How do writers find and nurse their muse? Where and how can authors extract inspiration from the daily world around them? What moves them as writers – physically, emotionally, psychologically? Zuzana Kepplova (a prolific short story writer and novelist from Slovakia), Dimitrios Stefanikis (award-winning novelist and translator from Greece), Richard Obermayr (nominee for the European Prize for Literature from Austria), Zhou Kai (an award-winning novelist who has already had two novels translated into English) and Zhang Ni (winner of the 8th Sichuan Literature Award), will take the stage to discuss.