Shanghai International Literary Festival

The Shanghai International Literary Festival is an annual event held each March in China's largest city, Shanghai.

The festival started in 2003 as a sister event to the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Hosted at M on the Bund and the Glamour Bar, the Festival grew from small beginnings to China’s leading, and largest, English-language literary event. At its peak (2006-2013), the festival extended over three weekends with a roster of over 50 international and local authors and an audience of more than 4,000. With the closing of the Glamour Bar in 2014,[1] the festival has been reduced in size and duration, running for 10 days and featuring 25 authors.

The festival was started by Michelle Garnaut and Jenny Laing Peach in 2003[2] and attracts authors from around the world and at home in China, covering fiction, literary non-fiction, journalism, poetry and children’s writing. Activities include interactive forums, sessions in other languages such as Mandarin, Italian and French, as well as sessions with writers.

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References

  1. ↑ "End of Era As Shanghai Glamour Bar Shuts". The Wall Street Journal. 8 December 2014. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 18 February 2025.
  2. ↑ Verghis, Sharon. "Shanghai Surprise" (Sydney Morning Herald, January 7, 2006)
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