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The Centre of the Vortex: Survivors' Notes from Hong Kong Writers

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Writers from Hong Kong face a Kafkaesque decision in the years since draconian security legislation was imposed on the city: to stay and be subject to intense censorship, or to write freely from exile.  In this episode, Louisa speaks to two award-winning authors who have chosen different paths.  Lau Yeewa is still living in Hong Kong; her book Tongueless, translated by Jennifer Feeley, won the 2024 Pen Translates award.   Gigi Leung Lee-chi is now based in Taiwan, and her book The Melancholy of Trees has just won Taiwan's Golden Tripod award. 

Image: c/- Wikimedia Commons, Empty Bookshelves, 2014

Transcripts available at https://www.thechinastory.org/lrp/

 

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