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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Special thanks to the author Wong Leung-wo, the publisher Sinoist Books, Jeff Clapp and EdUHK’s Dept of Literature and Cultural Studies, Matthew Cheng 鄭政恆, Tammy Lai-Ming Ho, and Celine Huang!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Very happy to share the publication of _The Fish Curse and Other Hong Kong Stories_ by Wong Leung-wo, translated by me! My thanks to everyone who helped bring the translation from manuscript to book, and to all who continue to read, translate, and support #HongKong literature.

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

𝐈𝐭’𝐬 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐢𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 to Wong Leung-wo & @chrissonghk.bsky.social!Wong's 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐹𝑖𝑠ℎ 𝐶𝑢𝑟𝑠𝑒 & 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐻𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝐾𝑜𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑖𝑒𝑠, trans. Song, will be released by Sinoist Books on 25 September 2026!"There is something unreal about this Hong Kong estate." 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊: sinoistbooks.com/product/the-...

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

𝐇𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐊𝐨𝐧𝐠 & 𝐈𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝: 𝐓𝐰𝐨 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬, 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐴 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐶ℎ𝑎: 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙 Date: Sat. 8 August 2026 Time: From 2 PM (Hong Kong time) Presenters: Lesley Cheung & Alexis Lai Discussants: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho & Michael O'Sullivan More information: www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...

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Milk Tea Alliance Calendar @mtacalendar.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

New event! 📆8th Aug 🕑2pm Hongkong Time Join @asiancha.bsky.social for "Hong Kong & Ireland: Two places, one conversation" w/ @myetcetera.bsky.social Alexis lai, Lesley Cheung & Michael O'Sullivan & more Details: www.instagram.com/p/DbAqedgqb8D

"Hong Kong & Ireland: Two places, one conversation"

𝐴 𝑤𝑜𝑟𝑘𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑝 𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐶ℎ𝑎: 𝐴𝑛 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐿𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝐽𝑜𝑢𝑟𝑛𝑎𝑙

Date: Saturday 8 August 2026
Time: From 2 PM (Hong Kong time)
Format: Virtual

Presenters: Alexis Lai and Lesley Cheung
Discussants: Tammy Lai-Ming Ho and Michael O'Sullivan

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Honored and grateful to have received the UTSC Dean's Merit Award once again. Thank you to everyone who has supported me along the way!

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

My translation of Xiao Hai's poem "Made in China" appears in an extended profile / interview with him in @observeruk.bsky.social! Read the interview here: observer.co.uk/culture/inte...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Today's editorial adventure in Babel: I opened a new submission that turned out to be exactly the same manuscript as two previous submissions I'd already rejected—except each time it had a different author. Academic publishing continues to find innovative ways to keep editors stimulated!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Chaired the 2nd Dr. David Hui Lecture in Humanities on overseas classical Chinese poetry by Dr. Lap Lam at @rclchkle @uoft!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

One more report on OMNI TV with @tingguowrites.bsky.social, Bernice Cheung, and a student about @utsc @utsclanguage’s first offering of an intensive Cantonese language course in this summer!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

So happy to see @utsc.utoronto.ca Language Studies' new Cantonese language course highlighted on CityNews, with Ting, Bernice, and me!

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Nick Admussen @nadmussen.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

It's here! _Orphans of the Times_, translations from the pathbreaking Bei Dao and Li Tuo-edited book 《七十年代》. Fiction writers (Han Shaogong! Ah Cheng), poets (Zhai Yongming!), and artists (Xu Bing!) reflecting on their lives in memoirs of the PRC's turbulent 1970s. cup.cuhk.edu.hk/CUHKP/Orphan...

The cover of the book _Orphans of the Times_, blue on top and with a woodcut of a figure opening its own face with its hands on the bottom.

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Truly delighted to share my recent interview on OMNI Television, where I spoke about my department at @utsc.utoronto.ca launching its very first Cantonese language course!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

After two years of sustained effort, I am delighted to share that the first #Cantonese language course is now being offered across the University of Toronto's tri-campus system. My sincere thanks to all who have supported this initiative along the way!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 31/03/2026

My modest contribution to translating Taiwan literary scholarship into English published in Taiwan Literature English Translation Series 台灣文學英譯叢刊! Learned a lot about Taiwan’s classical verses during Koxinga’s regime and the Qing!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Moments in our English and Chinese Translation Program's Student Conference at the @utsc.utoronto.ca!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Roundtable on the Francophone and the Sinophone at the @utsc.utoronto.ca!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Our Roundtable on the Francophone and the Sinophone at University of Toronto Scarborough!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

I hope that, in small ways, I’m now able to encourage younger colleagues and affirm the exciting potential they bring to the field—something I especially appreciate when I think back to my own early conference experiences. Is it getting better?

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Listening to their presentations was genuinely inspiring and reminded me of how important conferences can be as spaces for emerging scholars to test ideas and find their voices.

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Made it through AAS this year while battling multiple rounds of jet lag. I also had the impression that there were more panels composed of PhD students than in previous years.

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

The Backreading Hong Kong: An Annual Symposium this year hosted numerous reunions and inspiring discussions at the University of British Columbia! Thanks so much Helena Wu!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

My talk on “Writing Poetry in the Age of AI” at the Chinese University of Hong Kong!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

@tingguowrites.bsky.social's book talk on 27 Jan (Tuesday) at @utsc.utoronto.ca!

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘—Chris Song offers a rigorous meditation on the 𝐹𝑙𝑒𝑢𝑟𝑠 𝑑𝑒𝑠 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑒 字花 Issue 118 cover controversy, where a grieving teenager’s image appeared without consent. @chrissonghk.bsky.social ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2026/01/26/f... 。。。。。

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

My new essay on @asiancha.bsky.social, in which I reflect on a recent controversy surrounding Fleurs des lettres 字花, a major Hong Kong Sinophone literary magazine, and what it reveals about consent and ethics in contemporary literary publishing. Read here: chajournal.com/2026/01/26/f...

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[ESSAY] “A Face, a Cover, a Failure: Fleurs des lettres Issue 118 Cover Controversy” by Chris Song

Editor’s note: Chris Song offers a rigorous meditation on the Fleurs des lettres Issue 118 cover controversy, where a grieving teenager’s image appeared without consent. Reading the intervent…

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Blatant plagiarism of University of Toronto Scarborough (UTSC) professor Ting Guo’s book for a talk at Yale University!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Looking forward to reading my poems about Toronto with AG and the open mic at Shab-e She'r (Poetry Night) — Canada’s most diverse and brave reading series! 明天晚上朗誦我的多倫多詩抄! Event Poster: Ghazaleh Zarrinzadeh Link to the event on Facebook: www.facebook.com/share/1CCzRq...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Great discussions at the MLA in Toronto while having so many other thoughts and worries on my mind…

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

Great discussions at the MLA in Toronto while having so many other thoughts and worries on my mind…

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐀𝐘] In Chris Song’s latest essay, James Shea’s 𝐿𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝐷𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑓 𝑀𝑦 𝐹𝑎𝑐𝑒 (Iowa University Press, 2025) is read in relation to Hong Kong as both a lived city and a literary space. @chrissonghk.bsky.social ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.com/2025/12/12/l... 。。。。。

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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时差Podcast @shichapodcast.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

📣we have a new episode - the very first Shicha episode in English!📣 @tingguowrites.bsky.social talks to Myung-Sahm Suh on the global Christian right, religion and modern Korea! open.spotify.com/episode/574D...

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#20 全球基督教右翼 & 宗教與現代韓國｜Global Christian Right & Religion and Modern Korea

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

We also discussed @helenjinkim.bsky.social ‘s Race for Survival: How #ColdWar South #Korea Shaped American #Evangelical Empire!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Looking forward to Dr. Jessica Tsui-yan Li’s talk on her new book on Eileen Chang’s #張愛玲 self-translation at the Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library 利銘澤典宬 @rclchkl with our postdoctoral fellow Dr. Yiwen Liu!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

Their projects explore Ye Si #也斯, Wong Bik-wan #黃碧雲, Jin Yong #金庸, Yi Shu #亦舒, Poon Wai-sum #潘惠森, Dung Kai-cheung #董啟章, and Xiao Hong #蕭紅 through a rich range of critical and theoretical frameworks. Feeling inspired by their insight and creativity!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

So proud of my #HongKong Literature #香港文學 students at the University of Toronto and their fantastic presentations at the Graduate Students’ Colloquium, part of the Backreading Hong Kong Symposium: Anglophone & Sinophone!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Backreading Hong Kong: An Annual Symposium will be held at Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library 利銘澤典宬 on the coming Monday and Tuesday! The theme of this year is "Anglophone & Sinophone"! Program: www.utsc.utoronto.ca/dls/node/844

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

Received a positive interim review toward tenure! Grateful for everyone’s support that made this possible and most of all to Ting! Half way through.

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Ting @tingguowrites.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Super excited to see #Decolonzing Chinese History published in Taiwan! Congratulations @dgtam86.bsky.social @catielila.bsky.social!!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Great news! Our Bloomsbury Handbook of Modern Chinese Literature in Translation achieved its paperback edition! www.bloomsbury.com/us/bloomsbur...

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

Particularly fruitful in acquiring UTSC fundings this year! Just got both the Departmental Research Fund and the Working Group Grant for research related to the Sinophone and translation, in addition to the Jackman Humanities Institute Working Group Grant for “Hong Kong-Canada Connections”!

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Grateful to Cha for giving this piece a new home in English, and for continuing to build space for literary translation that connects times, cities, and sensibilities.

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

Written in the shadow of Hong Kong’s postwar transformations, Riot is Liu’s early experiment in depicting a city on the edge—fractured, restless, and searching for language amid turmoil. Translating this story felt like tracing the first murmurs of modern Hong Kong fiction.

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Tammy Lai-Ming Ho @myetcetera.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

[𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐇𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐊𝐎𝐍𝐆 𝐅𝐈𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐒𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍] We're delighted to announce the publication of the latest entry in “Hong Kong Fiction in Translation”, by the section’s founder, @chrissonghk.bsky.social, who translated Liu Yichang’s story “Riot.” ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/10/23/riot

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Cha: An Asian Literary Journal @asiancha.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

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Chris Song @chrissonghk.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

My new editorial publication, Buoy: IPNHK 2025, with #BeiDao, Lucas Klein , and Yiting He! 新編著出版！《浮標：香港國際詩歌之夜2025》（與 #北島、柯夏智、何依亭合編）！

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