This year's Shanghai International Literary Festival will be held from March 14 to March 27. Old friends such as Tess Johnston, Paul French and Qiu Xiaolong will attend with their most recent works on Shanghai's passage through the 20th century, forgotten tales of the city and a new addition to detective novels in Shanghai. The annual festival has lined up more than 30 events over the two weeks at No. 5 on the Bund, keeping many of its traditions with children's events, panel discussions, literary lunches and poetry sessions while also inviting more Shanghai writers to join in the discussions.