He makes reading accessible

Writer Bi Feiyu was in Beijing recently to promote his latest book Fiction Reading, a collection of magazine columns on his understanding of classics. Mei Jia reports.

When writer Bi Feiyu landed in Beijing recently for four book events and to do a show on China Central Television's hit program Readers, his presence created a stir among his fans, not unlike the one in London five years ago when he was there for an international book fair.

The winner of the 2010 Man Asian Literary Prize has a new book, Fiction Reading, a collection of magazine columns on his understanding of fiction classics, both Chinese and foreign.