Spot.light

Shining a light on talented East and South East Asian voices in Britain and exploring important topics among our communities.

Peiwen Tian 12/9/21 Peiwen Tian 12/9/21

Possibility models, new connections and held reflections: Looking back on ESEA Heritage Month 2021

Peiwen Tian 11/12/21 Peiwen Tian 11/12/21

How they see us: ‘Chinese girls’ on Quora

How are Chinese girls being perceived by others? Yang Ziwei did a search on Quora

Karlie Wu 4/25/21 Karlie Wu 4/25/21

Interview with Julie Ma, author of Happy Families

We interviewed Welsh-Born Chinese author, Julie Ma, to chat about her upbringing and her debut novel, Happy Families, which won the Richard & Judy Search for a Bestseller 2020.

Karlie Wu 12/14/20 Karlie Wu 12/14/20

Sinophobia, Pt. 1: The Unspoken Virus

The first installment in a four-part series, multidisciplinary playwright, actor, spoken-word poet and Mandarin translator Enxi Chang 常恩悉 explores the increased prevalence of Sinophobia, and Western society’s reluctance to admit it.

Mai-anh Peterson 11/15/20 Mai-anh Peterson 11/15/20

The politics of being Chinese

Vy-liam Ng explores the relationship between politics, ethnic identity and xenophobia in the current global climate.