Deadline: 4 - 19 March 2011
Shanghai International Literary Festival 2011
For full programme, click here.
Tickets go on sale February 24 on www.mypiao.com
March 4-19, 2011
Three weeks. 85 writers. 17 countries. The 2011 Shanghai International Literary Festival begins March 4, kicking off three weeks of readings, discussions, debates, workshops, literary lunches, even a literary walk.
Who's coming? Literary legend Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List and 40 other works); China chronicler extraordinaire Peter Hessler, award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh, best selling novelists Emma Donoghue ("Room") and SJ Rozan (Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mysteries), along with new talent and old favorites. Tess Johnston and her co-authors launch a new "Shangahi Walks" book; Shanghai detective novelist Qiu Xiaolong takes us on a walk through his Shanghai; the annual Financial Times Great Debate argues whether the globalisation of culture is a force for good, and the best in Asian crime fiction gather at our Asian Crime! panel. There are literary lunches, Irish poets reading on St Patrick's Day, children's sessions and our annual edible books competiion.
Opening Date: Friday, March 4, 6.30pm
Shanghai International Literary Festival 2011 Opening Cocktail
RMB 65, includes a drink, readings and rubbing elbows with the literati
Join us for the opening of the 2011 Shanghai International Festival, featuring readings by selected authors, toasts to literature, and celebrity author sightings! Shanghai's not-to-be-missed literary event.
More information here.
Shanghai International Literary Festival 2011
For full programme, click here.
Tickets go on sale February 24 on www.mypiao.com
March 4-19, 2011
Three weeks. 85 writers. 17 countries. The 2011 Shanghai International Literary Festival begins March 4, kicking off three weeks of readings, discussions, debates, workshops, literary lunches, even a literary walk.Who's coming? Literary legend Thomas Keneally (Schindler's List and 40 other works); China chronicler extraordinaire Peter Hessler, award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh, best selling novelists Emma Donoghue ("Room") and SJ Rozan (Lydia Chin/Bill Smith mysteries), along with new talent and old favorites. Tess Johnston and her co-authors launch a new "Shangahi Walks" book; Shanghai detective novelist Qiu Xiaolong takes us on a walk through his Shanghai; the annual Financial Times Great Debate argues whether the globalisation of culture is a force for good, and the best in Asian crime fiction gather at our Asian Crime! panel. There are literary lunches, Irish poets reading on St Patrick's Day, children's sessions and our annual edible books competiion.
Opening Date: Friday, March 4, 6.30pm
Shanghai International Literary Festival 2011 Opening Cocktail
RMB 65, includes a drink, readings and rubbing elbows with the literati
Join us for the opening of the 2011 Shanghai International Festival, featuring readings by selected authors, toasts to literature, and celebrity author sightings! Shanghai's not-to-be-missed literary event.
More information here.
