Coming up in June as part of The Leeds Big Bookend, Jonathan Geldart Notes from a Beijing Coffesshop:
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China Comes to the Leeds Big Bookend Festival 2016. We
Are Crossing City Limits!
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Meet Author, Jonathan Geldert
on Saturday 4th June, 12.30pm at Central Library, Leeds as he
shares his Notes from a Beijing Coffeeshop
Join Jonathan
Geldart as
he transports us to a Beijing coffeeshop where we learn about
the country today through the stories of its people – in
particular, some of the extraordinary women he met, many of whom
struggle for independence and recognition.
Women’s rights and empowerment is a recurring theme in his latest
book. Through sharing interviewees experiences of marriage (both
women’s role within a marriage and the pressure on single women to
marry), being gay in China, and women’s attitude towards work,
Jonathan gives the reader poignant insights into what life is like
for the Chinese women he met, many of whom are going against what
society expects from them.
Jonathan will be joined by Ellen Wang from the The
Business Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds.
This is a free event. To book your tickets and read
more, click here.
To
download the full programme for the Leeds Big Bookend Festival
2016 and for all events and ticket information, visit our website, www.bigbookend.co.uk.
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Get Creative at Belong/ 归属感 ，Gui Shu Gan.
A Free Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop, Sunday 5th June,
11.30am at Central Library, Leeds
Definition:verb 1a:
to be suitable, appropriate, 1b : to be in a
proper situation or place.
What does it mean to belong? How do we find our own proper
situation or place? Cantonese and Mandarin speaking writer,
M.W. Sun 孙培德 will work
with Leeds writer, Mary Cooper, to lead a workshop exploring ideas
of belonging, identity and home.
Write in English, Chinese or any language of your choice. This
workshop is part of the From Shore
to Shore 飘洋过海 project and is supported by the
Business
Confucius Institute at the University of Leeds.
This is a free workshop open to anyone – whether you
speak one language or many – but booking is essential as places are
limited.
Reserve your free place here.
什么让我们有归属感？怎样找到属于我们的地方？
孙培德是一位中文作家.她和利兹作家Mary
Cooper主持写作工作坊,探讨我们对家,身份和归属感的构想.
欢迎你参加工作坊,可用中文,英文或其他语言写作.
这工作坊为“漂洋过海”项目的一部分.
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The Big Bookend · Virtuoso Legal · 31 Harrogate Road · Leeds, West
Yorkshire LS7 3PD · United Kingdom
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