Blog Tag - Spittoon

We Met in Beijing: Join Anthony Tao’s Poetry Book Launch (May 21)
Anthony Tao is no stranger to us here at the Beijinger, however for those readers who are unfamiliar, Tao is a Beijing-based poet and writer born in...
Join Zuo Fei for Her Book Launch Tomorrow (Feb 29)
Zuo Fei, or Sophie as she is known by her English name, wears many hats: essayist, poet, translator, writer and more. She has recently published her...
Poet Fenia G. On Her Book SPOUT Ahead of Book Launch Tomorrow (Dec 2)
Poet and spoken word artist Fenia G. will be holding her poetry book launch for SPOUT: A Poetry Memoir tomorrow (Dec 2) at Golden Weasel at 4pm. A...
Spittoon Turns Eight Plus Eighth Issue of Spittoon Literary Magazine Launched
It has been a long time coming but Spittoon Literary Magazine Issue Eight is here. Plus this year the magazine launch has been perfectly coordinated...
Join Poet Ed Steele’s Second Book Launch This Weekend (May 20)
Beijing-based Australian poet Ed Steele will be launching his second book, titled 24 SEASONS, this coming Saturday (May 20) at 4corners. Steele is a...
A Chat With Louis Dowling Ahead of his Poetry Book Launch on Oct 1
They say the third time's the charm, and fingers crossed this is the case for poet Louis Dowling’s poetry book launch, which has been rescheduled...
An Interview with New Spittoon Book Club Leader Sean Toland
The king is dead, long live the king! Now replace "king" with "Spittoon Book Club leader" and "dead" with "has departed China" and thus our story...
Book Recommendations From Some of Beijing’s Resident Bookworms
With recent reports of many communities no longer allowing waimai and deliveries to enter (you've gotta treck to the gate to get anything) it looks...
Join This American Playwright on an Onstage Healing Journey
American expat James Holt used to be a theatre kid, and luckily for us he never got it out of his system. Best known for his larger-than-life persona...
Spittoon Collective Sends Off 2021 with Fiction Fest
Time sure flies when you’re having fun, and good, literary fun is something we can expect on a regular basis from Spittoon Collective. Look where...
Beijing Lights: What are we busy for?
This post is part of an ongoing series by the Spittoon Collective that aims to share some of the voices that make up Beijing’s 21.7 million humans....
Beijing Lights: Every Day a New Yearning for Life
This post is part of an ongoing series by the Spittoon Collective that aims to share some of the voices that make up Beijing’s 21.7 million humans....
Ivan Stacy Talks Spittoon U Launch and Postwar Fiction
In the short space of six years, the Spittoon Collective has grown from the hosting of small poetry nights in the Beijing hutongs, to being a truly...
Beijing Lights: I Gave My Youth to This City
This post is part of an ongoing series by the Spittoon Collective that aims to share some of the voices that make up Beijing’s 21.7 million humans....
Spittoon Presents: Wooden Shutters From Issue 7
Spittoon Presents: A cinematic disposition threads through the poems of Zhu Yiye, a lilting litany of images possessive of their own sensations....