2 March 2008
1.00 pm
The Glamour Bar
6/F, No. 5 The Bund (at Guangdong Lu)
Shanghai
Tel: (86-21) 6350 9988
Fax: (86-21) 6322 0099
Talk on China’s revolutions and family history at the Shanghai Literary Festival.
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5th March 2008
7.30 pm
A Sense of Place
with Adam Williams and Paul French
Suzhou Bookworm
Don’t miss this evening of writerly fisticuffs as two China-based writers discuss various writing styles and how to create “a sense of place”, a true geographical setting. In the blue corner, Londoner, history writer and champion of the working class, Paul French. In the red corner, head of Hong Kong’s original colonial trading house, the refined yet dogged historical fiction writer Adam Williams. They’ll compare the pros and cons of Adam’s way, historical fiction, and Paul’s way – the non-fiction approach. Come and revel in a literary showdown between two proper old China hands. Two lively characters + one big literary theme = unmissable!
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6th March 2008
7.30 pm
FESTIVAL OPENING The Writing Life with Qiu Xiaolong and Adam Williams
Join us for the Grand Opening of the Beijing Bookworm International Literary Festival 2008! As an introduction to the festival, we take a peek into ‘the writing life’, hearing from two writers at the peak of their craft. Qiu Xiaolong, bestselling author of the Inspector Chen detective series, comes all the way from St Louis, Missouri to share with China audiences for the first time details of his brand new book, ‘Red Mandarin Dress’. Hear Xiaolong and locally based British novelist Adam Williams discuss their ‘writing lives’, over a glass of celebratory champagne.
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8th March 2008
7.30 pm
Tonight, The Bookworm is thrilled to host the very first launch of the brand new book, Beijing Portrait of a City, a collection essays which take the city of Beijing as their muse, as compiled by Alexandra Pearson and Lucy Cavender. Featuring writing from China luminaries such as Peter Hessler, Ma Jian, Tim Clissold, and Zhu Wen, Portrait is a fascinating overview of Beijing as it is, now, today, in 2008. The launch, hosted by Alex Pearson and Lucy Cavender, will include readings from contributing authors.
Adam has contributed a short story The Camels of Khanbalik.
Further details from the Beijing Bookworm
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