Bangkok Literature Festival

I’m honoured to have been asked to participate in three panels at the Bangkok Literature Festival (4-5 Nov 2023) alongside authors from all around the world!

Thank you so much to the Neilson Hays Library for this amazing opportunity.

Who owns The Story? – Reframing Southeast Asian Narratives

Authors from the region discuss the rise of Asians writing about Southeast Asia, and the challenges of trying to reframe the narrative. Glenn Diaz in conversation with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, Mai Nardone, and Pim Wangtechawat.

Healing Hearts: หนังสือฮีลใจคืออะไร?

The novelist Pim Wangtechawat (The Moon Represents My Heart) guest curates this session with poet Win Nimman (Please Don’t Be Cruel to Your Heart). They sit down for a discussion on the challenges of pursuing writing as a profession, the popularity of “Healing Books” in Thailand, and the merits of this unique genre. They invite you to discover how the power of the written word can help connect us all. 

Books for Living: How Reading Can Save You

Will Schwalbe’s Books For Living is a celebration of books, and the meaning and power we find in them. Catch him in conversation with breakout Thai novelist Pim Wangtechawat; publisher Edmund Wee; and fiction and nonfiction author Emma Larkin on the books that got them through life.