THE BOOKWORM LITERARY FESTIVAL 8-22 MARCH 2013 BEIJING, CHENGDU, CHONGQING, NINGBO, SHANGHAI, SUZHOU, TIANJIN Every March, The Bookworm is transformed into a hub of literary, intellectual and creative activity as we celebrate all things books with The Bookworm International Literary Festival. BLF is an independently funded festival, dedicated to bringing you the best writers and thinkers. Starting with a small [...]

Who We Are The Bookworm International Literary Festival is a unique celebration of literature and ideas in China, programming 100 events across six cities, connecting over 70 Chinese and international writers and thinkers. Each year, the “look” of the festival reaches close to 100,000 people. If your design is chosen, your logo (or name) will [...]

Congratulations to The BaoBei Foundation on a successful Charity Bazaar. The Bookworm family is proud to take part of the numerous vendors and musicians who lent a hand at the October 27th event. The event, which benefits Chinese orpahns, raised more than 30,000rmb.  

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who is the grumpiest one of all? From the folks at Flavorwire, a great list of literary curmudgeons. Here are some highlights: Literary Grump Exhibit A: Maurice Sendak The writer/illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are had this to say of the novelist Salman Rushdie: “That flaccid fuckhead. He reviewed me on a full page in the New [...]

Check out some snaps from the entire team here at The Bookworm Suzhou.

In today’s round-up of literary links from around the interwebs, we have summer reading recommendations from an international economist, a video on how to make a book (if this was 1947), and Danwei’s 2012 Model Worker list. Plus, an author challenges the Gray Lady when a they get a review horribly wrong. Dambisa Moyo (Dead Aid; Winner [...]

The Millions listed their top picks for the most anticipated upcoming releases for the latter half of 2012. Zadie Smith (NW), Michael Chabon (Telegraph Avenue), Barbara Kingsolver (Flight Behavior), Martin Amis (Lionel Asbo) and Ian McEwan (Sweet Tooth) all have new novels coming out. We are especially excited for BLF 2011 author Emma Donaghue’s latest Astray - [...]

BLF author Bi Fei Yu discusses the inspiration for his novel Massage (the English edition will be published by Penguin China next year) in an article for the New York Times. Summer 2003. I suffer a serious shoulder injury. A friend suggests I go to a massage clinic that employs blind masseurs. The clinic is not far from my home, perhaps [...]

Is being a foreigner in China no longer a big deal? Does this mean that the days of getting your photo taken at the Forbidden City as if you were a celebrity are numbered? This American Life reports on Americans in China: It used to be that the American expats in China were the big shots. They [...]

We are thrilled to announce that in association with Fair Globe, The Bookworm is stocking Fair Trade Chocolate from the rain forests of Ghana. Stop by to try some today!