“An inspiring tale of women who survived every kind of hardship, deprivation and political upheaval with their humanity intact.” Hillary Clinton, O, The Oprah Magazine

‘“Wild Swans” made me feel like a five-year-old. This is a family memoir that has the breadth of the most enduring social history.” Martin Amis, Independent on Sunday

Jung Chang is currently completing her biography of the Empress Dowager of China, Cixi (1835 - 1908), to be published in 2013.

Jung Chang will be speaking at the Hong Kong Book Fair on the 19th and the 20th July 2013

Jung Chang will be in Bulgaria 1-5 April to promote the Bulgarian edition of Mao, which has just been published by 41tgallery. 

In February 2013 Jung appeared at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival, the first such festival in Burma. For more information visit www.irrawaddylitfest.com

Jung Chang recommends Simon Leys' book The Chairman's New Clothes in The Times, Saturday 29 September 2012.

Jung Chang recently talked at the Hay Festival in Nairobi where she gave the inaugural Wangari Maathai Lecture, in honour of the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate. More information.