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The Founder: XINRAN

Xinran was born in Beijing in 1958 and was a successful journalist and radio presenter

in China. In 1997 she moved to London where she began work on her seminal book

about Chinese women's lives The Good Women of China. Xinran now has a regular

column in the Guardian.

 


 
 

Date (From-To)

Date

Country/city

Media

 

20/May/2002-16/Jul/2002

20/May/2002

London

The guardian Profile

   

6/Jun/2002

London

The guardian Profile

   

19/Jun/2002

London

Weekend News BBC Radio Five

   

20/Jun/2002

London

Weekend News BBC Radio Five

   

24/Jun/2002

London

Robert Elms Show BBC London Live

Lisa I’Anson Show BBC London Live

World Today

BBC World Service

   

25/Jun/2002

London

Outlook BBC World Service

   

26/Jun/2002

London

Woman’s Hour Radio 4

Sunday Telepraph

   

27/Jun/2002

London

Times

   

30/Jun/2002

London

Mailon Sunday

Sunday Telegraph

   

2/Jul/2002

London

World Today BBC World Service

   

3/Jul/2002

London

China Real BBC World Service

Lisa I’Anson Show BBC London Live Interview

   

4/Jul/2002

London

Outlook BBC World Service Interview

   

9/Jul/2002

London

Woman’ Hour Radio 4

Book Singing:

Selfridges, Aterstones, Borders, Foyles, Hatchards,  Book etc…

   

14/Jul/2002

London

The Guardian Profile

   

16/Jul/2002

London

“Chinese Women’s Voices” at the Great Britian-China Centre

 

19/Aug/2002-23/Aug/2002

22/Aug/2002

New Zealand /Auckland

NEWSTALK ZB

Fox Gold FM

Plains FM/Radio National Bookmarks

Radio RDU/Laura Borrowdale

Coromandel FM/Dianne Skudder

Whitcoulls In-House Video

Event Women’s Books shop

   

23/Aug/2002

New Zealand /Auckland

Fresh FM

TVNZ

Access Radio

NEWSTALK ZB

Radio Works Dunedin

National Radio/Nine to Noon

Radio One / Dunedin

PLANET FM

Sunday Star Times

 

24/Aug/2002--25/Aug2002

24/Aug/2002

Australasian /Melbourne

Melbourne Writer’s Festival

MWF Session-Writing the Asian Woman

MWF Session-Facing East

MWF Session-Anywhere But Here

   

25/Aug/2002

Australasian /Melbourne

MWF Session-State Secrets

 

26/Aug/2002—29/Aug/2002

26/Aug/2002

Australasian /Sydney

Stanton Library

SBS Radio Chinese program

Mosman Library

   

27/Aug/2002

Australasian /Sydney

Life Matters on Radio National

ABC Radio 612 Brisbane

ABC Radio Northern Territory

ABC Radio 666 Canberra

In conversation with LINDA jAIVIN

   

28/Aug/2002

Australasian /Sydney

The Brisbane News

Radio 4BC

Mary Ryan’s Bookshop Talk

 

29/Aug/2002-2/Sep/2002

30/Aug/2002

Singapore

Harpers Bazaar magazine

Channel News Asia In Conversation

Today (daily paper)

Lifestyle (magazine)

Radio Singapore International

MediaCorp Chinese News

Her World (magazine)

FM 97.2 (Chinese)

Newsradio 93.8

Elle magazine

   

31/Aug/2002

Singapore                

Malaysian daily

The Business Times (Print )

The Star (Malaysian Daily)

Kinokuniya, Ngee Ann City (Bookstore Apparance)

Times, Centrepoint  (Bookstore Apparance)

Borders (Bookstore Apparance)

Popular (Bookstore Apparance)               

New Straits Times (Malaysian daily)

 

2/Sep/2002-4/Sep/2002

3/Sep/2002

Hong Kong

RTHK radio station “Back Chat” radio programme

The South China Morning Post

   

4/Sep/2002

Hong Kong

ABC TV FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT

 

24/Oct/2002-4/Nov/2002

26/Oct/2002

America/New York

China Institute

   

28/Oct/2002

America/New York

Asian Week

WBAI-FM “City in Exile”

WNYC AM/FM “The Leonard Lopate Show”

China Institute

   

29/Oct/2002

America/Washington DC

WAMU/FM “The Diane Rehm Show”

MetroNetworks “Eye on Books”

Barnes& Noble

   

30/Oct/2002

America/New York

Barnes&Noble

   

1/Nov/2002

America/Seattle

Literary New

CRS PRODUCTIONS “The Dick Staub Show”

Elliott Bay Book Co

   

2/Nov/2002

American/San Francisco

Cody’s Books

   

4/Nov/2002

American/San Francisco

KQED FM (NPR) “Forum”

KQED FM (Pacifica) “Morning Show”

KQED FM (NPR) “Pacific Time”

Mechanics Institute

 

5/Nov/2002-8/Nov/2002 

5/Nov/2002

Canada

CTV/Vicki Gabereau Show

Vancouver Sun

Rogers Cable

Vaucouver Public Library (Reading)

   

7/Nov/2002

Canada

CBC Radio/Sunday Edition

TVO/Gregg & Company

Sing Tao Daily

Karin Chen/Ming Pao

Newsworld/Hot Type (national)

CBC Radio/Sunday Edition (national)

CBC Radio/Here and Now (live radio)

Bookbits

   

8/Nov/2002

Canada

TVO/Imprint

Bookbits/Craig Rintoul /Random House

Judy Stoffman/Toronto Star/ Random House

 

2/Dec/2002--4/Dec/2002

2/Dec/2002

Italian Roma

Radio 3 Mondo

Radio Citta’Futura

Blusat (TV)

IL Secolo Xix

Telepace (TV)

Giliola Chiste

Rai 3 Punto Donna

Avvenire

IL Giornale

La Stampa

Famiglia Cristiana

La 7- Tribu

IL Sicomoro

Farenheit

IL Tempo

Radio Capital

Liberazione

Radiomeridiaino

IL Messaggero

Repubblica

IL Mattino

IL Manifesto

L’Unita

Duemila Retequattro

   

3/Dec/2002

Italian Roma

Unomattina

Giornale Radio Rai

Rai New 24

TG1

TG3

TG2

INN

LA 7 IL Sogno Dell’angelo

Baobab notizie in corso

Radio 2 IL Cammello

   

4/Dec/2002

Italian Roma

Radio 2 IL Libro oggetto

 

2/Mar/2003   

 

Italian Roma

National Newpapers…National TV

 

4/Mar/2003-7/Mar/2003

 

Spain Madrid Barcelona

National Radio, TV, Newspapers…

 

8/Mar/2003

 

U.K

Bath Literature Festival

 

11-12/Mar/2003

 

Sweden/Stockholm

11 National Radio, TV, Newspapers…

(sorry, I can’t remember which one is which one)

 

13/Mar/2003-14/Mar/2003

13/Mar/2003

Germany

1.Süddeutsche Zeitung

2.Deutschlandradio

3.Abendzeitung

   

14/Mar/2003

Germany

1.       Bayerischer Rundfunk

2.       Radio Feierwerk

 

15/Mar/2003

 

French

National Radio, Newspapers…Magazines

 

22/Mar/2003-25/Mar/2003

 

Portugal

National Radio, TV, Newspapers…Magazines

 

28/Apr/2003-30/Apr/2003

 

Norway

National Radio, TV, Newspapers…

 

28/Apr/2003—30/Apr/2003

28/Apr/2003

Norway Oslo

1.Aftenposten / Ragnhild Plesner

2.VG/Sølvi Wærhaug

3.ARK

   

29/Apr/2003

Norway Oslo

1.Klassekampen/Marte Eilesen

2.Vårt Land/Gunhild Lervåg

3.Dagsavisen/ Turid Larsen

4.NRK/Wok Radiorecording/Vera Kvaal

5.Tanum Karl Johan

 

2/May/2003—4/May/2003

 

France Paris

Writers and Readers

 

14/May/2003

 

London

Hatshards,

 

23/May/2003—25/May/2003

 

France Montpellier

Association “La comedie du Livre”

 

7/Jun/2003

 

U.K

Oxford University

 

8/Jun/2003-9/Jun/2003

8/Jun/2003

Dublin

Jackie Clune Show BBC London 94.9FM -TBC

   

9/Jun/2003

Dublin

1.LIVE RTE RADIO

2.SUNDAY INDEPENDENT

3.IRISH EXAMINER

4.THE LAST WORD ON TODAY FM

5. National Radio

 

10/Jun/2003-1/July/2003

10/Jun/2003

London

Radio London News

BBC LEEDS

BBC SHROPSHIRE

BBC YORK

PRIMETIME

BBC H&W

BBC BERKSHIRE

BBC SCOTLAND

BBC LANCASHIRE

BFBS

BBC SHEFFIELD

BBC SWINDON

BBC DERBY

BBC WORLD SERVICE

BBC LONDON 94.9

LBC 97.3

   

12/Jun/2003

London

Oneword Digital Radio

   

13/Jun/2003

London

LBC Radio Camden

   

19/Jun/2003

London

Sadie Nine Show BBC London 94.9FM

   

24/Jun/2003

London

The Lady

   

1/July/2003

Spain

Universidad Complutense de Madrid Summer Course “Gender Violance:.

Xinran’s lecture

 

14/Jul/2003

 

U.K

Dartingtong festival Reading Group Day at Ways With Words

 

16/Jul/2003-4/Aug/2003

 

France

 
 

12/Aug/2003-14/Aug/2003

12/Aug/2003

Germany

1.Uwe-Jens Schumann, Journal für die Frau

2.Christiane Weixler, Münchener Wochenblatt / Samstagsblatt

 

7/Oct/2003

 

Germany/Munich

Reading Club, University speech

 

9/Oct/2003-10/Oct/2003

 

Frankfurt

Writers of the year

 

10/Oct/2003-19/Oct/2003

 

U.K

Cheltenham Festival-Dates TBC by Vintage

 

22/Oct.2003-24/Oct/2003

22/Oct/2003

Finland/Helsinki

Tammi publisher

   

23/Oct/2003

Finland/Helsinki

Finnish Bradcasting Company, Culture Program in Radio

Newsreporter from MTV3

National Radio

ANNA women’s magazine

Kivi-auditorio

   

23/Oct/2003

Finland/Helsink

Finnish Broadcasting Company

Finnish-swedish tv

 

28/Oct/2003-1/Nov/2003

29/Oct/2003

Iceland

DV-Helgarblasis

DV-Newspaper

   

30/Oct/2003

Iceland

literature at Lake of the Front theater

   

31/Oct/2003

 

Exclusive jeep trip

National TV record during booksign at Eymundsson bookstore

 

29/Nov/2003

29/Nov/2003

Germany

Mr.Frank Elstner show(people of the week)

 

2/Dec/2003-4/Dec/2003

2/Dec/2003

Denmark/Copenhagen

Danish Broadcast radio

   

3/Dec/2003

Denmark/Copenhagen

Newspaper Jyllands-Posten

Newspaper-nation-wide coverage

Danish Broadcast radio

Copenhagen University

 

4/Jan/2004-23/Feb/2004

4/Jan /2004

London

Marrine (France) Magazine (for China)

Lady (Magazine)

   

5/Jan/2004

London

Torotto (Canada)

   

6/Jan/2004

London

USA. University pss

BBC world News

   

8/Jan/2004

London

BBC4

   

12/Jan/2004

London

London university SOAS

Angelina (magazine)

   

14/Jan/2004

London

BBC2

   

15/Jan/2004

London

Good enough college

   

27/Jan/2004

U.K

Cambridge

   

30/Jan/2004

London

Royal Holloway College, University of London

   

3/Feb/2004

London

British Library

   

5/Feb/2004

London

BBC Radio 5

   

6-10/Feb/2004

London

BBC Radio 2,3,4,5 and TV 2,4 (20 Chinese death)

   

10/Feb/2004

London

BBC world TV

   

18/Feb/2004

London

Talk in reading clubs

   

23/Feb/2004

London

France national paper (4 pages)

 

27/Feb/2004-1/Mar/2004

27/Feb/2004

Armsterdam/ Holand

RH Group Congress (six in menu/ list)

 

1-20/ Mar/2004

04/Mar/2004

London

Brazil TV (hour)

   

08/Mar/2004

London

talk in reading club

 

20-23/ Mar/2004

20/ Mar/2004

France/Paris

France/Paris China Year

Editions Philippe Picquier stand (Salon) for dedicaces Franconville library

Talk, dedicaces, cocktail at the library

   

21 /03/2004

France/Paris

Edition Philippe Picquier stand (Salon) for dedicaces

   

22/03/2004

France/Paris

Edition Philippe Picquier stand (Salon) for dedicaces

Maison de la Chine - Talk, dedicaces

 

25/Mar/2004

 

London

Chengdu TV

 

26-29/Mar/2004

 

France/Praise

Bernard Cornwell

 

16-30/Apr/2004

 

China

open eyes to china today

 

19-21 /May/ 2004

20/May/2004

Spain/Barcelona

World Forum of Cultures Barcelona 2004

Power and Ethics in the 21st Century

 

22/May/2004

22/May/2004

London

The photographers’ Gallery talk

   

2/Jun

London

Random House to sign stock

   

3/Jun

London

The Sunday Herald Magazine

   

8/Jun

London

The South China Morning Post

   

9/Jun

London

Mette Broendum ,Danish womens pss

   

24/Jun

U.K

Borders Bristol

   

25/Jun

London

Woman’s Hour 09.30am until 10.40am (Broadcasting House)

   

27/Jun

London

BBC London Word for Word

   

28/Jun

London

BBC Late Night -Joanne Good Show, Late Night

   

30/Jun

London

BBC World Service-Everywoman

   

1/Jul

London

Sky Burial Dinner at The Princess Garden of

Mayfair

   

4/Jul

London

BBC London Word for Word

   

5/Jul

London

Evening Standard

   

12/Jul

London

Siobhan Hogan from Dublin’s Newstalk 106

TNT Magazine

   

13/Jul

London

BBC London Robert Elms Show

   

14/Jul

U.K

Ways with Words Festival in Dartington

   

17/Jul

London

Review in Daily Telegraph

   

18/Jul

London

Review in YOU Magazine

   

22/Jul

London

BBC Radio 5 Live Simon Mayo Show

   

19-23/July

London

R4 Book of the Week five 15 minute installments

   

16-18/Aug

Singapore

Singapore

   

19-22/Aug

Melbourne

Melbourne Writer’s Festival

   

23/Aug

Sydney/Australian

Sydney for media and PR

   

24/Aug

New Zealand

Brisbane for media and PR, Auckland, Wellington

   

10/Sep

China (HongKong/Shanghai)

 
   

23/Sep

U.K

Borders Bristol

   

26/Sep-20/Oct

U.K

Durham Festival

   

29/Sep

U.K

Ottakar’s Wells

   

12/Oct

U.K

Durham Festival

 
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