Today, the podcast interviews one of contemporary Chinese literature's extraordinary translators. Nicky Harman translated, along with her partner in crime, Liu Jun, Jia Pingwa's recent novel The Sojourn Teashop. Nicky is well known in Chinese literature circles as a translator and promoter of Chinese literature to the broader public.

The novel, Sojourn Teashop, is available here, published by an excellent UK-publisher focused on Chinese literature, Sinoist, which is at the forefront of translating and publishing the best of contemporary Chinese fiction.