Members of Pearl Jubilee College book production team led by College Tutor Chen Fei have assisted staff and students from both University of Macau and Lingnan University in Hong Kong in the publication of a highly original and beatifully produced book called Between. Students from Lingnan University under the guidance of Dr Carol Archer painted a range of original creative postcards which they sent from Hong Kong. University of Macau creative writing students responded with haiku poems. These haiku were then translated into six different languages by students and staff of UM: English, Putonghua, Portuguese, French, Indonesian and Japanese. Prof Kit Kelen from the UM English Department and Senior Fellow of Pearl Jubilee College was responsible for advising students on the literary output and the translations. The title Between has special significance since it refers to the number of cooperative enterprises needed to produce this highly unique book: interaction between students in visual art and creative writing classes; cooperation between staff and students of two universities; communication between poets and several translators; reciprocal invention between creative writers and creative artists. The project involved a large number of contributors and demonstrates the power of collaboration and creativity, and shows the residential college community can contribute to complex projects of all kinds. The book itself is part of a larger and ongoing project which PJC also hopes to play a part.


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