Laszlo discusses historical novels with author, Janie Chang

The China History Podcast

Laszlo Montgomery

Places & Travel, Society & Culture, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 14 July 2024

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

It must have been three or four years ago that I started bouncing this idea off Janie about a discussion regarding historical fiction rooted in Chinese history. Janie, being a successful writer of this genre, was perfect to have this discussion. Today the historical fiction genre is quite substantial and new authors are publishing new content online and in print every day. Many of these novels are set against the backdrop of Chinese history (in China or Overseas). The way historical novelists present this history to life can be very engaging and relatable. I hope you enjoy this CHP Special episode as much as I did. This is such a huge topic to discuss Janie's list of books & Buy links at her website: https://janiechang.com/books/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JanieChangWriter | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/janiechang33/ TIME Magazine article: The Risky Journey That Saved One of China’s Greatest Literary Treasures: https://time.com/5852229/saving-chinese-encyclopedia/ RACE THE RISING SUN: A CHINESE UNIVERSITY’S EXODUS DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR by Chiao-Min Hsieh and Jean Kan Hsieh https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/race-the-rising-sun-chiao-min-hsieh/1123966361 or https://www.amazon.com/Race-Rising-Sun-Chinese-Universitys/dp/0761841482 TEACHING IN WARTIME CHINA: A PHOTO MEMOIR 1937 – 1939 by Edward Gulick: https://www.amazon.com/Teaching-Wartime-China-Photo-Memoir-1937-1939/dp/0870239120 Amitav Ghosh – Opium War Trilogy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibis_trilogy https://amitavghosh.com/ Lisa See Author Page -- https://lisasee.com/ Yangsze Choo -- https://yschoo.com/about/ Weina Dai Randel -- https://weinarandel.com/ Barry Hughart series -- https://www.fantasticfiction.com/h/barry-hughart/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Greetings all CHP listeners across the universe.
0:03.2	Las La Montgomery here.
0:04.9	Today I have another episodeio E. Specio for you.
0:08.4	This one's for everyone who, like your humble narrator, is a big fan of historical novels rooted in Chinese history.
0:17.0	I'm pleased to have my good friend, longtime listener to this long running family program and famous author Janie Chang on the CHP.
0:26.0	Janie Chang is a Canadian best-selling author of historical fiction.
0:31.0	Her latest book is The Phoenix Crown, co-authored with New York Times
0:35.3	bestseller, Kate Quinn. And her other titles are The Porcelain Moon, The
0:40.8	Library of Legends, Dragon Springs Road, and Three Souls.
0:46.0	Janie's novels often draw from a family history with 36 generations of recorded genealogy, including tales of ancestors who encounter
0:55.8	dragons, ghosts, and immortals. Her novels also bring to light people or events
1:01.4	which have been swept under the carpet of history.
1:04.0	Janie escaped the high-tech industry to write historical fiction.
1:08.0	Our novels have been Canadian national bestsellers and nominated for International Literary Awards.
1:15.0	And her third book, The Library of Legends, which we are discussing today,
1:19.0	was a Book of the Month Club selection in the USA. Born in Taiwan, Janie has lived in the Philippines, Iran,
1:26.8	Thailand, New Zealand, and Canada. She now makes her home on the beautiful sunshine coast of British Columbia with her husband and
1:35.6	Minnie, a rescue cat who thinks the staff could do better.
1:40.2	And Janie and I exchanged cat photos.
1:42.3	I tried to palm one of my four kittens on her, but didn't meet with success.
1:48.0	Fellow cat lover, Janie Chang, welcome to the CHP.
1:52.0	Thank you so much, Leslow.
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