ESEA Authors Discuses Diaspora
On East and Southeast Asian Heritage Month, let’s talk about diaspora, and all the people and places we call home. Come join our celebration of new, exciting ESEA novels in the UK, from children’s and YA fiction, to adult fiction — literary, fantasy, speculative, and crime. Meet some wonderful ESEA Authors. Panel chats, book signings, refreshments, prizes and party!
- 21st Sept 2023 (Thursday)
- 15:00 – 20:00 BST
- Khalili Lecture Theatre, SOAS London
REGISTRATION IS A MUST.
TICKETS ARE FREE, DONATIONS ARE WELCOME.
Panel One: Curating Culture:
Whose authenticity? Whose gaze? (3:20 pm)
Living in the diaspora, we reconstruct our homelands for a global audience. Are we authentic enough to write stories drawn from our culture? Do we count movement and exchange as culture? How are we seen? How do we see ourselves? And what about the impact of the white gaze and internal biases on both readers and writers?
Lucy Tandon Coop (forthcoming picture book), Natelle Quek (Wild Wild Woods, The Little Mermaid), Anne Elicaño Shields (Tales from the City), Ella King (Bad Fruit). Chaired by Eva Wong Nava (The House of Little Sisters)
Panel Four: Telling Our Colonial Story (6:50 pm)
Authors of fiction and non fiction for all ages and genres discuss the oftentimes painful task of excavating the ESEA story from colonial histories written by invaders and colonisers, trying to see humanity in those that have been dehumanised, and crafting a story that is fair as well as true.
Zen Cho (Black Water Sister), Cat Aquino (Champion of the Rose), Eva Wong Nava, (House of Little Sisters), L. Kiew (More Than Weeds). Chaired by Candy Gourlay (Wild Song)
ESEAHM x MCR Festival
Are you ready to celebrate ESEA Heritage Month, Manchester?!
If so, SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY 3RD SEPTEMBER, 12-8PM.
- 3rd Sept 2023 (Sunday)
- 12:00pm – 8:00pm
- Grub – 50 Red Bank, Manchester, M4 MHF