Singing Grass is a business consultancy advising on access and development strategies for the Chinese market. We develop bespoke programmes for clients in the arts, lifestyle, cultural and luxury retail sectors to connect them to their markets.
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The winning translation from the inaugural Voices of Today Literary Translation Prize is now available to read on Paper Republic. Launched by Singing Grass in partnership with Paper Republic, the prize invited translators from around the world to translate an extract from Liu Zhenyun’s latest novel. More than 100 entries were received from 14 countries, highlighting growing international interest in contemporary Chinese literature.
As the Beijing International Book Fair celebrates its 40th anniversary, BIBF 2026 signals a major strategic evolution — positioning itself not only as Asia’s largest publishing fair, but as a growing global hub for AI-powered publishing, cross-media IP licensing and international cultural exchange.
As part of Singing Grass’s ongoing efforts to foster international publishing exchange, we curated a training programme for a Chinese academic publishing delegation to visit three key institutions in Paris — Syndicat national de l’édition (SNE), Editis Publishing Group, and KEDGE Business School.
Singing Grass recently curated a series of UK–Ireland Academic Publishers networking and collaboration events as part of a long-term initiative supporting Chinese academic publishing delegations since 2024.
At Bolonga Book Plus in the heart of Italy, we explored the art of publishing and the beauty of curating a list for the perfect bookshelf, in a great conversation on stage with Tom Walker (The Folio Society), Sara sarin (Camelozampa), Christopher MacLehose (MacLehose Press), Yuan Nan (Phoenix Publishing), and our founder Alicia Liu (Sing Grass) with Jacks Thomas (Guest Director, Bologna Book Plus)
The keynote speech in Chinese delivered by our Founder and MD Alicia Liu at Beijing CITIC Children’s Forum, published by The Publishers Magazine, outlines the key international trends and collaborations between China and the UK.
Zhou Yaping is…"an experimental avant-garde poet, one of the main representatives of Chinese language poetry" - J.H. Prynne, British poet
If the Wheat Dies launch included an online poetry reading and discussion with Zhou Yaping and his translator Suzanne Zheng, attended by those interested in Chinese culture and publishing and international students of Chinese. There was an introduction by Paul Manfredi, Professor of Chinese at Pacific Lutheran University, author of Modern Poetry in China: A Visual-Verbal Dynamic and the event was hosted by Alicia Liu of Singing Grass.
Cloudaloud, the UK’s first dedicated audiobook streaming app for children, is delighted to announce a unique content partnership with Phoenix Publishing and Media (PPM), the leading trade publishing group and the second largest primary and secondary school education publisher in China.
