2012
June 10, 2012. Asia launch of the first title of the Ancient China travel guide series: Ancient China: Villages, (UK). Launch events are planned in Shanghai, Beijing and Hong Kong.
June 4, 2012. Hay Festival of Literature, (UK). Leave Me Alone author Murong will make his first UK festival appearance. http://www.hayfestival.com/p-4678-murong-xuecun.aspx
April 19, 2012, 6pm. Contemporary Chinese Writers in Conversation at the Confucius Institute, Edinburgh. Make-Do author Anni Baobei will appear in conversation with fellow novelist Xu Zechen and Scottish writer Alan Bissett. http://www.confuciusinstitute.ac.uk/chinesewriters/
April 18, 2012. 7pm. The Current State of Chinese Fiction. Event at Blackwells bookstore, Oxford. Make-Do author Li Er will feature in dialogue with Man Asia Literary Prize winner Bi Feiyu, and UK-based Chinese authors Ma Jian and Yan Gelin. The event will be chaired by Make-Do founder Harvey Thomlinson. http://bookshop.blackwell.co.uk/jsp/editorial/shops/instore_events.jsp;jsessionid=7CCF87CA00A0ABF1D4F29146AACDDC44.bobcatp1?route=events
April 16, 2012, 11.30am. Modern Chinese Masters UK launch at the London Book Fair (UK). Modern Chinese Masters authors Li Er and Anni Baobei will appear with translator Nicky Harman and Make-Do founder Harvey Thomlinson at an event to launch the series. Come along to meet the authors and learn more about the MCM series. More details about the event here: http://www.londonbookfair.co.uk/en/Sessions/406/Modern-Chinese-Masters
April 2012. UK launch of The Road of Others by Anni Baobei. The first English translation of three famous stories by Anni Baobei, one of China’s most acclaimed but myterious writers. Translations by Nicky Harman and Keiko Wu.
March 12th, 2012 Mina Hanbury-Tenison will be a guest at the Bookworm Chengdu Literary Festival.
March 2012. Asia launch of The Road of Others by Anni Baobei. This is the first English translation of three famous early stories by Anni Baobei, one of China’s most acclaimed but myterious writers. Translations by Nicky Harman and Keiko Wu.
March, 2012. Murong Xuecun will appear in conversation with New York Times Beijing corresponent Ed Wong at the Beijing Bookworm Literary Festival.
March 18, 2012. Li Er and his translator Martin Merz will appear at the Shanghai Literary Festival at “M” on the Bund.
February 2012. UK launch of the Modern Chinese Masters series, with the first three titles by Jimmy Qi, Chen Xiwo and Li Er.
January 29-Feb 04, 2012. Macau “Script Road” Literature Festival. Make-Do authors Marvin Farkas and Jimmy Qi will be in attendance.
January 13, 2012. Marvin Farkas will deliver a talk about his memoir An Eastern Saga at the Helena May in Hong Kong.