What is the future of translation in a world of new technologies and AI? In Siang Lu’s critically acclaimed Ghost Cities, a young translator is fired from Sydney’s Chinese Consulate when he is exposed as a fraud, having relied entirely on Google Translate for his work.
Who better to explore the art of translation with Siang than Yu Shi, a writer, translator and reporter living in Shanghai? Yu has translated more than 30 books, including the work of Margaret Atwood, Jeanette Winterson, Stephen King and more.
Siang Lu’s first book, The Whitewash, won the ABIA Audiobook of the Year in 2023 and the Glendower Award for an emerging writer in the Queensland Literary Awards. Siang is the co-creator of The Beige Index and the creator of #SillyBookstagram. His latest book is Ghost Cities.
Yu Shi is a writer, translator and reporter living in Shanghai. Since 2020, Yu has hosted TiaoDao FM, a popular podcast focused on literature and writers as well as PingPongFM, focused on films adapted from books. Her latest novel One and Only is the first novel written about people living on the Autism spectrum in the Chinese literature world.
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Blue Mountains Writers’ Festival will have Auslan interpreters available for the Festival and will schedule them into sessions on request. Please complete the Auslan request question at checkout.
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