Literature is an art form that uses language as its raw material, and when words and phrases are used succinctly in literary works they can acquire a weight and meaning of their own that transcends straight definition. In this session, we will invite the writers to discuss which writers they admire for their use of language, and why; and how they develop and elevate their own language skills in the works they produce. To discuss will be Finnish author Jussi Valtonen; Romanian author Doina Rusti; and from China short story writers and novelists Wang Weilian and Wei Wei. In conversation with writer and literary academic Hu Chuanji.