Mary Jean Chan

Mary Jean Chan is a Hong Kong-born British poet and academic. Her debut collection Flèche won the Costa Poetry Award and was shortlisted for numerous other prizes, establishing her as one of the most exciting poetic voices of her generation. The collection explores identity, sexuality, family, and cultural displacement with precision, beauty, and emotional intensity. Chan's poetry draws on her experiences as a queer Chinese woman living in Britain, fencing metaphors, and the tensions between tradition and self-expression. Available as an audiobook and in print, Flèche is essential reading and listening for poetry enthusiasts and anyone seeking fresh, powerful contemporary verse.