‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
‘An atom bomb of a book.’ — Time
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Praise for Jung Chang
Jung Chang awarded CBE for services to Literature and to History:
Jung with her CBE for services to literature and to history, 20/03/2024. Photo by Yui Mok/PA Wire.
Wild Swans author Jung Chang awarded CBE for services to literature | The Independent
‘Wild Swans’ is the Sunday Times Bestsellers 8th most popular book in the past 50 years!
Sunday Times Bestsellers 50th Anniversary Newspaper Front Cover 18/08/2024
Sunday Times Bestsellers 50th Anniversary;
Jung Chang Article by Christina Lamb 18/08/2024
You can read the Sunday Times article online using the link below:
https://www.thetimes.com/culture/books/article/jung-chang-wild-swans-interview-9hg05lvt0
News & Events
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‘Fly, Wild Swans: My Mother, Myself and China’ will be available from the 16th September 2025!
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Jung Chang’s Public Speaking Events
Sunday 14th September
7pm: HOW TO ACADEMY – LONDON
Venue: Royal Geographical SocietyMonday 22nd September
7.30pm: CHORLEYWOOD BOOKSHOP
Venue: Memorial Hall, ChorleywoodFriday 10th October
HENLEY LITERARY FESTIVALSaturday 11th October
10am: CLIVEDEN LITERARY FESTIVALSunday 12th October
2pm: CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL OF LITERATURESaturday 18th October
6.15pm: ILKLEY LITERARY FESTIVALSunday 19th October
2pm: MANCHESTER LITERARY FESTIVAL
Venue: Central LibraryThursday 23rd October
7pm: TOPPING BATHFriday 24th October
2pm: YEOVIL BOOK FESTIVAL – WATERSTONESSunday 26th October
6pm: WIMBLEDON BOOK FESTIVALThursday 20th November
6pm: FOLKSTONE BOOK FESTIVALWednesday 26th November
6pm: HATCHARDS CHRISTMAS CUSTOMER EVENING
187 Piccadilly, W1J 9LESunday 30th November
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Saturday 28th February
3pm: FAVERSHAM LITERARY FESTIVALThursday 5th March
6pm: ALDEBURGH LITERARY FESTIVAL
Venue: Jubilee Hall, Aldeburgh
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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