This weekend we've got a ton of stuff in store! First, with the highly anticipated Paul Kalkbrenner on Friday, then some St. Patricks day stuff on Saturday! Finishing the weekend off is litfest events on Sunday! And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

It's going to be a crazy weekend! Drum n' bass outfit Pendulum will be playing at Boom, while restauranteur David Laris hosts the Shanghai Ireland Festival on Saturday. Litfest is still going on, and on Sunday a few North Korean movies will be showing at The Apartment to wrap up the weekend. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

Shanghai's annual Litfest starts this weekend, with events all day Saturday and Sunday. If that's too tame, you can also head on over to the Mardi Gras party at Eden, which involves masks and shenanigans involving the conferring of beads. And if that's still not enough, head over to our calendar for more. more ›

It's time to take a break from our daily kitsch entertainment - Facebook pics of our pets in stupid outfits, celebrity bra slips on Youtube - and gear up for this year's International Litfest! Once again, M Restaurant Group (website here) has got us covered with the event schedule and updates, author bios, and where you can buy tickets. We've just narrowed it down to the five talks you must attend if you're crunched for time. more ›

All the things you'd want to do this Monday through Thursday. On the schedule this week: Our thoughts go out to the victims of the Japan earthquake. more ›

Sure the Shanghai International Literary Festival doesn't actually start until March, but books take quite a while to read (even if you're speed readers, like us). That's probably why the M Restaurant Group has wasted no time getting us the almost completely confirmed list of books and authors appearing at this years readings - stick your nose in any one of these 40+ tomes so you'll actually have something to discuss when one of your personal writing heroes (like say... Peter Hessler or Su Tong) come into town. more ›

Didn't manage to make it to all the Shanghai Lit Fest authors you wanted to see? CityWeekend, already having done us a great service by liveblogging the event, was nice enough to record a bunch of podcasts for everyone who couldn't be there. Currently, they've got Week 1 and Week 2's writers up, and Week 3 is supposedly going to be added soon. Head over there to listen to the people you couldn't catch live... or just the people you want to hear again. We know we'll be re-listening to the James Fallows podcast. Maybe on repeat. more ›