Tim Tim Cheng

Tim Tim Cheng is the author of The Tattoo Collector (Nine Arches Press, 2024), a PBS Recommendation. Their poems have been exhibited as part of Dial-A-Poem (+852 3009 9386), shortlisted for the Forward Prizes, placed in The Rialto Nature and Place competition. Their pamphlet, Tapping at Glass (Verve, 2023), was shortlisted for The Kavya Prize and recommended by The Poetry Society. They co-edited Magma 93: Liberation (2025) and Where Else: An International Hong Kong Poetry Anthology (Verve, 2023). Their writing is supported by Creative Scotland, Scottish Book Trust, Arts Council England, Southbank Centre, among others.

A former mentee with American Literary Translators Association, they translate between Chinese (Cantonese and Mandarin) and English. Their literary translations are featured by Wasafiri and Books from Taiwan. Their current work-in-progress is supported by Edwin Morgan Trust’s Open the Doors Fund, Breadloaf Translators’ Conference, and Words without Border’s Momentum Grant. Born and raised in Hong Kong, they live in Glasgow.
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