Appetite for fantasy, sci-fi

British readers are picking up more books translated from Chinese, Mei Jia reports.

Ahead of this year's London Book Fair in March, media reported a rise in interest in translated works among British readers, with a special mention of the wider acceptance of translated Chinese titles last year. For translator Anna Holmwood, this signals the arrival of a new era.

"This is a big moment for Chinese fiction abroad," says Holmwood, who has translated Chinese literature for almost a decade.