Join us at Goethe Institut for a celebration of LGBTQ+/Queer identities, language and shared heritage in Wales, the UK and Viet Nam, with an exhibition and launch event following the publication of ‘Room/Ystafell/Phòng’. The exhibition will launch with a reading event and discussion with the authors, and a creative writing workshop the following day.
A celebration of LGBTQ+/Queer identities, language and shared heritage in Wales, the UK and Viet Nam.
Following the publication of Room/Ystafell/Phòng six writers, three from Viet Nam and three from Wales come together to discuss their queer identities and how it has been shaped by the world around them. Featuring discussion transcripts, poetry, photography, collages and prose.
A man takes to the ballroom scene after months of lockdown in Hanoi, entranced by the vogue gods. An 81 year old lesbian artist writes to her ex-lovers daughter to explore her ten strange dreams. At 2am a young woman strides through Queen Street, Cardiff writing love notes to her cariad (Welsh word for ‘love’). Exploring sexuality, love and loss, language, cultural heritage, nature and joy this anthology sheds light on the queer experience in Wales and Viet Nam.
The writers are:
Joshua Jones,
Kai Nguyen,
Leo Drayton,
Lauren Morais,
Maik Cây,
Xuân Tùng
Room/Ystafell/Phòng was published by Parthian Books, November 2023, in collaboration with the British Council as part of our UK/ Viet Nam Season.
The event is as part of European Literature Days, which initiated by EUNIC and European Embassies in Hanoi, with the aim of honouring and sharing cultural values from Europe to Vietnamese readers.