Newcastle University

Jade Ladder anthology launch with Yang Lian, Xi Chuan, W.N. Herbert & Brian Holton

A poetry reading

Location: Culture Lab, Newcastle University
Time/Date: 19th April 2012, 19:00

Yang Lian and Xi Chuan, two of China's most prominent poets, join Yang Lian's co-editor, W.N. Herbert, and the anthology's main translator, Brian Holton, to launch Jade Ladder. This anthology shows authoritatively for the first time in English the diversity of contemporary Chinese poetry. It is the most comprehensive single volume guide to what is happening now in a culture of undeniably global significance. 

 

This event is supported by the British Council as part of the China Market Focus 2012 cultural programme at The London Book Fair.

 

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Published: 24th January 2012