Lit Fest Time Down Shanghai Way

It’s impossible to list all the good stuff at the Shanghai International Literary Festival this March (though you can see the whole shebang of a programme here with all ticket details). Here’s a few China-related events that may be of specific interest to readers of this blog…

• Thursday 7th – 12pm – Shelly Bryant (translator of Northern Girls) and Linda Jaivin talk about translation and the issues therein
• Saturday 9th – 2pm – Michael Vatikiotis talks about SE Asian lit
• Sunday 10th – 3pm – James Fallows on Can China Make it?
• Friday 15th – 7pm – Unsavory Elements launch of ex-pat tales with various writers
• Saturday 16th – 3pm – Disappearing Shanghai with Howard French and Qiu Xiaolong