A Chinese Diaspora Poetry Festival
25th November 2023, 6 to 7 pm, Summerhall, Edinburgh, EH9 1PL Red Bean Poetry shines a light on the work of East Asian diaspora poetry throughout the UK and beyond. Tim Tim Cheng, Anna Cheung, Lady Red Ego and Cynthia …
6th December, online A British Chinese Studies Network and Red Bean Poetry collaboration featuring Jay Gao, Helen Bowell, Cat Chong and moderated by Lucienne Loh
From October 5 @ 1pm A reading & discussion with Moderated by Jennifer Wong What are the self-perceptions, preoccupations and creativities of women poets writing across the diaspora? How do they fuse their lived experiences with their rich imagination? What …
From October 1 @ 7pm A reading and discussion with Shirley Lim Jennifer Lee-Tsai Hannah Lowe Kit Fan Moderated by Prof Susheila Nasta Kit Fan is a novelist, poet, and critic. As Slow As Possible, his second poetry collection, was …
From September 28 @ 1:00 pm Laura Jane Lee Natalie Linh Bolderston Cheng Tim Tim Moderated by Sarah Howe Can one write poetry without thinking or caring about society? How does reality find its way to the poet’s page? What …
From October 2 @ 11am (HK time 6pm) Annie Fan Antony Huen L Kiew Daryl Lim Moderated by Prof Eddie Tay. How can poetry help break down unjust stereotypes and bring about a greater sense of equality? From translating and …
From October 3 @ 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm Moderator: Cosima Bruno, SOAS Mary Jean Chan Nina Mingya Powles Theo Kwek How do poets translate and articulate themselves as bilinguals? How do they rediscover their authentic inner selves and reveal—with …
From October 3 @ 12pm The Mapping of Desire Nicholas Wong Lady Red Ego Jinhao Xie Moderated by Annie Fan How does a writer approach questions of gender and sexual identity in this day and age? How do we go …
From October 2 @ 1pm A reading and discussion with Eddie Tay Jason Lee Dave McKirdy Collier Nogues Moderator: Melanie Ho, contributor to Asian Review of Books Join us for a lunch time panel on poetry and conversation, with some of …
From September 28 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm A reading and discussion with Moderated by Dr Lucienne Loh What is hybridity? Are we not all in a sense hybrid? Lucienne Loh talks to these three poets about their living …