Extinction Archives / 绝迹志
An independent public natural-history project on modern extinctions, with species histories, source-based research, and a growing archive.
Writing · research · software
谢熠 / Yi Xie
Writer, independent researcher, and software engineer based in Vancouver.
My writing has ranged from fiction and cultural criticism to research-driven nonfiction, with recent work focusing on natural history and extinction.
Book
鸟儿永不归来
The Birds Will Never Return
Provisional English translation of the Chinese title
光启书局 / Luminaire Book · 2026
Chinese-language narrative nonfiction
My first book tells the stories of nine bird species that became extinct in modern times. These are biographies of a kind: accounts of how the birds evolved, how they lived, and how their lives became entangled with ours. The birds remain at the center of their own stories.
About the bookSelected projects
Rainy Day Bakery / 雨中面包店
A long-running writing archive with fiction, criticism, and essays on film, comics, culture, and other subjects, primarily in Chinese.