Ep 99 – Mo Yan and The Republic of Wine with Dylan Levi King, Michelle Deeter, and Martin Winter

This time there are two discussions. First, sober, with returnees Dylan Levi King and Michelle Deeter. Then, drunk with DLK and poet/translator Martin Winter. So get your visa stamped and your baijiu in hand – we’re going in.

Ep 72 – Han Song and My Country Does Not Dream with the London Chinese Science Fiction Group

The London Chinese Science Fiction Group have deployed a team of Han Song aficionados (and one critic) to console my exhausted brain as the daytime hours fall away, revealing a sombre somnambulant city behind the city: Beijing.

Ep 63 – Murong Xuecun and Dancing Through Red Dust with Harvey Tomlinson

What have judges to do with the Jinpingmei? What has loss to do with licentiousness? How does Buddhism end up parceled in with backhand business? You shut up and listen. We’ll deliver the verdict.