Linda Jaivin

Linda Jaivin
Linda Jaivin is an author and translator of Chinese. Her books include Eat Me, The Infernal Optimist and A Most Immoral Woman. Her most recent works are the novel The Empress Lover and the Quarterly Essay ‘Found in Translation’.

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April 1, 2018

Tutu Bob of Kings Cross

Society

A local tour guide proves there is still plenty of life in the Cross

October 1, 2015

‘Between the World and Me’ by Ta-Nehisi Coates

Culture

Text; $27.99

Image of poster in Beijing of President Xi Jinping

December 1, 2017

The new era

Politics

Ready or not, China is here

June 1, 2015

‘Smoke Gets in Your Eyes’ by Caitlin Doughty

Culture

A&U Canongate; $27.99

June 1, 2015

Psychoceramics

Politics

Australian universities need US-style funding, not US-style fees

December 1, 2014

The share market

Economics

Does the future belong to “sharing economy” companies like Uber and Airbnb?

Mass murderer Anders Breivik on trial. © Frank Augstein / AP

August 1, 2014

The rising tide of narcissism

Anne Manne’s ‘The Life of I’ takes aim at a modern epidemic

A postcard showing the interior of Stateville Correctional Centre, Illinois, modelled on Bentham’s Panopticon. Courtesy of Alex Wellerstein

June 1, 2014

The end of secrets

Culture

Privacy is fast becoming a quaint old-fashioned thing

The islands Japan calls Senkaku and China calls Diaoyu. © Kyodo / Reuters

February 1, 2014

Japan, China, Senkaku, Diaoyu

China

Why is Australia taking sides in the East China Sea?

December 9, 2013

Found in translation

blog

When reading in one’s own language, it’s not unusual to come across a word or phrase that is difficult to decipher, even in context: twerking, for example. The reader can just venture a guess (or go to YouTube) and move on. The translator has no …