About the Event
Date and time: Jul 26, 2026 (Sun) 4:00PM-6:00PM
Location: Wyncote Forum, Seattle
Who is Zhou Yijun?
A journalist,
a former correspondent based in Gaza,
a documentary director,
and a writer.
Her work brings these roles together. She has reported on war and social change in the Middle East and other regions, and written books on the Middle East and on global movements for democracy.
She directed the documentary series Childhood Elsewhere and hosts the cultural conversation program First-Person Plural.
The first season of her education documentary Childhood Elsewhere has six episodes, visiting Japan, Finland, India, the United Kingdom, and Israel. The second has five episodes, visiting Singapore, Germany, France, New Zealand, and Thailand. The series examines childhood and education across cultures, received a 9.0 rating on Douban, and prompted discussion of education and society.
Across three seasons, First-Person Plural uses conversations with different people to consider the times we inhabit, encouraging reflection on the world and ourselves.
Her books include Li Shangdi Zuijin, retitled Zhongdong Sishengmen in its 2017 reissue, and Zouchu Zhongdong. Her essay “Counting Camels in Egypt” was included in China’s compulsory-education language curriculum. She has also received recognition including CCTV’s journalist awards.
We will soon have the chance to meet her in Seattle.
Hear Zhou Yijun discuss working with the camera, representing reality, and the times we live in.
— Event organizer —
Guyu Book Club was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015 to support cultural exchange between China and the United States. At the time of this announcement, it had held five hundred in-person cultural events in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Dallas, Beijing, Shanghai, and other locations.
— About Elsewhere —
Find the account “别处读书会” on Xiaohongshu.
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Date and time: Jul 26, 2026 (Sun) 4:00PM-6:00PM
Location: Wyncote Forum, Seattle
Who is Zhou Yijun?
A journalist,
a former correspondent based in Gaza,
a documentary director,
and a writer.
Her work brings these roles together. She has reported on war and social change in the Middle East and other regions, and written books on the Middle East and on global movements for democracy.
She directed the documentary series Childhood Elsewhere and hosts the cultural conversation program First-Person Plural.
The first season of her education documentary Childhood Elsewhere has six episodes, visiting Japan, Finland, India, the United Kingdom, and Israel. The second has five episodes, visiting Singapore, Germany, France, New Zealand, and Thailand. The series examines childhood and education across cultures, received a 9.0 rating on Douban, and prompted discussion of education and society.
Across three seasons, First-Person Plural uses conversations with different people to consider the times we inhabit, encouraging reflection on the world and ourselves.
Her books include Li Shangdi Zuijin, retitled Zhongdong Sishengmen in its 2017 reissue, and Zouchu Zhongdong. Her essay “Counting Camels in Egypt” was included in China’s compulsory-education language curriculum. She has also received recognition including CCTV’s journalist awards.
We will soon have the chance to meet her in Seattle.
Hear Zhou Yijun discuss working with the camera, representing reality, and the times we live in.
— Event organizer —
Guyu Book Club was founded in the San Francisco Bay Area in 2015 to support cultural exchange between China and the United States. At the time of this announcement, it had held five hundred in-person cultural events in the Bay Area, Los Angeles, Dallas, Beijing, Shanghai, and other locations.
— About Elsewhere —
Find the account “别处读书会” on Xiaohongshu.
Find out about other events.