join us on monday september 27*** for dinner and a conversation with Linda Rui Feng about her first novel - and giller prize nominee - ‘swimming back to trout river”.

A lyrical novel set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution that follows a father’s quest to reunite his family before his precocious daughter’s momentous birthday, which Garth Greenwell calls “one of the most beautiful debuts I’ve read in years.”

“With lean prose and assured storytelling, this debut novel describes a family fractured by geography, ambition and the ripple effects of China’s tumultuous 20th-century history.”

— New York Times

*****we are really really hoping that this event can be a hybrid event: some guests will be in the restaurant, some guests may join by zoom and the author will join us by zoom. go to the join us page for details about the ticketing options.