6 months ago

A Floating Book Haven on Suzhou Creek

Books, river views, and a surprisingly peaceful new hangout.

6 months ago

Shanghai Old Book Market: A Sunday Treasure Hunt Through Time

Need a gift for the China-obsessed in your life? Walk past the wig shops and the bulk dealers of...

7 months ago

Shanghai’s Last Newspaper Stand Is Here to Stay

Shanghai's last newspaper stand, which was supposed to close by the end of 2025, has reopened....

8 months ago

A 24-Hour Self-Service Foreign Language Bookshop in Shanghai

There's a tiny secondhand foreign-language bookshop in Xujiahui that feels less like a shop and...

5 years ago

This Looks Hot: ‘Pretty Ugly’ Zine Launches This Saturday

Cool art, good times, and free booze from your friends at PLUSMINUS

Where the Wild Things Were

Chao Jiaxing’s Under Construction anthology memorializes Shanghai’s independent art scene

Nerd News: Excellent Japanese Bookstore is Opening in Shanghai This Winter

Big, big, really big book news. Beloved Japanese chain Tsutaya Books will open a Shanghai branch....

Books Are Back! Nine of Shanghai's Newest and Coolest Bookstores

Nine places that combine great design and the printed word.

This Little Bookstore Near Xintiandi Champions Young Chinese Illustrators

Hey, here’s a cool off-the-beaten path shop. Zzcetistar Bookstore first opened in 2016 in a...

Children's Book Fair Is On This Weekend, With More Than 60k New Books

The 7th Shanghai International Children's Book Fair is on this weekend, with more than 60,000 new...

This Bookstore Just Opened 52 Floors Off The Ground and There’s a Queue to Get In

Literature has gone to new heights in Shanghai, with the opening of the city’s highest...

[Report From The Ground]: Shanghai Book Fair

Book lovers unite! The annual feast of cheap books -- 20% off, at least! – has arrived: the...

Check Out this New Bookstore with a Pretty Good English-Language Section

There's this new bookstore, Sinan Books, a 3-floor bookstore housed in a historic building, one...

[The List]: 11 English-Language Bookshops That Have Survived This Long

Books and magazines! Here's where to get them in English, in Shanghai.

Shanghai International Literary Festival Releases March 2018 Programme

Books. Discussions. Insight. Conversation. Ideas. Cocktails. The Shanghai International Literary...