The stage play HOT POT will be touring in UK theatres from mid-June to paces such as London, Nottingham, Derby, Leeds and Langton Green. Please check out the show info. www.aukaproductions.com/whatson

Excited to see the new poster and cast announcement of the HOT POT play, touring in UK theatres in June and July, 2026.

Pleased to share that the paperback version of Queer Literature in the Sinosphere (Bloomsbury 2026) has just been published. The book contains fourteen well researched and nicely written chapters and has received many amazing scholarly reviews. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-lit...

Just popped in Gay’s the Word bookshop in London and signed a few copies of the newly published paperback version of Queer Literature in the Sinosphere. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/queer-lit...

Looking forward to performing my poetry at the European Poetry Festival at Nottingham Contemporary on 6 June. Free event and all welcome! Register here www.europeanpoetryfestival.com/nottingham

Excited to learn that my second poetry collection Self-Portrait as a Banana (Poetic Edge Publishers 2025) has been accepted by the National Poetry Library at Southbank Centre in London, following my two other collections already on their catalogue. npl.southbankcentre.co.uk/P10311UK/OPA...

'Zizzi' performance at @brumhippodrome as part of the @newearththeatre theatremakers programme 2025-26. Photo credit: Paul Stringer. Performance video here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuX...

Thanks to The Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing for featuring two of my short stories in the April book club. Both 'Zizzi' and 'Reunion' have been recently adapted to stay plays, with the former performed at Birmingham Hippodrome in February. writingchinese.leeds.ac.uk/book-club/ap...

From ancient deities to modern-day poets, queer life has shaped Chinese culture for centuries. In this new episode of our 开门见山 | Gateway to Global China podcast, Yangyang sits down with Hongwei Bao and Darius Longarino to explore queer Chinese activism and literature.

Pleased to be in this conversation with @yangyangcheng.bsky.social and @dariuslongarino.bsky.social about queer culture in China for @madeinchinajournal.com

Check out this short play by @queercomrades.bsky.social based on the piece "Zizzi" from Variant issue 20!

If you missed my New Earth Theatre Birmingham Hippodrome showcase/scratch night back in February, this is a recording of the tech rehearsal Happy watching! www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTuX...

Thanks to Dr Si Long Chan for this great conversation about poetry, queerness and East Asian identity, and to @leafepress.bsky.social Litter Magazine for publishing it. www.littermagazine.org/2026/04/inte...

A much-awaited project is finally here! If you’re working on queer film festivals, queer cinema, or related topics, we would love to hear from you - please consider submitting! Deadline: 1 July, 2026. www.chinaindiefilm.org/chinese-inde...

Looking forward to co-chairing this panel discussion with Professor Paul Gladston on Queer Video Art in Mainland China. Free event and all welcome! www.eventbrite.com/e/queer-vide...

CFP: Chinese Queer Film Festivals (Chinese Independent Cinema Observer Special Issue, edited by Jenny Man Wu, Andy Ke Zhu and Hongwei Bao) www.chinaindiefilm.org/chinese-inde...

Looking forward to this wonderful conversation hosted by the Centre for Worlding Modern Languages at the University of Bristol. 'Worlding Queer Sexualities', Tuesday 14 April, 5.15pm – 7pm, LR8, 21 Woodland Road, BS8 1TE. All are welcome!

Interviewed by Neue Zürcher Zeitung for an article on Chengdu as China’s gay capital: www.nzz.ch/internationa...

On the anniversary of the COVID-19 outbreak, we’re sharing “Wuhan Lockdown Diary,” by Guo Jing (tr. @queercomrades.bsky.social), from our archives. Read it here: wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

Thrilled to announce that the queer play I wrote, Hot Pot, will be created by a full British East and Southeast Asian cast and creative team, and performed at Lakeside Arts Nottingham on 25 June. General booking opens on 18 March. All welcome! www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/hot-po...

“A society cannot churn out dead tragic heroes forever; it should take responsibility for those who have already died and those who are still living.” Read “Wuhan Lockdown Diary" written by Chinese feminist activist Guo Jing in 2020, during the Wuhan Lockdown.

'Hot Pot', an English-language Chinese queer play written by me and produced by Auka Productions, with a full East and Southeast Asian cast and creative team, will be staged at Lakeside Arts in Nottingham on 25 June. All welcome! www.lakesidearts.org.uk/event/hot-po...

Performed in my short play 'Zizzi' with Altus Chan at the Birmingham Hippodrome New Earth theatre makers showcase two weeks ago. Thanks to everyone involved for the support! www.birminghamhippodrome.com/calendar/new...

Queer zines often feature queer manifestos. What do Chinese queer manifestos look like? Read this translated and edited essay from the latest issue of @madeinchinajournal.com. Thanks also to the support of the Leiden Chinese Queer Collection. madeinchinajournal.com/2026/02/23/q...

In this essay, @queercomrades.bsky.social explores how the classical Chinese story of the Rabbit God has been reinterpreted across the global Chinese diaspora in recent years, highlighting creative reimaginings that promote an open and undogmatic vision of queer Chinese identity and heritage.

In this essay, I explore how the classical Chinese story of the Rabbit God has been reinterpreted across the global Chinese diaspora in recent years, highlighting creative reimaginings that promote an open and undogmatic vision of queer Chinese identity and heritage.

“Imagining Transnational Chinese Queer Literary Studies: A Conversation on Queer Literature in the Sinosphere” with Hongwei Bao and Maria Elena Indelicato is now available open access on the Journal of Intercultural Studies website.

'this collection integrates an impressive array of theoretical frameworks, concepts, and perspectives to analyse queer literature in the Sinosphere, challenging dominant narratives in literary criticism, and further reinvigorating the study with innovative insights and approaches.’ Dr Heshen Xie

‘Queer Literature in the Sinosphere, edited by Hongwei Bao and Yahia Ma, presents a groundbreaking and timely scholarly achievement, celebrating the richness and depth of queer literature of the Sinosphere through contributions from a distinguished cohort of scholars.' Dr Heshen Xie

‘Tracing back to Ming-Qing homoerotic literature and probing into contemporary danmei and GL fiction, this book stages a vibrant dialogue between the queer past and present, and achieves a delicate balance between the serious and the popular.' On Queer Literature in the Sinosphere

'it brings to the fore transness, queer woman and the queer working-class, which has received inadequate attention from both the academic and the public sphere.’ Qingsheng Xiao reviews Queer Literature in the Sinosphere (Bloomsbury, 2024) for The Shanghai Literary Review

Looking forward to the rehearsed reading of my play Hot Pot at the Cockpit Theatre in London this weekend.

Thanks to Andy Npoet from Spoken Label (Spoken Word Poetry Podcast) for this great podcast about my new poetry collection Self-Portrait as a Banana (Poetic Edge Publishers 2025). Great conversation about poetry and more. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/h...

Thanks to @asiancha.bsky.social for publishing my essay on Pillion. chajournal.com/2026/01/10/g...

This year’s highlight: the publication of the coedited book (with Daniel Mutibwa) about media and cultural encounters between Africa and China. www.routledge.com/Entanglement...

One of my proudest moments in 2025 was to have published poetry collection ‘Self-Portrait as a Banana’. Thanks to my editor @ashleyedge.poet from @poeticedgepublishers and everyone for the support.

It has been my great pleasure to chat with @burtonradio @scribes_aloud about poetry, writing and life in the midlands, filled with festive joy. You can listen to the playback here: burtonradio.co.uk/scribes-aloud

My further thoughts about the film ‘Pillion’ in response to some of the recent discussions. Thanks to @asiancha.bsky.social for publishing the short piece.

It was my great pleasure to introduce the film ‘Pillion’ at @broadwaycinema.bsky.social Nottingham. Thank all the audience for coming. The film will be on until this weekend so please don’t miss the film if you want to see it.

Hi everyone. I will be performing poetry at The Common Press bookshop @thecommonpress in London on the evening of 16 December. Everyone is welcome! www.commonpress.co.uk/event-detail...

My great pleasure to join the board of @newearththeatre.bsky.social, the UK’s leading East and Southeast Asian theatre. www.newearththeatre.org.uk/mission

Thrilled to share my work at the launch event of New Nottingham Journal at Nottingham Central Library. Congratulations to the team for the brilliant work and thanks to the audience for the support!

𝐍𝐄𝐖 @asiancha.bsky.social 𝐑𝐄𝐕𝐈𝐄𝐖— @queercomrades.bsky.social on 𝑂𝑛𝑒 𝐺𝑖𝑟𝑙 𝐼𝑛𝑓𝑖𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑒 不可能女孩 (2025), directed by Lilly Hu (also known in Mandarin as Jiaying Hu): "There seem to be endless energies and high hopes for a life shared by two young women." ⧉ 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝: chajournal.blog/2025/11/14/i... 。。。。。

Thanks to @asiancha.bsky.social for publishing my review of One Girl Infinite. The film is part of the @queereast.bsky.social programme touring nationally in the UK.

Hongwei Bao's (@queercomrades.bsky.social) poem chronicles trace the evolution of a queer relationship over time. Alternating between “I,” “you,” “we,” and “us,” he explores the role of cultural and personal differences in conveying queer intimacy. 👉 DOI: doi.org/10.17169/ogj.2025.303

It’s my great honour to have my short story ‘Zizzi’ nominated for Monarch Queer Literary Awards. Thank @valeriefrankel.bsky.social for the support!

Pleased to be part of this special issue of Open Gender Journal. It's bilingual (German and English) and open access. Please check out the wonderful articles (and my poetry). opengenderjournal.de/issue/view/s...

Here is an entire day of literature at Nottingham Central Library on 29 November to celebrate the 10th anniversary of Nottingham City of Literature. All events are free and every is welcome! nottinghamcityofliterature.com/projects/voi...

Looking forward to the launch of the New Nottingham Journal at Nottingham Central Library this Friday evening (14 November). I will be reading my work at the event. www.nottinghamcitylibraries.co.uk/new-nottingh...

It's my great pleasure to introduce the queer Asian American film '1 Girl Infinite' at @broadwaycinema Nottingham as part of this year's @queereast Festival. All welcome! Book tickets from the Broadway website. www.broadway.org.uk/whats-on/que...