Capital Literary Festival, Beijing

28/02/2018

Although we are missing Beijing dearly, the show must go on...in Shanghai!

We're thrilled to announce that tickets have just gone on sale for the 2018 Shanghai International Literary Festival!

We're delighted to offer a line-up that spans all genres and interests, including
Man Booker Prize winner for THE SELLOUT, Paul Beatty,
Award-winning travel writer and novelist of JEFF IN VENICE, DEATH IN VARANASI, Geoff Dyer,
Best-selling author of MIDNIGHT IN PEKING, Paul French,
Best-selling author of THE BEES and THE ICE, Laline Paull,
Historian and Shanghai-legend, Tess Johnston,
Financial Times Great Debates, and more!

For the full programme and tickets, please visit our website:

We have upgraded the ticketing process:You can now purchase tickets across multiple event pages, the cart will register all tickets once you’re ready to purchase.Unless otherwise noted, each session has a 3 ticket limit.

17/10/2017

Applications for the 2018-19 M Literary Residency are now open: https://mliteraryresidency.submittable.com/submit!

Application intake will close on January 1, 2018 and the winners will be announced at the 2018 Shanghai International Literary Festival on March 15, 2018 (festival dates are March 15 - 28, 2018).

The M Residency allows writers with an interest in China to deepen their understand of this vital and fascinating place. The intent of the Residency is to provide space and time for writing and location-specific research.

To apply and for more information on the residency, please click here: https://mliteraryresidency.submittable.com/submit

24/08/2017

Enjoy the last few days of summer with the launch of the Shanghai International Literary Festival podcast!

Did you miss your favourite writer's session? Or maybe you just want to re-listen? Sit back, relax and take in our first episode with one of our biggest sessions of the year: a conversation between Amy Tan & Duncan Clark at this year's festival.

Click the link to listen on iTunes, Stitcher, Google Play or our website.

SILF 2017 Podcast: Amy Tan & Duncan Clark – A Conversation Between Writers 23 Aug 2017 - 12 am Capital M Glam M on the Bund M Restaurants 上海米氏西餐厅 北京米氏西餐厅 米氏西餐厅集团 魅蓝 # Podcast Amy’s friend and fellow writer Duncan Clark (Alibaba: the House that Jack Ma Built) will lead an intimate conversation with A...

15/09/2016

Happy Mid-Autumn Festival!

14/09/2016

The Capital Literary Festival in Beijing has been suspended until further notice, but don't fret! The 2017 Shanghai International Literary Festival dates have been set and will take place March 10-22, 2016.

We are toiling away in the summer heat in preparation for the 2017 Shanghai International Literary Festival. Dates have been set, plans have been made and we hope that you will join us once again!

14/09/2016

We're thrilled to announce that our 2013 M Literary Resident, Madeleine Thien, made it onto the Man Booker Prize Shortlist! Her entry, 'Do Not Say We Have Nothing' was written during her stay in Shanghai and was published this year.

The M Literary Residency will re-open for the 2017-2018 cycle on October 3rd and will close on January 2nd, 2017. For more information, please visit our website: http://www.m-restaurantgroup.com/mbund/Ms_residency.html.

The final winner will be announced October 25...in the meantime, here's a review of Thien's novel in the Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jul/14/do-not-say-we-have-nothing-by-madeleine-thien-review-chinas-20th-century-tragedy

28/06/2016

Musa Okwonga, author, poet and football aficionado was one of our highlights at the 2015 Shanghai International Literary Festival...and here he is in the FT on his life, Berlin and writing.

Perfect for your commute home...

http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/e6f5315e-2284-11e6-9d4d-c11776a5124d.html

Musa Okwonga is foreign where he lives. He is always foreign, always has been. His is an expat life. Kitgum district, northern Uganda, December 1983. “I was the first person to put soil on his grave. I shovelled a bit on — I had these Velcro

07/03/2016

A few book ideas for the younger members of your family...

The best YA books of 2016 is selected by Martin Chilton and Rebecca Hawkes. The list is in order of when the novels were reviewed. Updated weekly. 1: TOM ELLEN AND LUCY IVISON: NEVER EVERS (CHICKEN HOUSE) Never Evers is a dual-narrative book, just like Tom Ellen and Lucy Ivison's engaging first book…

14/02/2016

Great article from The Guardian we wanted to share...

Dream of the Red Chamber is a masterpiece that has been called the ‘book of the millennium’ and it is high time it receives the attention it deserves

03/12/2015

The cinematographer Christopher Doyle turns his camera on the details of a city in rebellion.

26/06/2014

Emma, our fabulous Litfest/Cap M staffer, has made a lovely film: about Beijing, young expats, loving a city even if you know you'll always be an outsider. And now she needs post-production funding. Her Kickstarter link is below - watch the trailer, and give! Every little bit counts.

A different take on life as a foreigner in Beijing: Sophie struggles to complete her cabaret alone as a visa crackdown intensifies

23/03/2014

Timothy Garton Ash talks about the history of the present, from Berlin to Beijing, with Sinica podcast's Kaiser Kuo.