For more of Chinatravel.net's coverage of this year's Literary Festivals in China, click the links below:

Writing a guidebook to China: An interview with Rough Guide author David Leffman
Queer Culture in China: An interview with Professor John Erni
New speaker at Shanghai Lit Fest: Paul French
Foreign memoirs of China: An interview with Amy Sommers
The History of Photography in China: An interview with Terry Bennett
Shanghai International Literary Festival Preview: Andrew Field

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Book season is almost upon us, with no fewer than three literary festivals playing simultaneously around China in March. Fear not though, many of the people appearing will be at more than one event, so you shouldn't need to run around the country in order to see them. All you need to do is decide who to go see.

The China Bookworm International Literary Festival runs from Friday 5^th to Friday 19^th March. You can browse the schedule here, or download the full program here (PDF). Tickets are on sale now, but can only be bought in person at The Bookworm (9am-9pm). Contact the Festival hotline (187 0147 1558) for more info.

The Shanghai International Literary Festival runs from Friday 5^th to Sunday 21^st March. The program is here, and tickets can be bought through Mypiao

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The Man Hong Kong International Literary Festival runs from Thursday 11^th to Friday 19^th March. Program details are here. Tickets are already on sale (payment by check or online though PayPal), and some events are already sold out. Be quick!

Naturally, there's a strong China bent to proceedings, with many (though by no means all) of the participants having some connection to the country. So for specific recommendations we have to narrow our focus. And our focus is travel.

Here then, some of the participants whose work concerns either travel around China, or specific places within it that you might find yourself inspired to visit.

Terry Bennett

Graham Earnshaw

First posted to Beijing as a junior Reuters correspondent in 1979, Earnshaw has certainly earned his China stripes; shuttling back and forth between Hong Kong and the mainland (with a spell in Japan) for more than three decades. Since 2004, when not running his media empire (the latest arm of which, Earnshaw Books, publishes (and republishes) books on the Orient), he's been walking from Shanghai to Tibet, always starting at the place he last left off.

Beijing: The Great Walk of China, Saturday March 6, 10am

An artist, poet and musician who spent most of the '90s living in a variety of Asian countries and studying Chinese culture, Ezell is leading a workshop in Beijing that promises to help attendees "turn their travel experiences into compelling, imaginative poetry."

Beijing: Postcards from Home, Sunday March 14, 2pm