‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
A New York Times notable book
Praise for Jung Chang
“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
News & Events
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News
Hexham Book Festival
9th July, 2021, 6:30pm – 07:30pm
Jung Chang | Hexham Book Festival CIC
York Festival of Ideas
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister
Zoom talk – Saturday 19 June 2021, 7.30pm to 8.30pm (UK time)
https://yorkfestivalofideas.com/2021/calendar/big-sister/.
The Chinese Edition eBooks:
Empress Dowager Cixi; The Concubine Who Launched Modern China, and Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister; Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China, are available now.
Wild Swans; Three Daughters of China, and Mao; The Unknown Story, are due out soon. Check back for further announcements.
Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister; Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China: Publication 17 October 2019
Events
- 12 October 2019 – Cheltenham Literary Festival
https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2019/jung-chang/
- 12 October 2019 – Cheltenham Literary Festival – ‘Celebrate With…’ event at Hotel du Vin re Wild Swans
https://www.cheltenhamfestivals.com/literature/whats-on/2019/celebrate-with-jung-chang/
- 13 October 2019 – Durham Literary Festival
https://durhambookfestival.com/programme/event/jung-chang-big-sister-little-sister-red-sister/
- 14 October 2019 – Manchester Literary Festival
http://www.manchesterliteraturefestival.co.uk/events/jung-chang-38927
- 15 October 2019 – Linghams Bookshop, Heswall
- 18 October 2019 – Salisbury Literary Festival (Salisbury Cathedral)
https://salisburyliteraryfestival.co.uk/festival-events/jung-chang/
https://www.salisburyjournal.co.uk/news/17799181.salisbury-literary-festival-2019-line-up-unveiled/
- 19 October 2019 – London Literature Festival / Asia House at Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank
- 20 October 2019 – Dublin Festival of History (Printworks of Dublin Castle)
- 22 October 2019 – Toppings, Edinburgh (Greenside Church)
https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/edinburgh/jung-chang-2/
- 23 October 2019 – Toppings, Bath (Christchurch)
https://www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath/jung-chang-3/
- 24 October 2019 – Waterstones, Canterbury
https://www.waterstones.com/events/jung-chang-three-sisters-talk-with-slides/canterbury-rose-lane
- 5 November 2019 – The China Institute, New York
https://www.chinainstitute.org/event/evening-jung-chang-soong-sisters/
- 7 November 2019 – Charleston to Charleston Literary Festival 2019, South Carolina
www.charlestontocharleston.com/
- 13 November 2019 – Dulwich Literary Festival (George Farha Auditorium)
https://dulwichliteraryfestival.co.uk/events-2019/jung-chang-big-sister-little-sister-red-sister/
- 18 November 2019 – Chorleywood Bookshop (Chorleywood Memorial Hall. Capacity: 200)
https://chilternbookshops.co.uk/event/big-sister-little-sister-red-sister/
- 28 November 2019 – Daunts, Marylebone High Street
- 1 December 2019 – Cambridge Literary Festival
http://www.cambridgeliteraryfestival.com/whatson/jung-chang/
- 2 December 2019 – How To Academy, Conway Hall
- 24 & 27 January 2020 – Jaipur Literature Festival, India
https://jaipurliteraturefestival.org/
- 30 Jan – 2 February 2020 – Stanford Travel Writers Festival, Olympia
https://destlondon.seetickets.com/tour/destinations-show/
13 Feb 2020 – Ghent University
https://www.ugent.be/chinaplatform/en/news-events/news/daughters-of-china.htm
17 May 2020 – Charleston Festival
https://www.charleston.org.uk/event/big-sister-little-sister-red-sister/
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Big Sister, Little Sister, Red Sister; Three Women at the Heart of Twentieth-Century China: Publication 17 October 2019
About Jung Chang
Jung Chang at a gate of the Forbidden City where Empress Dowager Cixi lived.
Jung Chang is the best-selling author of Wild Swans, which The Asian Wall Street Journal called the most widely read book about China, and Mao: The Unknown Story (with Jon Halliday), which was described by Time as “an atom bomb of a book.”
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