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Listen "Alessandro Ceschi - Becoming a Nomadic Writer"
Episode Synopsis
I had the pleasure of conversing with my partner in crime from the Middle Kingdom, Alessandro Ceschi. We first met in 2016 in Beijing when neither of us could speak a word of Mandarin. Fast forward to today, and he's writing articles and books in Chinese!
We talked about :
Learning Chinese in Beijing,
The Chinese film industry before Covid
The lockdown experiences in China
The challenge of publishing a book in China (and the differences between 出版公司 and 出版社）
Ale’s journey to becoming a « nomadic writer » （游牧作者）
Ressources :
"Almost Family" - Article about neighborhood life during the Shanghai lockdown: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1011121
Letters from Ale - newsletter in English and Italian: https://aleceschi.substack.com/
Ale's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ale.ceschi/
Ale's Chinese column: https://www.patreon.com/alewrites (Patreon) / https://xiaobot.net/p/alewrites (小报童 - Wechat)
We talked about :
Learning Chinese in Beijing,
The Chinese film industry before Covid
The lockdown experiences in China
The challenge of publishing a book in China (and the differences between 出版公司 and 出版社）
Ale’s journey to becoming a « nomadic writer » （游牧作者）
Ressources :
"Almost Family" - Article about neighborhood life during the Shanghai lockdown: https://www.sixthtone.com/news/1011121
Letters from Ale - newsletter in English and Italian: https://aleceschi.substack.com/
Ale's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ale.ceschi/
Ale's Chinese column: https://www.patreon.com/alewrites (Patreon) / https://xiaobot.net/p/alewrites (小报童 - Wechat)
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