Shanghai International Literary Festival
shanghai international literary festival annual event held march china largest city shanghai shanghai international literary festival started began sister festival hong kong international literary festival hosted bund glamour bar festival grew small beginning china’s leading largest englishlanguage literary event peak festival extended three weekend roster international local author audience closing glamour bar festival reduced size duration running day featuring author program include winner world leading literary prize including man booker national book award fiction mile franklin award others festival started michelle garnaut jenny laing peach tina kanagaratnam attracts author around world home china celebration best fiction literary nonfiction journalism poetry children’s writing activity include interactive forum session language mandarin italian french well popular session wellknown writer including man booker prize winner john banville allan hollinghurst thomas keneally kiran desai anne enright festival hosted celebrity simpson creator matt groening amy tan jan morris shirley hazzard legendary gore vidal well session well respected established writer jian christopher kremmer john man anna funder simon winchester hari kunzru well participation emerging author guo xiaolu wang xiaoli priya basil james bradley kunal basu mishi saran paula morris writes experience attending festival podcasts festival podcasts festival hong kong international literary festival