

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Literary Translation: A Talk with Tony Hao
- **Event Start and End Date**: Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Event Description**: Admission: FREE

What is translation? Why does a good translation matter? What makes a translation literary (not literal)? What makes literary translation a work of art? Join us at Tunnel Books, where Catamount Arts’ 560 Railroad Community Artist Tony Hao will share his origin story as a Chinese-to-English literary translator. He has translated the work of several writers, including Taiwanese novelist Ton Wei-Ger 童偉格, Chinese essayist and poet Xiao Hai 小海, Taiwanese transgender poet and writer Liu Chen-Chun 劉宸君, and Chinese short story writer Ban Yu 班宇. His works have appeared in Granta, The Georgia Review, and elsewhere. His debut book-length translation Adrift in the South, a memoir by Chinese worker-poet Xiao Hai 小海, is forthcoming in May 2026. His work has been recognized by the Granum Foundation Translation Prize, Art Omi Writers: Translation Lab, the Vermont Studio Center, and others.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/st-johnsbury/literary-translation-a-talk-with-tony-hao/200029571966046
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
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## Event venue details

- **city**: St Johnsbury
- **state**: VT
- **country**: United States
- **location**: 560 Railroad St, St Johnsbury, VT 05819-1705, United States
- **lat**: 44.42054
- **long**: -72.01491
- **full address**: 560 Railroad St, St Johnsbury, VT 05819-1705, United States

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- **organizer**: Catamount Film and Arts (https://allevents.in/org/catamount-film-and-arts/25995268)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Fri, 30 Jan, 2026 at 06:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** 560 Railroad St, St Johnsbury, VT 05819-1705, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Catamount Film and Arts
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Literary Translation: A Talk with Tony Hao ?
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