Sinophone Literature Challenge - hosted by riso_allegro

A Book from Hong Kong
Suggested authors (in addition to books added to the prompt):
  • Xi Xi 西西 (you can find two of her translated fiction pieces on Words Without Borders)
  • Hon Lai Chu 韓麗珠 (one story on Words Without Borders)
  • Wong Bik Wan 黃碧雲 (I believe her works haven't been translated yet. Check her out if you're comfortable reading in Chinese)

Two HK-based Online Literary Magazines in English:
All books added
The Lost Century by Larissa Lai

The Lost Century

Larissa Lai

381 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction historical lgbtqia+ literary challenging emotional medium-paced
Owlish by Dorothy Tse

Owlish

Dorothy Tse

224 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction literary magical realism challenging dark mysterious slow-paced
Cantonese Love Stories: Twenty-Five Vignettes of a City by Dung Kai-cheung

Cantonese Love Stories: Twenty-Five Vignettes of a City

Dung Kai-cheung

124 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction short stories informative slow-paced
Days When I Hide My Corpse in a Cardboard Box: Selected Poems of Natalia Chan by Natalia Chan, Lok Fung

Days When I Hide My Corpse in a Cardboard Box: Selected Poems of Natalia Chan

Hong Kong Atlas

Natalia Chan, Lok Fung

144 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

challenging informative reflective medium-paced
Flèche by Mary Jean Chan

Flèche

Mary Jean Chan

78 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ poetry emotional reflective medium-paced
A Girl Like Me, and Other Stories by Xi Xi, 西西

A Girl Like Me, and Other Stories

Xi Xi, 西西

89 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction short stories reflective slow-paced
The Borrowed 13.67 by Chan Ho-Kei

The Borrowed 13.67

Chan Ho-Kei

544 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

fiction crime mystery dark mysterious medium-paced
Not Written Words by Jennifer Feeley, Xi Xi, 西西

Not Written Words

Jennifer Feeley, Xi Xi, 西西

168 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction poetry informative reflective slow-paced
不要在我月經來時逼迫我 by 謝曉陽
不要在我月經來時逼迫我
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謝曉陽

不要在我月經來時逼迫我

謝曉陽

missing page info • missing pub info (editions)

Loud Sparrows: Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts by Aili Mu, Howard Goldblatt, Julie Chiu

Loud Sparrows: Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts

Aili Mu, Howard Goldblatt, Julie Chiu

239 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

fiction short stories fast-paced