Discover the fascinating stories and characters behind this iconic district and gain a whole new perspective on London’s Chinatown! Our trained volunteer History Champions can’t wait to take you on a journey through this area’s complex, nuanced and fascinating evolution.

Did you know that the site of today’s Chinatown was converted into hunting grounds by Henry VIII in Tudor England? Or that Ronnie Scott’s world-famous jazz club started in Gerrard Street? Where are the oldest establish...

• Discover the fascinating stories and characters behind this iconic district and gain a whole new perspective on London’s Chinatown! Our trained volunteer History Champions can’t wait to take you on a journey through this area’s complex, nuanced and fascinating evolution.

Did you know that the site of today’s Chinatown was converted into hunting grounds by Henry VIII in Tudor England? Or that Ronnie Scott’s world-famous jazz club started in Gerrard Street? Where are the oldest establi...

Discover the fascinating stories and characters behind this iconic district and gain a whole new perspective on London’s Chinatown! Our trained volunteer History Champions can’t wait to take you on a journey through this area’s complex, nuanced and fascinating evolution.

Did you know that the site of today’s Chinatown was converted into hunting grounds by Henry VIII in Tudor England? Or that Ronnie Scott’s world-famous jazz club started in Gerrard Street? Where are the oldest establish...

Discover the fascinating stories and characters behind this iconic district and gain a whole new perspective on London’s Chinatown! Our trained volunteer History Champions can’t wait to take you on a journey through this area’s complex, nuanced and fascinating evolution.

Did you know that the site of today’s Chinatown was converted into hunting grounds by Henry VIII in Tudor England? Or that Ronnie Scott’s world-famous jazz club started in Gerrard Street? Where are the oldest establish...

Discover the fascinating stories and characters behind this iconic district and gain a whole new perspective on London’s Chinatown! Our trained volunteer History Champions can’t wait to take you on a journey through this area’s complex, nuanced and fascinating evolution.

Did you know that the site of today’s Chinatown was converted into hunting grounds by Henry VIII in Tudor England? Or that Ronnie Scott’s world-famous jazz club started in Gerrard Street? Where are the oldest establish...

Chinese Write Now Festival 2022 runs from May-July with regular events, activities and workshops available for in person audiences in London and Nottingham and online audiences wherever they may be!

This is the third edition of the successful China in Context programme. The new name reflects the expanding scope of our programme, which celebrates writers and contemporary Chinese culture through writing. This year’s festival will highlight both new and acclaimed talent and bring people to...

An opportunity to learn some Chinese characters and try your hand at the ancient art of calligraphy using specially prepared paper and water rather than ink.

Join writers, artists and performers for a family-friendly afternoon of workshops which share diverse elements of contemporary Chinese culture.

There will be three in-person sessions at China Exchange on July 17

13:15 – 14:00  Tickets can be purchased here 

14:15 – 15:00 Tickets can be purchased here

15:15 – 16:00 Ticket...

Join writers, artists and performers for a family-friendly afternoon of workshops which share diverse elements of contemporary Chinese culture.

Design and write a postcard following a series of writing prompts. Session available in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

There will be three in-person sessions at China Exchange on July 17

13:30 – 2:15 Tickets can be purchased here

2:45 – 3.30 Tickets can be purchased here

16:00 – 16:45 Tickets can be purchased here

Spend an evening with Costa prize winning writer Hannah Lowe and hear her in conversation ahead of the publication of her two latest works, Old Friends and Rock, Bird, Butterfly! 

A faded memory of an East End Chinese restaurant galvanises Hannah Lowe’s exploration of Limehouse, the site of London’s first Chinatown – a place far larger in the public imagination than the few streets that once homed foreign seamen. The poems in this chapbook ask what can be found between census figures and ...

This event can be joined both in-person at China Exchange or virtually via Zoom.

Tickets can be purchased for the in-person event are HERE, and virtually HERE.

Join Dr Frances Wood for an in-person audience in London as she interviews acclaimed author Su Tong 蘇童 as he joins the event virtually from China.

Su Tong 蘇童 is one of China’s most acclaimed writers. His representative works include Raise the Red Lantern 《大紅燈籠高高掛》, Rice《米》, My Life as Emperor 《我...

Discover the fascinating stories and characters behind this iconic district and gain a whole new perspective on London’s Chinatown! Our trained volunteer History Champions can’t wait to take you on a journey through this area’s complex, nuanced and fascinating evolution.

Did you know that the site of today’s Chinatown was converted into hunting grounds by Henry VIII in Tudor England? Or that Ronnie Scott’s world-famous jazz club started in Gerrard Street? Where are the oldest establish...