Translation Spotlight: Hong Kong, Singapore & Taiwan with Anna Ling Kaye

Schedule

Mon Oct 20 2025 at 07:00 pm to 08:30 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Upstart & Crow | Vancouver, BC

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A spotlight on the exciting, fertile terrain of modern literature from the Fragrant Harbour, the Garden City, and the Beautiful Island.
About this Event

Fragrant Harbour. The Garden City. Beautiful Island. Though small in geographic footprint, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan have outsized cultural identities which have carried each from fishing backwater to bustling colony to Asian Tiger status and beyond. Please join us on Monday, October 20th at 7pm for a spotlight on the exciting, fertile terrain of modern literature from these mesmerizing lands.

Our Long Table will be laden with regional delicacies savoury and sweet, fine teas and hot drinks will be on pour, and the conversation will meander through the past, present and future of these fascinating and important places.

Facilitated by Anna Ling Kaye, award-winning writer & CBC columnist, we will explore the newest works from Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan’s most brilliant minds as they take on conversations that are profound, poetic, and powerful.

You’ll leave with a special comprehensive take-home reading list of must-discover authors from these regions to continue exploring from home.

To support our non-profit programming and to help us cover costs, this event is $30.

Anna Ling Kaye’s fiction has received the RBC Bronwen Wallace Award, been shortlisted for the CBC Short Story Prize, Journey Prize, and PEN Canada New Voices Award, and longlisted for the Commonwealth Short Story Prize. A writer, editor, and moderator, she is a regular columnist on CBC Radio’s North by Northwest.

About Upstart & Crow: Upstart & Crow is a not-for-profit creative studio and literary incubator that champions writers, readers and stories, and the role they play in shaping our lives. We develop original programs, support artists and revel in creative projects focused on Literature In Translation / Climate Solutions / Poetry / Civic Dialogue / Community & Skills Building … all with the aim of elevating the role of literature and storytelling in our lives. Find us on Granville Island, Gibsons and online at upstartandcrow.com.

Accessibility: The main studio of our shop is accessible for folks with mobility aids. There is a washroom on the main floor available for attendees.

Questions: hello[at]upstartandcrow.com.

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Upstart & Crow, 1387 Railspur Alley, Vancouver, Canada

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