LITERARY DIMENSIONS

A cosmopolitan bookshop and reading space set in a historic Shanghai mansion has created the ultimate 'sitting room in the city', Yang Yang reports.

In early January, when the first temporary Sinan Bookshop - a literary "pop-up" performance venue that ran for 60 days starting on Nov 6, 2017 - shut up shop, many visitors hoped that the cozy wooden structure would become a permanent fixture.

Every day from 4 to 8 pm, the heart-shaped cabin, which sparkled like a diamond when lit up at night, became a hub for visitors to interact with a host of different writers, publishing-house editors and literary critics.