Judy An, Ada Jiang and Leicia Petersen in Conversation

Join us in Rhodes this July for a special Mandarin-language author talk with recent winners of the 2nd World Chinese Literature Award, Judy An and Ada Jiang, and writer and photographer Leicia Petersen.

欢迎参加Rhodes图书馆的7月特别活动， 2023年第二届世界华人文学奖的两位获奖作家，安菁和姜立涵，以及作家和摄影师立夏女士，与你现场交流。

 

Judy An, known as Jingnian Lee, is a writer living in Australia. She is a Member of the Queensland Chinese Writers Association Australia, and an overseas lifetime member of the Canadian Women Writers Association, as well as contracted author for multiple platforms.

Her major works include novels such as Dianmen under the Night, Dawn's Gentle Awakening and Grandma in her Forties. Among them, Grandma in her Forties received sponsorship from the Nanming Publishing Fund in 2022 and was the only award-winning fictional work of that year, as well as the winner of the 2nd World Chinese Literature Award - Fiction Award (2023).

Her writing style is simple yet delicate, and excels at capturing the highlights of ordinary life. She works exhibit diverse styles and cover a wide range of subjects, with particular emphasis on the survival status of immigrant communities and the conflicts and integrations between culture, religion, and social structures in the face of tradition and change.

本名安菁，旅澳作家。澳大利亚昆士兰州华文作家协会分会理事会成员、加拿大女作家协会海外终身会员，同时为多平台签约作者。主要作品包括长篇小说《夜幕下的地安门》、《晨光微启》、《潘多拉手环》等。其中，《潘多拉手环》荣获2022年度南溟出版基金赞助，是当年唯一一部获奖的虚构类作品，并获得“第二届世界华人文学奖 · 小说奖（2023年度）”。

行文朴素，笔法细腻，善于捕捉平凡人生的闪光点。作品风格多变，题材涉猎广泛，尤其关注移民群体的生存现状，文化、宗教、社会形态等在传统与变革中的冲突与融合。

 

Ada Jiang is a professional investor and bestselling author.

She has studied and worked in Sheffield, Hong Kong, Beijing, and other places. As an experienced professional, she has worked for large institutions such as King & Wood Mallesons, Merrill Lynch for many years, and has also established and operated her own private equity fund in China. She currently resides in Sydney.

As a renowned author, Ms. Jiang has published realistic novels such as A Tale of the CBD (Writer's Publishing House), Big City, Small Room (Writer's Publishing House), The Long Return of Her (CITIC Publishing Group), as well as financial science book Funny Money (China Publishing Group). She has published over a million words in various works. Her works have consistently appeared on the WeChat Reading Ranking Lists such as Overall Top 200, Rising Top 200, and Fiction Top 50, receiving rave reviews.

The thirty-six-episode TV series Along the Sunlight Road, adapted from her novel Big City Small Room, is produced by Youku. It is highlighted promotional TV series for Beijing TV and China Dragon TV in 2023 and has won the 2nd World Chinese Film and Television Literary Award.

姜女士曾求学于谢菲尔德、香港、北京等地，先后任职于金杜律师事务所、美林证券等大型机构，创立并运营房地产基金及PE基金，在北京生活工作十余年，现居悉尼。

已出版现实主义长篇小说《CBD风流志：卿城》（作家出版社），《大城小室》（作家出版社），《妈妈的复出》（中信出版集团），以及金融科普读物《有趣的金钱》（中国出版集团），累计发表出版各类作品百余万字。其作品先后荣登微信读书排行榜“总榜TOP200”，“飙升榜TOP200”，“小说榜TOP50”等榜单，好评如潮。

根据其小说《大城小室》改编的三十六集电视连续剧《一路朝阳》，由优酷影业和华策影视联合拍摄制作，为北京卫视、东方卫视2023年重点推广剧目，并荣获“第二届世界华人影视文学奖”。

 

Born in Southwest China and now residing in Northern Beaches in Sydney, Leicia Petersen is an established writer and photographer with two books on parenting published in China and photo exhibitions held in Hannover Germany and Tokyo Japan. Her latest publication is Stories of Australian Flowers and Birds (in Chinese).

立夏女士：作家、摄影家。出生于四川成都，现居悉尼。出版有两部亲子教育书籍《毕家妈妈育儿经》、《跟着直觉做母亲》，曾在日本东京和德国汉诺威举办摄影展。《澳洲花鸟手帖》为立夏女士最新作品。

 

Thank you to Blue Visions Book Club for coordinating this author talk and inviting the authors.

感谢蓝视野读书会组织邀请三位作家到场并协调此次活动。