Leading writers from Sweden, China and the Netherlands will discuss their work, their writing lives, their sources
of inspiration from their own country and beyond, and the role they see literature and screen adaptations playing in the modern era around the world. Participating in this discussion will be broadcaster and novelist Helena von Zweigbergk (Sweden); poet, translator and critic Huang Canran (China); Mineke Schipper (the Netherlands) author of essays, novels and non-fiction titles; and critically acclaimed novelist, poet and screen writer Yang Zhengguang (China). In conversation with writer and literary critic Tang Xiaolin.