Hongwei Bao

Hongwei Bao is a queer Chinese writer, translator, and academic based in Nottingham. He is part of the Fifth Word Playwrights, GOBS Spoken Word Collective, and Nottingham Playhouse Writers’ Room. He is also a Middle Way Mentee for writing fiction and a New Earth Theatre theatremaker. His work explores queer desire, Asian identity, diasporic positionality, and transcultural intimacy. He is the author of Dream of the Orchid Pavilion (poetry pamphlet, Big White Shed, 2024) and The Passion of the Rabbit.