MARCH 5, 2011 @ 2pm BEIJING, CHINA
Bookworm Talk
Why do we love, fight and grapple with our choices in life? Award-winning short-story writer and everyman philosopher Simon van Booy rescues philosophy from its ivory tower, guiding us through the thoughts of civilization’s greatest minds on these perennial questions. With arguments, excerpts, poems and paintings from Homer, Shakespeare, Rembrandt, Twain and Kerouac amongst others, van Booy provides enlightenment-lite.
Address: Courtyard, 4 Nansanlitun Lu/ +86 134 26366855
Contact Person: Sharon Thiruchelvam: +86 1355 212 6317
MARCH 6, 2011 @ 10am BEIJING, CHINA
Bookworm Workshop/ Short Story Craft
Award-winning short story writer and author of Love Begins in Winter, Simon van Booy shares his thoughts on this delicate art and provides practical tips in an exercise-led class. Hear an extract from van Booy’s collection and follow him through the development of an idea to its fruition.
Address: Yin Yang Community Center
First Courtyard, Hegezhuang Village, Shunyi, Beijing
Contact Person: Sharon Thiruchelvam: +86 1355 212 6317
3pm Library Talk.
In conversation with Zhang Yueran: Stories about love
Address: One Way Street Library/ Solana/ Chao Yang Gong Yuan Lu, 6
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