Linda Jaivin is one of Australia’s best and most versatile writers.
Sydney Morning Herald
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Bombard the Headquarters!
The Cultural Revolution in China
A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.
Linda Jaivin is an Australian writer, the author of twelve books (seven novels and five works of non-fiction including the Quarterly Essay Found in Translation: In Praise of a Plural World). Her newest book is The Shortest History of China, out in May 2021 with Black Inc in Australia and in September 2021 in the US with The Experiment and in the UK with Old Street Publishing. She lives in Sydney.
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THE SHORTEST HISTORY OF CHINA (2021)
It’s no mean feat to cover the entire history of China in fifteen chapters, but Linda Jaivin manages it with panache.
Louisa Lim
Number 1 on Five Books Best China Books of 2021.
PODCAST
China: The First Emperor
With contributions from Frances Wood, author of The First Emperor; Steve Tsang, The Political Thought of Xi Jinping; Amanda Hsiao, senior China analyst for the Crisis Group; Nathan Law, exiled activist, Hong Kong Umbrella Movement; Chris Buckley, Chief China correspondent of the New York Times now based in Taiwan; plus Paul French, Linda Jaivin, Tania Branigan and Ian Johnson, author of Sparks.
Presenter Misha Glenny is the author of McMafia and a former Central Europe correspondent for the BBC. The producer in Bristol is Miles Warde.
Upcoming Events
Linda Jaivin: Bombard the Headquarters! From Mao to Musk
Royal Asiatic Society Lecture Theatre
14 Stephenson Way
London, United Kingdom
In 1966, with the words ‘Bombard the Headquarters!’ Mao Zedong unleashed the full, violent force of a movement that he called the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. By the time he […]
About this event...Linda Jaivin: Bombard the Headquarters!
Concord Library
60 Flavelle Street
Sydney, NSW 2037 Australia
An expert in Chinese politics looks back at China under Mao Zedong and birth of the Cultural Revolution. With more than 40 years experience studying Chinese language, politics and culture, […]
About this event...Linda Jaivin on the Cultural Revolution in China
Carriageworks, Bay 24
245 Wilson Street
Sydney, NSW 2015 Australia
The call to violence that reverberated through history
About this event...China Past, Present, Future
Carriageworks, Bay 20, The ARA Stage
245 Wilson Street
Sydney, NSW 2015 Australia
Understanding China’s future means understanding its past
About this event...Some Of My Books
Found in Translation: In praise of a plural world
This is a free-ranging essay, personal and informed, about translation … more
