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Megan Walsh, author of The Subplot: What China Is Reading and Why It Matters, will discuss why it’s important to finally pay attention to Chinese fiction – an exuberant drama illustrating the complex relationship between art and politics, offering an alternative way to understand the inherent contradictions that make up China itself.
Megan Walsh is a journalist who has lived in Beijing and Taipei, and holds a masters in Chinese Studies from SOAS. She specialises in Chinese literature and film, and her work has appeared in The Times, The New Statesman, TIME, Literary Review, Lithub, and The Globe and Mail. She lives in London.
