Frances Weightman
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@FWeightman
Interested in most things, but especially Chinese fiction (old and new), language and politics (probably in that order).
Calling all budding poets! Just 2 weeks left to submit to @RIL_YorksHumb’s Mother Tongue Other Tongue poetry competition for #LeedsLanguageWeek Aged 8-18? Submit by 25 Oct: artsoutreach.leeds.ac.uk/our-subjects/l… @ismla_uk #mfltwitterati #EAL
Join us for a one-day workshop on "Translating Chinese Martial Arts Novels" with @gigicchang and Professor John Minford. ⏲️Date: 12 Nov. 2024, 9:30 - 14:30 (GMT) 🏫Venue: 0.28, Streatham Court, University of Exeter, EX4 4PU 📲Registration: forms.office.com/e/70C7UDYe4x #UoEAHRC_IAA
We're really excited to welcome @xuetingni to Leeds on Oct 23rd, as part of her Sinophagia tour! More details soon, and here's the book, available to pre-order! waterstones.com/book/sinophagi…
People of Yorkshire! @chrssgdn and @JenSugden are finally escaping Even Greater London and will be at @GroveBookshop in Ilkley this Thursday! We’ll be there with the magnificent @Sarah_L_Brooks, talking all things alternate history and speculative fiction. Come along!
.@JenniferLFeeley and Dorothy Tse will be discussing the work of the great Hong Kong writer, Xi Xi, at @mcnallyjackson Seaport on 8/27 (6:30) Feeley's translation of Mourning a Breast—an autobiographical & experiment novel on breast cancer— just came out from @nyrbclassics
Our newest, open access study co-authored with @Wenqian_Zhang3 on @ContinuumJMCS. Thanks to our reviewers and editors! “The production of girls’ love narrative in Couple of Mirrors (2021) through transmedia storytelling in contemporary China”doi.org/10.1080/103043…
What do you think about this place? A few more days to go to submit your reflection on the theme (stories, poems, non-fiction…) to the @WritingChinese writing competition! See eligible criteria and detailed rules: writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/translation-co… #hongkongwriting
