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 ›

Andrea Lingenfelter is a “literary translator,” best known for her English translations of Farewell My Concubine by Lilian Lee, and the controversial novel Candy by Mian Mian, the Chinese version of which was banned over here. more ›