Lydia will explore hybridity and outsider experiences through creating characters and narratives that foreground the queer and those who have been othered, including the non-human or more-than-human. This presentation will touch on how she experiences foundation as an ever-shifting web of interconnectedness, as embodied in her 傳奇 (chuanji) trilogy—Oracle Bone, The Walking Boy and A Dream Wants Waking. These novels are her attempts to interrogate and to subvert ancient texts and tropes from Chinese cultural sources, both ancient and contemporary.

This event will be recorded and available on the SWG’s YouTube page for 30 days following the event.

Hosted by Neil Aitken.