Wang Lili speaks in Shanghai

Wang Lili

The Chinese author Wang Lili has been covering a range of hot topics: migrant workers and sex workers in Shenzhen, and China's lost generation. She will speak on two occasions in Shanghai, both in the Figaro Coffee in Xintiandi. Please check below for the details.

Topic: Why I write about migrants, sex workers, spinsters, psychologically-lost people...
Date: 24/July 2008
Time: 8PM-9PM (40mins presentation, 20mins questions and answers)
Venue sponsored : Figaro Coffee in Xintiandi
Address: 160 XingYe Road
Price: 100RMB, includes a drink and snacks
Please RSVP for this event: wanglilifromchina@hotmail.com
Topic: Can boat sink the water---What makes a good employer in an employee's view
Date: 31/July 2008
Time: 8PM-9PM (40mins presentation, 20mins questions and answers)
Venue sponsored: Figaro Coffee in Xintiandi
Price: 100RMB, includes a drink and snacks
Please RSVP for this event: wanglilifromchina@hotmail.com

Walk in Policy
Please note that if you show up on the day of the event without a booking you will be charged an additional 50RMB "walk in" fee if spaces are still available.

Cancellation Policy
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Speaker:
The writer Wang Lili has lived in Shenzhen, Melbourne, and now Shanghai, but originally comes from the countryside in Henan Province and works as migrant in big cities like ShenZhen, Shanghai for many years. Her three published books, I Would Shed No Tears (2001), You Are Far Away (2002), and Sunshine On The Body (2006) have given here a reputation for granting a voice to people such as migrants, sex-traders, spinsters, psychologically-lost people ... who have no voice, Her creative writing discovers the dirty secrets of rising China together with the small, visceral details about what is happening in China.
She is profiled by numerous local and international media, she gives presentation in top Universities, libraries, international literature Festival... home and abroad. More information about wang lili at www.flickr.com/wanglilinovels.