An evening with Shanghai-born poet and writer Qiu Xiaolong, in conversation with Australian writer Nicholas Jose at the Metcalfe Auditorium, State Library of NSW.

?Nicholas Jose and Qiu Xiaolong have known each other for over 20 years, having first met when Jose was teaching and ‘writer in residence’ at East China Normal University and Qiu translated some of his short stories. Though seeing each other over the years at various writer’s festivals and events, this is the first time the two distinguished writers are on stage to explore Shanghai and the developments that have taken place since China’s opening-up policy.

Nicholas Jose is a research professor in the Writing and Society Research Group at the University of Western Sydney. He was president of Sydney PEN, 2002-05, Chair of Creative Writing at the University of Adelaide, 2005-08, and Visiting Chair of Australian Studies at Harvard University, 2009-10.

His books include novels Paper Nautilus, Avenue of Eternal Peace, The Rose Crossing, The Custodians, The Red Thread and Original Face and non-fiction Chinese Whispers, Cultural Essays and Black Sheep: Journey to Borroloola. He has written widely on Australian and Asian culture, and is general editor of the Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature.

Author:	Simon Trevaks (via theBox)
Created:	19/09/2011
Updated:	20/09/2011
Tags:	Crime_fiction China Shanghai Translation Literature
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