Houston Community News >> Shanghai Set to Host Glittering Lineup of International Authors
2/24/2008 (Shanghai Daily)-- Now in it's
sixth year, the Shanghai International Literary Festival continues to
build on its reputation as the Chinese mainland's premier literary
event, with more than 55 internationally acclaimed authors from over a
dozen countries attending this year.
The literary festival kicks off on Friday and includes talks from a number of headline authors, including prominent travel writer Colin Thubron, Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, wine writer Jancis Robinson and statesman Kishore Mahbubani.
During the festival writers will address a rich diversity of topics, covering issues such as politics in the Middle East, the recent turmoil in Pakistan and the rise of Asia in the world.
As with previous festivals, the 2008 event will feature several major book launches.
Perhaps the most anticipated by the Shanghai audience is the launch of award-winning author Lynn Pan's new book, "Shanghai Style: Art and Design Between the Wars.''
An eagerly anticipated launch is also the translation by Howard Goldblatt of last year's Chinese publishing sensation, "Wolf Totem." The Man Asia Prize winning book is set in Mongolia in the 1960s and deals with the clash of modernity with an ancient culture and way of life.
Renowned scholar Geremie Barme will also launch his latest endeavor, "Forbidden City."
Barme brilliantly reconstructs life within the lacquered chambers of the Forbidden City, in a fascinating insight into the history of this wonder of the world, from imperial times through to the Beijing Olympics.
The festival will hold high-profile statesman and Asia expert Kishore Mahbubani's China launch of "The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East."
The book is an in-depth look at the key principles for a new global partnership with Asia as a co-driver, and no longer as a bystander.
The literary festival kicks off on Friday and includes talks from a number of headline authors, including prominent travel writer Colin Thubron, Booker Prize winner Arundhati Roy, wine writer Jancis Robinson and statesman Kishore Mahbubani.
During the festival writers will address a rich diversity of topics, covering issues such as politics in the Middle East, the recent turmoil in Pakistan and the rise of Asia in the world.
As with previous festivals, the 2008 event will feature several major book launches.
Perhaps the most anticipated by the Shanghai audience is the launch of award-winning author Lynn Pan's new book, "Shanghai Style: Art and Design Between the Wars.''
An eagerly anticipated launch is also the translation by Howard Goldblatt of last year's Chinese publishing sensation, "Wolf Totem." The Man Asia Prize winning book is set in Mongolia in the 1960s and deals with the clash of modernity with an ancient culture and way of life.
Renowned scholar Geremie Barme will also launch his latest endeavor, "Forbidden City."
Barme brilliantly reconstructs life within the lacquered chambers of the Forbidden City, in a fascinating insight into the history of this wonder of the world, from imperial times through to the Beijing Olympics.
The festival will hold high-profile statesman and Asia expert Kishore Mahbubani's China launch of "The New Asian Hemisphere: The Irresistible Shift of Global Power to the East."
The book is an in-depth look at the key principles for a new global partnership with Asia as a co-driver, and no longer as a bystander.
A range of authors will also address
topics and themes on Shanghai and China, particularly on the final "Old
China Hand Weekend" of the festival.
The 2008 highlights include Rob Gifford on "China Road", John Man on
"Genghis Khan," James Farrer on Chinese contemporary fiction and Basil
Pao on his renowned photography.
(Contributed by Shanghai Daily)