Wednesday 21 May 2014


Joining the European Literature Days 2014 in Hanoi, Aoife Mannix, a recognisable voice on the UK live literature scene, will deliver a workshop on Creative Writing with Vietnamese writers and readers. It will be a fun and practical session suitable for all levels of experience. Aoife will look at using poetic language to celebrate the imagination and explore how writers develop their own personal voice.

The author of four poetry collections and a novel also joins other writers from France, Germany and Poland in a public talk on ‘Female European writers: Love for Literature and Life’.

As a reader of Tolkien work, Aoife will attend the talk on Tolkien’s works which is translated in Vietnam and how this British acclaimed writer were inspired by a sense of place, especially by Oxfordshire where Aoife lives.

Also in her time in Vietnam, Aoife will have talks with students from Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Language Teaching and Hanoi National University of Education. 

Aoife Mannix’s schedule in Vietnam (from 21 to 24 May):

  • 21 May 2014: from 14.00 to 16.00

Talk at English department – HUFLIT on “How to use literature on English teaching”.

  • 23 May 2014 from 9.30 – 11.30

Round table on “Female European writers: Love for Literature and Life” with writers from Germany, Poland and France at L’Espace. Free entrance.

  • 23 May 2014 from 16.00 to 18.00 

Workshop on Creative Writing at Goethe Institute. Registration needed.

  • 23 May 2014 from 19.30 to 21.00

Talk on Tolkien’s works with translator Ta Huong Nhi from Nha Nam at Manzi. Free entrance.

  • 24 May 2014 from 09.30 to 11.30

Talk with Literature high school students from HNUE at British Council Hanoi

Notes to Editor

Mr Vu Hai Dang
Communications Manager
British Council
20 Thuy Khue, Tay Ho, Hanoi
T +84 (0)4 38436780 ext 1957
F +84 (0)4 38434962
dang.vu@britishcouncil.org.vn

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