{"id":3826,"date":"2017-08-04T09:00:06","date_gmt":"2017-08-04T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3826"},"modified":"2017-08-02T09:59:58","modified_gmt":"2017-08-02T01:59:58","slug":"the-2018-return-of-the-bookworm-international-literary-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xichuanpoetry.com\/?p=3826","title":{"rendered":"The 2018 Return of the Bookworm International Literary Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>The Global Times<\/em> <\/a>reports:<\/center><\/p>\n

Ever since the Bookworm Beijing bookstore postponed and later canceled its annual Bookworm International Literary Festival (BLF) fans have been waiting and wondering whether the 10-year-old event would return.<\/p>\n

Well, the wait is over as according to Peter Goff, the general manager of the Bookworm, the BLF will be back in full swing from March 8 to 24 in 2018 in Beijing, Chengdu and Suzhou.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

<\/center>And the participating authors? Among Chinese writers, Goff hopes to invite Xi Chuan, Yu Hua [\u4f59\u534e<\/span>], and others. “He said the festival also invited foreign writers from countries like Croatia, Serbia and the Czech Republic to help readers understand those countries better,” the Global Times<\/em> writes.<\/p>\n

Click the image for the full article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Global Times reports: Ever since the Bookworm Beijing bookstore postponed and later canceled its annual Bookworm International Literary Festival (BLF) fans have been waiting and wondering whether the 10-year-old event would return. 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