It is with great excitement and anticipation that the Spittoon Collective presents: The Spittoon Literary Tour – A Cross-Cultural Collaboration of Literature, Music and Art. 

The last two years have seen a wild ride of growth for Spittoon events from Spittoon Poetry; Spittoon Fiction; Spit-Tunes (our music and poetry collaboration night) and the upcoming Spittoon Poetry Slam night, to the major success of the Spittoon Literary Magazine, which launched its second issue at the 798 Art District earlier in May. We would like to thank our followers for their genuine support. 

The ethos of this tour is colllaboration and the celebration of the diversity of cultures and nations that Spittoon exemplifies. It will consist of 2 days worth of readings, talks and panel discussions. Now it’s time to begin the Spittoon Literary Tour!

9月23、24日，我们非常高兴地迎来第一场Spittoon文艺之旅——文学、音乐、艺术的跨界协作。由老书虫协同主办，将在北京、成都、苏州三地巡回。

Spittoon诞生两年多以来，我们组织了一系列文化活动：Spittoon诗歌、小说朗读、音乐诗歌汇演Spit-Tunes和诗歌Slam比赛；我们的Spittoon文学杂志第二期5月也在798艺术区发布。Spittoon成立以来始终得到大家的喜爱与支持，我们表示非常感谢！

这次文艺之旅是一场文学和艺术的跨界协作，也是国际多元文化的庆祝狂欢。这是Spittoon一直以来所象征的。活动包括为期两天的朗诵、对谈、竞赛游戏和派对。是时候来一场硬核文艺之旅了！

September 23rd, SATURDAY

Poetry in Beijing: 1pm 

Panel discussion 3pm 

Poetry in Translation – 5pm

Spit-Tunes – 7pm 

Party 9pm - late

September, 24th SUNDAY

Literary Showcase– 2pm 

Fiction in Beijing 4pm

Literary quiz night – 6pm

9月24日 星期六

诗歌自由朗读：1pm  

对谈：3pm

双语诗歌：5pm

Spit-Tunes诗歌音乐汇演：7pm

Party：9pm - 比较晚

9月24日 星期日

小说朗读：2pm    

对谈：4pm

文学知识竞赛：6pm

POETRY & FICTION READINGS: Eight of the best English-Language poets and fiction writers that Beijing has to offer, each give a reading of their latest work along with a short Q&A.

BOOKWORM LITERARY SHOWCASE: A special event focusing on some compelling topics - details to be released soon.

SPIT-TUNES: Features excellent poets working with 4 separate genres of music. All those who participate have been selected by Spittoon, then by musicians who take inspration from them. After one month of collaboration, the result is a song, based on the musician’s and writer’s individual style. The genres for this event are: Sax and guitar duo– Trip-Hop – Indie Acoustic – Jazz.

LITERARY QUIZ: Will be a fun and brain-tickling literary quiz organized and run by ex-Bookworm aficionado Anthony Tao with lots of Boozy prizes.

POETRY IN TRANSLATION: Presents 4 excellent Chinese poets, featured in our literary magazine, who will read their poetry with the English translation provided.

FESTIVAL PARTY: What kind of literary and arts organization would we be if we didn’t throw a massive party! We’ll throw a party for everybody complete with live music, DJs and great drinks for everybody to enjoy!!! 

诗歌和小说朗读：北京最好的诗人和小说家+在华国际文学圈的顶级作家。

对谈：著名诗人之间的特别对话。嘉宾即将揭晓。

SPIT-TUNES：充分呈现北京多元化和创新的音乐风，让不同风格的艺术家、乐队和作家、诗人进行跨界表演。音乐人根据他们的音乐风格选择诗人或作家，然后共同创作一个音乐作品。此次活动包括萨克斯吉他二重奏、迷幻舞曲、独立原声和爵士。

文学知识竞赛：有趣而开启脑洞的文学知识竞赛，由获得众多奖项的诗人、前老书虫骨灰级书虫Anthony Tao/陶一星主持。

双语诗歌：4位一流的中国诗人朗读他们的诗歌作品，并由国际作家朗读英文版。

Party：如果没有盛大的Party，文艺之旅也不算圆满！周六晚现场将有音乐演出、DJ和多多益善的各种饮品。