Linda Jaivin is an internationally published Australian author,
translator, essayist, novelist and specialist writer on China.

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Latest Books

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The Shortest History of Madrid

2026

Madrid’s story is one of the most unlikely of any European capital.

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Bombard the Headquarters!: China’s Cultural Revolution

2025

A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.

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The Shortest History of China

2021

This is a pacy history of China that will transform the way you see the world’s rising superpower.

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Linda Jaivin creates a fully realised, intensely lived-in past…
The Age about A Most Immoral Woman

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