas Moran

Read an extract from Ning Ken's forthcoming novel Tibetan Sky – translated by Thomas Moran…

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A great evening at the Battersea Bookshop talking about Tie Ning's My Sister's Red Shirt (Sinoist Books), contemporary Chinese fiction and translation with Annelise Finegan, Academic Director & Clinical Associate Professor of Translation at NYU School of Professional Studies....

Amazing turnout at Battersea yesterday, thank you to all who braved the weather to attend. Thank you to Paul French for hosting, Battersea Bookshop for the wonderful venue, and of course Annelise for her receptive answers and insights into such a meaningful novella. #womenintranslation

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐗𝐂𝐋𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐕𝐄—𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘 In his eloquent and incisive essay, Angus Stewart reflects on four works by Fang Fang. Moving beyond the controversies surrounding her... @sinoistbooks.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social ‪@anguslikeswords.bsky.social READ: chajournal.blog/2025/08/12/f...

librarians... do you ever get emails from publishers? what do you want to see? feel free to reply/dm us!

It’s #womenintranslationmonth – here are some fab books that you need on your shelves… indiepressnetwork.com/women-in-tra...

We are pleased to publish the list of eligible submissions to the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation in 2025. tinyurl.com/2wax9t5r The list includes 145 titles from 34 languages - plenty of reading inspiration to mark #womenintranslation month this August! #WITMonth

Chinese chain Luckin Coffee is clearly the Bluemoose Books of caffeine @ofmooseandmen.bsky.social

If you're in London and looking for a way to celebrate #womenintranslation this August #WITmonth, @sinoistbooks.bsky.social are running two events to celebrate the launch of 'My Sisters Red Shirt' by Tie Ning, translated by Annelise Finnegan. Free tickets available: sinoistbooks.com/our-events/

July reading. Thanks to @lesfugitivespress.bsky.social @dauntbookspub.bsky.social @swiftpress.bsky.social @wednesdayerskin.bsky.social @judecook.bsky.social @sinoistbooks.bsky.social @repeaterbooks.bsky.social @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social @stuhennigan.bsky.social @backlisted.bsky.social

Considering I read quite a bit of women in translation, my knowledge of Chinese lit is very shallow indeed. So many thanks to the Republic of Consciousness book club for this month’s offering from @sinoistbooks.bsky.social a tale of two sisters navigating their way through 80s adolescence.

Thank you @bookblast.bsky.social for the review of My Sister's Red Shirt. Read here: bookblast.org/blog/my-sist... Interested in this touching 1980s coming-of-age novella? We still have spaces left at our FREE translator talks in August, links in bio!

My Sister's Red Shirt by Tie Ning Review | BookBlast®

BookBlast Diary review of bestselling semi-autobiographical novella My Sister's Red Shirt by by China’s premier author and head of the China Writers Association, Tie Ning, translated by Annelise Fineg...

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Maoist China in microcosm: Old Kiln, by Jia Pingwa, reviewed ✍️ Jiwei Xiao

Maoist China in microcosm: Old Kiln, by Jia Pingwa, reviewed

Old Kiln is a novel spoken by the muse of memory but carved into shape by the fear of forgetting. Jia Pingwa (b.1952) wrote the first draft in 2009 after visiting his home village. Remembering a prolonged...

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"It is unquestionably a masterpiece and ought to consolidate Jia Pingwa’s reputation as a writer of international importance." We could not agree more! Many, many many thanks for your kind words @ronanhession.bsky.social and to the @irishtimes.com for running the piece!

The Irish Times@irishtimes.com · last yr.

Old Kiln by Jia Pingwa: An unforgettable masterpiece depicting rural China during the Cultural Revolution

Old Kiln by Jia Pingwa: An unforgettable masterpiece depicting rural China during the Cultural Revolution

Old Kiln by Jia Pingwa: An unforgettable masterpiece depicting rural China during the Cultural Revolution

Old Kiln ought to consolidate Pingwa’s reputation as a writer of international importance

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We are proud to present our series of talks with Annelise Finegan, English Translator of My Sister’s Red Shirt by Tie Ning. 🎉 Featuring Paul French, Nicky Harman, and Georgia De Chamberet of BookBlast. 📕 Ticket links in bio! 🎟️

Today in the ARB: Jane Wallace reviews “Old Kiln” by Jia Pingwa tr from Chinese by Christopher Payne, James Trapp, Olivia Milburn @sinoistbooks.bsky.social asianreviewofbooks.com/old-kiln-by-...

The Dublin Small Press Fair (2025) is now open to applications from publishers of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, experimental literature, literary journals, artists’ books, zines, chapbooks, broadsides, and more! dublinsmallpressfair.com

"Astonishing, such a mature work of fiction" - Annelise Finegan's interview on My Sister's Red Shirt with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social is now live! Thanks Miranda Melcher for this insightful interview on the processes of communicating through time and culture! newbooksnetwork.com/my-sisters-r...