Time for a CNY #popculture thread. Special employee at the top of the new year snack set shelves, between the chibi figures of Caishen, god of wealth. 1/

About to put up #SpringFestival decorations and thought I'd share them. Build up our collection by getting some specific for each year and general ones. I got some fabulous ones for this year, both traditional and contemporary, pretty and cute. Check them out! #culture youtu.be/g_F_9bRIljs?...

I talked about this #Cdrama based on 关心则乱‘s wuxia novel when it was filming, it's about to premier! A story of enduring love caught in the cruelty and chaos of jianghu. Great posters of the main couple. Looking forward to giving this a try. #books

I've found an amazing stocking stuffer for the right person www.sayweee.com/en/product/W...

I’m reading Sinophagia an anthology of Chinese Horror by Xueting C Ni and the horror stories are awesome and it’s making me crave Chinese food. Might have to go to Chinatown for dinner tonight. 😅

With grandma who "serves the god of the underworld himself", could this heroine be...the granddaughter of Meng Po? 🤓 (eternal soup maker, guardian of the last gate). I mean, her name's Meng Wu. Exciting Amber Chen duology coming soon. #books #fantasy #sff www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/786093...

Happy Xiao Nian or Little #NewYear! This is when you prepare for the big one. Today, I'm starting the #LEGO #SpringFestival Galloping Horses Canvas set, which has lots of interesting cultural details that I'll be telling you about as we go along. Let's get building! #culture youtu.be/VxQKD9_0cNk?...

Dimanche 15 février 16h au cinéma Le Melies, il y aura Eighteen Springs de Ann Hui. Et le visuel choisi est Leon Lai 😄

Upcoming film #Sandiwara, directed by Sean Baker and starring #MichelleYeoh, releases teaser trailer. In cinemas on February 20th. youtu.be/B4B40JgwlIc?...

And here's the BSFA longlisted essay that my editor @danhartland.bsky.social and I laboured over: Strange Horizons - Collective Dreaming: The Schrödinger’s Cat Approach to Framing Futures By Jacqueline Nyathi strangehorizons.com/wordpress/no...

Happy Xiao Nian or Little #NewYear! This is when you prepare for the big one. Today, I'm starting the #LEGO #SpringFestival Galloping Horses Canvas set, which has lots of interesting cultural details that I'll be telling you about as we go along. Let's get building! #culture youtu.be/VxQKD9_0cNk?...

Very happy for you! The year after I handed in my essay on Chinese web novels, it felt momentous for them to start acquiring Chinese SFF. I'm glad Seven Seas have expanded their output a little, we need other publishers to have a variety. Have you come across @rosmei.bsky.social ?

I'm very glad the environment's more receptive now so multicultural creators don't feel they have to explain their cultures (Western ones usually don't), it’s certainly inspired my own editing, because to Chinese and diaspora audiences these are familiar beings. It’s great that you look things up!

I've talked about chachong, #tea pets that go on your tray alongside the utensils. There's a new kind of tea-related pet trending in China, chajun, molds (from retailed bottles opened and left to nature). They breathe, grow and are super low maintenance. This one here's even had a name, Tubby. 1/

To say I just discovered 胡偉立 Wai Lap Wu's #music wouldn't be accurate, I've known it for ages, just realised they were all by the same brilliant composer, God of Gamblers, Big Trouble in Little China, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, OUATIC , Heroic Trio and more! #film open.spotify.com/artist/5nG1e...

A lovely little thread about Jentry, which is: ✅ Still on Netflix ✅ Up for THREE Emmy Awards next month, including for Directing and Writing 😎 ✅ A really very good series if I do say so myself, so go and watch it plz

Check this out!

Xueting's Pop Culture Digest takes a look at Jentry Chau V.s the Underworld, which I spotlighted before it came out, and finally had a chance to see. It's harder to post about works that are superb, there's so much to say. I’m very impressed with how much this high school show leans into horror. 1/

Tomorrow! Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrY...

Chatting with the fabulous @thousandeyespod.bsky.social on their live stream about Sinophagia, my Chinese horror anthology, Sunday 8th Feb, 4pm GMT/ 11am ET. Join us! #books #sff

Starting a hesuipian (Chinese new year movie) thread, I've talked about Han Yan's #scifi #film 星河入梦 Per Aspera Ad Astra before, it's marketed as a "thriller made for young people" (shame it hasn't got an English title to match this energy). The premise isn't bad 1/

Welcome to the 2nd #packopening of Wuhuang his Catjesty's spring outing! This one's just as packed with new cat characters, we've also got quite a few new cards of Wuhuang in all his glory, and of the strange yet comical Niuneng. Join me! #cats #collectorcards #popculture youtu.be/XOKlxOqrLl4?...

Thrilled my article on the contributions of female writers to the #Wuxia genre (published recently in ArtReview's magagzine) is now on their website. The work of women writers and gender rep has been a major part of my research, which I hope to put in the upcoming book! artreview.com/there-is-no-...

It's Lichun, the first of 24 seasons in the traditional Chinese calendar, the beginnings of Spring. This is when we hear the twitter of sparrows...🥁🥁🥁 It's a great pleasure to reveal the covers of this new book, all about #Mahjong, co-written with the excellent @macula.bsky.social #books #game

It's Lichun, the first of 24 seasons in the traditional Chinese calendar, the beginnings of Spring. This is when we hear the twitter of sparrows...🥁🥁🥁 It's a great pleasure to reveal the covers of this new book, all about #Mahjong, co-written with the excellent @macula.bsky.social #books #game

Just based on this cover alone, I really need this to be translated asap

Came across this while researching my Chinese horror lecture a couple of years ago, Strange Legends of the Desert by Ni Nan Gai, silk punk procedural mystery. Wonderful to see the current popularity of strange tales, and new, different ones being written. #books #sff

Xueting's #PopCulture Digest takes a look at 女王的游戏，Road to Empress, a recently launched game that's gained a high profile. It lets the player interact with the narrative as Wu Zhao, a young woman who enters the Tang imperial palace, and (to some extent) choose their path to becoming Wu Zetian. 1/

We have a special brunch o’ clock #WineOnAnEmptyStomach book club, featuring @xuetingni.bsky.social! Sinophagia: A Celebration of Chinese Horror www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATrY... Sunday Feb 8 11AM ET, we’ll be diving into The Waking Dream by Fan Zhou and The Death of Nala by Gu Shi

Gay people living in my phone, I feel like this might be relevant to your interests

Speaking female sleuths, recent #Cdrama 心灵迷雾 Lies Never Lie, featuring a pair of queer-coded crime-busting female leads, a psychologist and a police inspector. Need I say more. (For the Jin Yong fans, the psychologist's name is 李莫愁 Li Mochou😁). #crimefiction

It was lovely meeting Fiona, who kindly gifted me with a copy of her novel, at the Queer Girl's Book Club last night. Love Victorian fiction/ settings. We've some brilliant women crime writers, there just aren't enough female sleuths, esp POC and queer ones. Can't wait to read Smoke & Silk. #books

Oh no! I think it was probably black tea or pu'er which Yunnan produces a lot of locally, yes they're very strong and probably not for drinking at night. Also remember to eat to keep your blood sugar level, if you drink a lot of either of these types 😊

Yes definitely, 108 occurs a lot in Chinese structures and storytelling, e.g. the 108 heroes of Water Margin it's a highly significant number in Buddhist belief, Daoist mythical astrology and things like traditional architecture.

One of my absolutely favorite anthologies from the last few years. Incredible work by the authors and @xuetingni.bsky.social as editor and anthologist!

It's getting near 'China Visibility Month' when everyone wants to know about Chinese #culture, more from me leading up to Spring Festival. Sharing something else special with you today, from a company who've sent me another (bigger) box... #unboxing #internationallegoday #cny youtu.be/Y_mJYmF-T5U

Been doing some marinating before starting on the next piece of Chinese #SFF translation.

Not that I'm expecting anything, but here goes. #nominations #awards

Happy #laba festival, the last season of the lunar year. That famous congee comes from Buddhism, but also the folk custom of using up all your left-overs. I was treated to lovely homemade laba congee today - rice, chick peas, red dates, lotus seeds, white fungus, goji berries, ginger and peanuts.

Chinese culinary traditions are woven into the social fabric, so I I'd always urge you to read about them from Sinophone authors. Sichuanese-American influencer Vivian Aronson's lovely book. Though marketed on wellness, these are tasty, popular dishes, being healthy's a holistic part of our cuisine.

Cover reveal, coming very soon! #books

A timely reminder of the wonders of international cultural and economic exchange, giant buddha statue by Tuan Andrew Nguyen in New York, modelled after one of the Bamiyan Buddhas. 1/ www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

We weren't hugely impressed with the donghua adaptation of Xu Xianzhe's wuxia manhua Blades of the Guardians 镖人, but now Yuen Woo-Ping's made a #film, so we can be sure of one thing, the choreography will be amazing.

You can say what you want about #DarthMaul, but at least he understands proper #tea pouring etiquette.

As per votes on here and Insta, Wuhuang won over Fox Spirit Matchmaker, so boss cat cards it is! Join me in opening this box based on Baicha's hit #manhua about His Catjesty, Bazhahei the pug, and their human (a.k.a. "My Cat Hates Me"). #collectorcards #popculture #cats #comics youtu.be/KkQZvJc3R6Y

Please extend a warm welcome to Ki’s newest client. @xuetingni.bsky.social is an editor, translator and cultural commentator bringing Chinese speculative fiction to the anglophone world. Xueting is represented by @knifewitch.bsky.social. Read more: www.ki-agency.co.uk/post/xueting...

A bit of Eastern mysticism and Chinese atmospheric dark folk metal for you on this dreary Thursday, the collaborative album Triple Spell 三重咒. #music pestproductions.bandcamp.com/album/triple...

Shen Chiang's 1975 #film 女捕快 Lady of the Law recently got a Bluray release, featuring a "crime-busting super swordswoman", as a bukuai, an official in ancient China whose job it was to arrest or track down criminals. You may have come across it in my translation of Immortal Beauty.

📚 BOOK DESIGN TESTIMONIAL 📚 Super grateful to @slrowland.com for bringing me on to design/format the interiors of his gorgeous Tales of Aedrea deluxe editions. Thank you for the trust and the kind words, brother. HIRE ME for your next book project: adrianmgibson.com/book-design

🍄 MY 2026 ROAD MAP 🍄 What do I have planned for 2026? The Book of Spores production/fulfillment, A Murder Most Fungal novella, Dragonsteel Nexus and more, including some secret projects! This is very much a vibe check, so not everything is set in stone, but take a look below to see all my plans.