Comments on: Bookworm Lit Fest Hits Suzhou

By: East-West Station » Holiday Over

East-West Station » Holiday Over — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 14:59:52 +0000

[...] Catching up with family and friends back in England for a couple of weeks, reading lots of books (small paper things with no links to click on, remember?) and playing with my 11 month old baby. [...]

By: Byron

Byron — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:54:54 +0000

Should see you at the Qiu Xiaolong talk, read most of his (and have the others in the ‘to-read’ pile)

By: Stuart

Stuart — Sat, 08 Mar 2008 16:04:45 +0000

Add me to the jealous list. The Bookworm is exactly what Xiamen needs (if there is such an establishment, I’m unaware).

I miss a good read so much. Perhaps I’ll take the university up on their all expenses long weekend in Suzhou offer after all.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:50:42 +0000

@China-Matt: We’ve plenty of bizarre statues around town too!

@Jason: I agree – though they’re in Beijing, the only two I’ve “heard about” are the Chengdu and Suzhou locales.

@Andy: NP. The weather in May is pretty good. Pretty warm, but nothing like the heat that is to come a month or two after.

@KMM: Yup, Gifford is coming next Friday. Will definitely need to check that out. Also am hoping to hear Qiu Xiaolong speak (“One of the top five political novels of all time” – WSJ)

By: kmm

kmm — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:45:11 +0000

Sounds like Suzhou and Chengdu are trying to become clones of one another. You guys have a Bookworm and a bar called “The Shamrock”–both of which also appear to be in close proximity to one another. Weird. Do you also have filthy rivers and air that’s mostly composed of solids?

Anyway, is Rob Gifford coming to the Suzhou Bookworm? I remember hearing his NPR reports on China a ways back (and seeing his interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show) and I’m pretty excited to hear what he has to say.

By: Andy

Andy — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:24:11 +0000

Thanks for the map to the Bookworm. We are traveling to Suzhou in May to pick up our daughter, and we will try to check it out. We need children’s picture books written in Pinyin.

How’s the weather there in May?

By: Jason

Jason — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 15:42:06 +0000

Yeah, I’m jealous too. I think Suzhou has got Nanjing beat on the Jiangsu ‘cultured’ front.
Although, I first read about the place in a ‘That’s Shanghai ‘article in which the author expressed surprise that Shanghai had no such place to be found.
I think it’s great that whoever is behind this company is not just following the typical, Shanghai/Beijing/Guangzhou route. Spread the love!

By: China-Matt

China-Matt — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 10:48:28 +0000

I’m jealous. For all the efforts Shenzhen is making to find some culture, literature is not on the list. Instead they put up some really ugly sculptures on a few street corners. Good thing I stocked up on books during my trip home.