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
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| 24 Apr 08 |
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The Pool Of Unease »
YouTube video A 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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... |