This year's SILF has been one of the most successful yet. If you were one of the unlucky ones who missed out on the second weekend of the festival, we've got you covered. City Weekend was front and center to record all the action. Grab a cup of coffee, settle in and listen to your favorite authors talk about their work.

[We've also got the first weekend's events up right now]

Saturday, March 12

Ian Whybrow: Badness with Little Wolf and a Bucketful of Harry's Dinosaurs
Listen to Ian Whybrow, master storyteller of classic tales with a modern twist.

Paul Midler: Poorly Made in China
Listen to the author of Paul Midler discuss his work and inspiration from China.

The Short Story
Powerful ideas in an economy of words with Sarah Laing, Elenor Catton and Simon van Booy.

Hsu Ming Teo: The Death of Multiculturalism
Hsu-Ming Teo is a novelist and cultural historian who wrote Love and Vertigo and Behind the Moon. She examines multiculturalism and how it fills English-language novels with new life.

Tommy Nohilly: Blood from a Stone
Nohilly’s first play on Broadway stars Ethan Hawke, and now the former marine, waiter, bouncer, bartender and security guard talks about never giving up on writing and how he got to where he is today.

Juan Gabriel Vasquez: On History and Stories
Award-winning Colombian writer Vasquez talks about 2010 novel The Informers and his forthcoming novel The Secret History of Costaguana, about a Colombian-born writer named José Altamirano.

Christos Tsiolkas: The Slap
This "way we live now" novel, which follows what unfolds after a child is slapped at a barbecue, won its author a Commonwealth Prize. Set in a standard Melbourne suburb, Tsiolkas's book peels back layers to reveal the racial tensions and conflicting values that make up an on-the-surface happy, multicultural society.

Sunday, March 13

Shanghailanders and Shanghainese: Where They Lived, Worked and PLayed
Tess Johnston and her esteemed co-authors get together to discuss their work.

Simon Kuper with Brook Larmer
Kuper and Larmer talk about Sports as a Globalizing and Tribalizing Force. Kuper is the author of Football Against the Enemy and Larmer recently published Operation Yao Ming. The pair discuss the way sports in the 21st century are both globalizing and tribalizing, both in China and throughout the world.

Marjorie Liu: Out of the Ordinary
New York Times best-selling author and Marvel contributor Liu discusses her fantasy novels Tiger Eye and her comics series based on the X-Men and Wolverine, X-23 and Dark Wolverine. The Financial Times' Peter Aspden moderates.

Hong Ying and Adam Williams
This wife and husband pair discuss what happens when Chinese writers cover Western topics. Hong Ying on the Bloomsbury Group and vice versa and the problems that come along with it - translation problems, self-censorship and unclear understanding.

The Great Annual FT Debate
A favorite of the festival. For this year's SILF, FT writers Peter Aspden, Jan Dalley, Lucy Kellaway and Simon Kuper discuss whether or not the world is turning into one giant shopping mall or if a shared culture (though which one?) can promote an understanding of multiculturalism. Financial Time's Asia editor, David Pilling, moderates.

Julia Leigh: Crafting the Novel
The Disquiet and Hunter author discusses the role that atmosphere, character, inspiration and more play in how a novel is put together.

Vincent Lam: Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures
Physician and writer Dr. Vincent Lam reads from his collection of short stories, Bloodletting and Miraculous Cures. The sometimes-gross, sometimes-graphic stories are realistic and matter-of-fact.

Peter Hessler: From River Town to Country Driving
Peter Hessler, of River Town, Oracle Bones and Country Driving fame discusses his travels through China and leaving the Middle Kingdom. In conversation with American Public Media's Rob Schmitz.

We've also got the first weekend's events up right now. There is still more Literary Festival action coming up. Check out the full schedule here.

See also:
Your Complete Guide to the 2011 Shanghai International Literary Festival
SILF Must See: Emma Donoghue Discusses Her Intense New Novel
Kids' Events at the 2011 Shanghai International Literary Festival
2010 Shanghai International Literary Festival Podcasts