virtualreview

china: news and opinion

A Note on Qiu Xiaolong

On Friday I made another trip down to the Shanghai International Literary Festival to see mystery writer Qiu Xiaolong in conversation with Beijing-based mystery writer Catherine Sampson. It was a great event for me because I have been reading... ...full story at One Eyed Panda

from One Eyed Panda on Sun, Mar 16 2008

see also:

24 Apr 08 visit The Pool Of Unease  »  YouTube videoA taste of the book 'The Pool of Unease' by Catherine Sampson, now out in paperback. The author, Catherine Sampson, talks about why she thinks Beijing is the perfect setting for a thriller.
24 Apr 08 visit Sexy Beijing meets up with Qiu Xiaolong 裘小龙  »  Shanghaiist In this latest episode of Sexy Beijing, Sufei meets up with Shanghai-born Qiu Xiaolong (裘小龙), author of the award-winning Inspector Chen series of mystery novels, Death of a Red Heroine (2000), A Loyal Character Dancer (2002), When Red Is Black (20...
12 Mar 07 visit A Great Sentence  »  China Snippets Over at Shanghaiist an article about the 81 year old writer Gore Vidal’s appearance/interview at the 2007 Shanghai International Literary Festival. Vidal it reads, is an outspoken, opinionated writer. He was posed a question addressing about the...
06 Apr 08 visit Revisit the Shanghai International Literary Festival  »  One Eyed Panda Reading Cityweekend yesterday, I found out that the editors had recorded many of the talks from the Shanghai International Literary Festival. Having attended the festival I think this is a great way for those who couldn’t attend to catch up on...
17 Mar 09 visit Interviewing tips from a novelist  »  James Fallows Apropos of nothing, I was struck by this passage from Lisa See's The Interior: A Red Princess Mystery, which I was reading this morning on Beijing's subway Line 1. See's novels, like the "Inspector Chen" series by Qiu Xiaolong, are meant to convey the...
15 Jul 09 visit General assembly of China-Pakistan Xiaolong fighter begins in Pakistan  »  People's Daily &$ &$The No. 106 Xiaolong fighter currently being evaluated in Pakistan.&$&$ The JF-17 Thunder, also known as the Xiaolong fighter, is being co-developed by China and Pakistan. Currently, general assembly of the fighter has begun as scheduled at the...

« Today's Stories