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Leaving Your Comfort Zone: Reading Out of Genre

Leaving Your Comfort Zone: Reading Out of Genre

Historical fiction makes me swoon with delight. It’s what I write and what I love to read. Immersed in a 1920’s speakeasy in New York City or in the servants’ quarters in Regency England, the world around me falls away. When real life calls, I’m startled to discover I still live in the twenty-first century. […]

July 5, 2016 | By | 9 Replies More
Is Reading Still Relevant: Interview with Dr. Ang Sze Wei

Is Reading Still Relevant: Interview with Dr. Ang Sze Wei

Chialin Yu our correspondent on Chinese Women Writers attended the 10th Hong Kong Literature Festival and caught up with Dr. Ang Sze Wei of Hong Kong University’s Department of Comparative Literature.The Hong Kong Public Library had invited her to give a talk called “Why We Read”.  Chialin interviewed her on her thoughts about reading, its relevance in […]

August 1, 2014 | By | 1 Reply More