Linda Jaivin is one of Australia’s best and most versatile writers.
Sydney Morning Herald
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.
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.
Photo by Anna Hay
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
George Ernest Morrison symposium
Metcalfe Auditorium, Ground floor, Macquarie St Building
1 Shakespeare Place
Sydney, NSW 2000 Australia
In partnership with the National Foundation for Australia–China Relations, this symposium will explore Morrison’s personal archive. I’ll be giving the keynote address: Should Morrison be Cancelled?
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
