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The Shanghai International Literary Festival is an annual event held each March in Shanghai, China.

History
The Shanghai International Literary Festival, started in 2003, is a sister festival to the Hong Kong International Literary Festival. Hosted at M on the Bund, the Festival has grown from small beginnings to China’s leading, and largest, English-language literary event. The Festival extends over three weekends and includes a roster of over 50 international and local authors and an audience of more than 4,000. The Festival has become an important and significant event on China’s arts calendar, with programs that include winners of the world's leading literary prizes, including the Man Booker, National Book Award for Fiction, the Miles Franklin award, and others.

The Festival was started by Michelle Garnaut, Jenny Laing Peach and Tina Kanagaratanam in 2003.

Each year, the Festival attracts authors from around the world and at home in China, for a celebration of the best in fiction, literary non-fiction, journalism, poetry and children’s writing. Activities include interactive forums, sessions in other languages such as Mandarin, Italian and French, as well as popular sessions with well-known writers including Man Booker Prize winners John Banville, Allan Hollinghurst, Thomas Keneally, Kiran Desai and Anne Enright. The Festival has hosted celebrities like Amy Tan, Jan Morris, Shirley Hazzard and the legendary Gore Vidal, and sessions with well respected and established writers like Ma Jian, Christopher Kremmer, John Man, Anna Funder, Simon Winchester, and Hari Kunzru as well as participation from emerging authors such as Guo Xiaolu, Wang Xiaoli, Priya Basil, James Bradley, Kunal Basu and Mishi Saran.

Past Guests
David Almond Paul Andreu Philip Ardagh John Banville Geremie Barmé Priya Basil Kunal Basu Michael Bernstein Gay Bilson James Bradley Geraldine Brooks Fatima Bhutto Lily Brett Kerry Brown Cai Jindong Bob Carr Bryan Castro Lucy Cavender Lynda Chanwei-Earle Conal Creedon Chen Danyan Denise Chong Dai Sijie Debra Daley Edward Denison Kiran Desai Rachel DeWoskin Robert Elegant Anne Enright Ed Epstein Polly Evans James Fallows Charles Foran Paul French Anna Funder Raimond Gaita Patrick Gale Rob Gifford Peter Goff Howard Goldblatt Rona Grourke Mireille Guiliano Romesh Gunesekera Guo Xiaolu Daniel Hall Sonya Hartnett Shirley Hazzard Anita Heiss Duncan Hewitt Peter Hibbard Justin Hill Graham Hodges Susanna Hoe Alan Hollinghurst Hong Ying Hsu Ming Teo David Henry Hwang Uzodinma Iweala Pico Iyer Annabel Jackson Beverley Jackson Madhur Jaffrey Gish Jen Jia Xingpei Tess Johnston Gail Jones Nicholas Jose Tina Kanagaratnam Claire Keegan Thomas Keneally Claire Kilroy Rainer Klubert Chrisopher Koch Christopher Kremmer Michelle de Kretser Maxine Hong Kingston Hari Kunzru Kylie Kwong Brook Larmer Ed Larson Jan Latta Leo Ou-Fan Lee Gail Carson Levine Laura Tyson Li Li Weiping Liu Haiping Tang Loaec Joan London Lu Hua Ma Jian Valerio Magrelli Kishore Mahbubani Margaret Mahy John Man Melina Marchetta Mardi McConnochi Mike McCormack Sheila Melvin Pankaj Mishra Frank Moorhouse Jan Morris Paula Morris Doris Mousdale Gerry Murphy Simon Napier-Bell Liz Niven Conor O'Callaghan Lynne O'Donnell Peter Osborne Lynn Pan Basil Pao Chris Patten Doris Pilkington John Pomfret Qiu Xiaolong Edward Ragg Ren Guangyu Jancis Robinson Barnaby Rogerson Arundhati Roy Catherine Sampson Mishi Saran John Ralston Saul Arlette Schleifer Desmond Sim Richard Smith Erin Stone Amy Tan Tan Twan Eng Chad Taylor Madeleine Thien Katherine Thompson Colin Thubron Tze Ming Mok Celestine Vaite Gore Vidal Nury Vittachi Joanna Waley-Cohen Wang Lili Wang Xiaoli Wang Xiaolong Ian Whybrow Adam Williams Simon Winchester Xin Ran Namu Erche Yang Zhang Lijia Zhu Wen

Podcasts
Podcasts of the 2008 Festival

[http://www.cityweekend.com.cn/shanghai/articles/blogs-shanghai/silf/? Podcasts of the 2009 Festival]