I spoke briefly about the Xinjiang camps on the BBC Today program. They got my name wrong. Oh well! You can listen here
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Xinjiang Camps ‘Legalised’
I spoke about the legalisation (and thus official acknowledgement of) the re-education camps in Xinjiang on the BBC last night. Segment begins at 24.49.
Review of Chasing the Chinese Dream in the TLS
Thanks to Amy Hawkins for a thorough, perceptive review of my book (alongside two others) in the TLS.
“It is always refreshing to read anything on China that takes the focus away from Beijing and Shanghai … Holdstock is at his best when detailing China’s rural to urban transformation.”
UCHANGE
I thought it was time to write a story that heavily features a goose.
My story, UCHANGE, is in the new issue of Banshee.
Free Rahile Dawut
I wrote about the disappearance of Rahile Dawut (pictured holding the camera), and hundreds of thousands of other people in Xinjiang, for the LRB Blog.
Collection
My first story collection ‘The False River’ will be out next year from Unthank Press.
Chinese edition of China’s Forgotten People
