Lewes Speakers Festival | speakersfestivals

Join #Xinran at the #LewesSpeakersFestival as she speaks about #TheBookofSecrets — and the risks of telling stories others tried to erase.

🎙 Sat 17 Jan | Lewes
🎟 Tickets: www.speakersfestivals.com/lewes-speake...

#AuthorTalk #ChineseHistory #LiteratureWithPurpose #WestLinkBooks

The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China

What if modern Chinese history was hidden not in archives, but in private letters and diaries?

In #TheBookofSecrets published by @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social , #Xinran uncovers a true story of love, loyalty, fear, and betrayal — from Mao’s #China to Tiananmen.

📖 Read the book: amzn.to/4q8hDNU

“The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices” continues to resonate.

In 2025, a new Spanish edition—Las voces silenciadas—brings these powerful stories to new readers.

Let’s keep listening. And keep speaking up.

#Xinran #TheGoodWomenOfChina #LasVocesSilenciadas #LiteratureWithPurpose

In a Japanese restaurant in west London, this Chinese woman felt truly at home | Xinran As a young woman I travelled all over China, exploring the concept of home. But on a culinary tour of Bayswater with my son, I tasted belonging, says author Xinran

#Xinran: In a Japanese restaurant in west #London, this Chinese woman felt truly at home - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... "what a lucky Chinese woman I am, to live in such a rich world of flavours in west London – my real home." a small piece with a big theme...

@clarapavaofeliz.bsky.social As Boas Mulheres da China. Xinran. #Xinran #minhoteca #literatura #biblioteca #leitura #livro #empréstimo
"Quando alguém mergulha nas próprias recordações, abre uma porta para o passado; a estrada lá dentro tem muitas ramificações e a cada vez o trajeto é diferente."

Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest Literature Today Last September, I received a letter from the UK publisher of Tiananmen Square, asking if I would consider blurbing the novel. I was busy finishing work on my own book, The Book of Secrets, which wa…

Escaping the Censors’ Gaze: Lai Wen on Sci-Fi and the Need for Chinese Protest #Literature Today
#Xinran in Conversation
with the Author of "Tiananmen Square"
lithub.com/escaping-the...
#booksky #SFF