By Edward Nawotka There’s plenty of literary activity going on in China this week. First comes the news that in its fourth year, the Man Asian Literary Prize will change: Instead of awarding the prize to an “Asian novel unpublished in English,” the Prize will now be given to “a novel written by a citizen of an Asian country and …
New Chinese Literary Agency Attracts Top Talent
By Edward Nawotka Literary agencies are a relatively unknown quantity in China and almost all started as overseas operations, including Big Apple Tuttle Mori Agency and Bardon Chinese Media, which both started in Taiwan, and Andrew Nurnberg Associates, from the UK. The latest newcomer — Peony Literary Agency — hails from Hong Kong. Launched in November by Marysia Juszczakiewicz to …