I wrote a little explainer on mooncakes for Broadsheet and the free print mag Domain Review. Happy Mid-Autumn Fest everyone.
Indelible City & Who Needs the ABC? | Willy Lit Fest
I’m presenting a couple of sessions at Willy Lit Fest next weekend: First, an in-conversation with writer and podcaster Louisa Lim (Indelible City) about resistance and heartbreak in Hong Kong, then a panel with academic Matthew Ricketson (Who Needs the ABC?) and broadcaster, comedian and commentator Sami Shah about the role of the ABC and the future of public broadcasting. So come west! You can also catch me at EWF’s Club Critique the day before.
Indelible City
Sunday 17 June 2023
1:30 pm to 2:30 pm
The Chamber, Williamstown Town Hall
104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, 3016
$20 concession/$22 full/book here
Who Needs the ABC?
Sunday 17 June 2023
3 pm to 4 pm
The Supper Room, Williamstown Town Hall
104 Ferguson Street, Williamstown, 3016
$20 concession/$22 full/book here
Against Disappearance: Essays on Memory | The Saturday Paper
‘Nearly every writer here seems wary of the risks of putting something on the record and into the crosshairs of the governable. The space between the lines is heavy with purposeful omissions as well as inherited silences.’
I reviewed the latest Liminal anthology, Against Disappearance (ed. Leah Jing McIntosh and Adolfo Aranjuez), for The Saturday Paper.
Playlist: Music of the Sinosphere
My second playlist for Peril magazine’s You Don’t Sound Asian project explores music from around the Sinosphere: China, Hong Kong, Taiwan and beyond.
‘Unlike the pandemic, the playlist doesn’t have a case definition or an epicentre. It’s just an endless filament of sound, the connections between the tracks both tenuous and elemental. It’s as open-ended as Chineseness could be.’
Have a listen – and check out my other playlist, Teacup in a Storm, as well.
Jinghua Qian 