Capital M’s 2nd Annual Beijing Literary Festival 2012

Last year, Capital M was a bit cheeky in booking their first Literary Festival in Beijing at around the same time as The Bookworm’s annual Literary Festival (click here for this year’s 2012 schedule and ticket information), riding a lot of the wave and momentum of The Bookworm’s legacy for hosting Beijing’s best Literary Festival.  Capital M’s Literary Festival started in Shanghai 10 years ago and this year marks their 10th anniversary in SH and their second annual Literary Festival in Beijing. And with The Bookworm’s festival launching on Friday, March 9th, I’m glad to see that the two festivals will no longer be overlapping this time around.

Capital M’s Literary Festival 2012 will take place from this Saturday, February 25- Wednesday, March 7 with a total of 21 events, welcoming 27 internationally recognized writers and 9 moderators. Although the festival is spread across a week and a half, there are actually only events scheduled on 6 days (with most events taking place on the weekend).

See Capital M’s Literary Festival Itinerary:

A few events I have my eye on include:

• Saturday, February 25 @12:30PM with Cheryl Tan: Sex, Lies & Pineapple Tarts

• Sunday, February 26 @12:30PM with Jan Latta: Adventures in the Wild with Endangered Animals

• Thursday, March 1 @ 6PM with Jeff Fuchs: The Ancient Tea Horse Trail: Travels with the Last of the Himalayan Muleteers

• Saturday, March 3 @3:30PM with The Great Financial Times Debate: Does China’s Rise Spell America’s Decline?

• Wednesday, March 7 @12.30pm LITERARY LUNCH: Ross Garnaut: The Climate Change Review, moderated by Jonathan Watts

Click here for entire festival’s program details.  Click here for individual author’s bios.

Tickets for each of the events is RMB 65, which includes a drink. Children and students get a discounted price of RMB 20 + soft drink.

Capital Literary Festival

• Date: Saturday, February 25 – March 7, 2012

• Programme: For programme, click here or visit the Upcoming Programme section of the website.

• Authors: For author bios, visit the Literary M section of the website.

• Buying Tickets:

• In person at Capital M:  3/F No. 2 Qianmen Pedestrian Street (just south of Tian’anmen Square)

• Online / by phone at Mypiao: www.mypiao.com  or call 400 620 6006

• Shanghai International Literary Festival: For information on the Shanghai Literary Festival (March 2-18), click Shanghai Festival in the Literary M section of the website.