Blog Tag - Chinese Literature

Mandarin Monday: What Did Elon Musk Just Post?
Mandarin Monday is a weekly column where we help you improve your Chinese by detailing learning tips, fun and practical phrases, and trends....
Mandarin Monday: HerStory in Chinese Linguistics
Compared to the diverse array of first-person pronouns throughout history, options for third-person pronouns have been a bit more limited. The few on...
Understanding the Middle Kingdom With Our 10 Favorite Chinese WeChat Accounts
WeChat is way more than just a messaging tool. As well as enabling financial transactions, allowing us to book flights, train and movie tickets, and...
Sly Gingkoes and the Global Bully Language: Featured Poetry Translation
With temperatures still firmly below zero, there’s no better poem to comment on than Li Haipeng’s ‘Winter Monogatari’, translated by Henry Zhang....
Big Crab/Crab Big: The Tricky Art of Translating Chinese Poetry
Hello everybody! Dropping temperatures are the perfect excuse to curl up with a hot beverage and some great poetry, right? I'd like to introduce you...
A New Chapter: New Literary Festival Celebrates European and Chinese Writing, Nov 21-24
The Bookworm is bouncing back. A little over a year ago, the events space, bookshop, and cafe postponed its annual literary festival because of...
Tickets for the 10th Bookworm International Literary Festival on Sale Now
The 2016 Bookworm Literary Festival, now in its 10th year, brings an impressive collection of authors from around the world to take part in talks,...