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Lit Fest: Xiao Bai's French Concession review

Award-winning Shanghai scribe Xiao Bai gets his first English translation with the recently released French Concession. We give it a read before his Lit Fest lunch.

by Andrew Chin, 03 November 2015

A Rare Look Inside Everyday North Korea

Propaganda, karaoke and ... money? We talk real North Korean life with the guys who would know.

by Noelle Mateer, 28 October 2015

Lit Fest: Michael Meyer explores China's rugged Northeast

Best-selling author Michael Meyer discusses life in China's changing rural Northeast at the Shanghai International Literary Festival.

by Andrew Chin, 27 October 2015

Preview: Shanghai International Literary Festival

The Shanghai International Literary Festival returns to M on the Bund from October 31-November 8 and tickets go on sale today. We have the full preview breaking down the writers, workshops...

by Andrew Chin, 21 October 2015

Book Review: Bi Feiyu - Massage

Bi Feiyue's 2008 Mao Dun Literary Prize winning novel has been given the English language treatment. Does it empathetic look at life in a tuina massage house translate?

by Aelred Doyle, 11 August 2015