Bombard the Headquarters!: China’s Cultural Revolution
2025
A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.
Linda Jaivin is an internationally published Australian author,
translator, essayist, novelist and specialist writer on China.
2025
A riveting account of a turbulent period in Chinese history.
2021
This is a pacy history of China that will transform the way you see the world’s rising superpower.
2014
A witty and playful mystery set in contemporary Beijing, The Empress Lover is Linda Jaivin’s seventh novel and her most accomplished.
Thursday 30 April 2026 at 6:30 pm AEST
Upstairs at Gleebooks
49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe, NSW 2037
Free
Nadia Wheatley discusses her new book Strange New World with Linda Jaivin. The book explores Bergen-Belsen's first year after liberation in 1945, examining how survivors navigated life beyond the concentration camp.
Nadia Wheatley discusses her new book Strange New World with cultural commentator Linda Jaivin. The work explores Bergen-Belsen’s first year after liberation in 1945, examining how survivors navigated life beyond the concentration camp. A survivor characterised this period as “more oppressive to our souls than the years in the hell of Auschwitz and Belsen,” highlighting the psychological challenges of displacement and bureaucratic struggles faced by 55,000 liberated prisoners.
Doors open at 6:00 PM for a 6:30 PM start.