Watch Kae Alexander read from Taiwan Travelogue, the #InternationalBooker2026 shortlisted book written by Yáng Shuāng-zǐ and translated by Lin King. The story so far: May, 1938. The young novelist Aoyama Chizuko has sailed from her home in Nagasaki, Japan to Taiwan. She’s been invited there by the Japanese government ruling the island, though she has no interest in their official banquets or imperialist agenda. Instead, Chizuko longs to experience real island life and to taste as much of its authentic cuisine as her famously monstrous appetite can bear. Soon a Taiwanese woman is hired as her interpreter and makes her dreams come true. The charming, erudite, meticulous Chizuru arranges Chizuko’s travels across the country and also proves to be an exceptional cook. Directed by Holly Blakey, produced in partnership with Park Pictures and filmed at the Southbank Centre, London.