About this Event
We're excited to welcome Alice Amelia to Stanfords to discuss her debut book 'How Korean Corn Dogs Changed My Life', in conversation with the Trouble Club's Zea Stuttaford.
An addictive, tell-all memoir which is also a love letter to Korea: the story of a young British K-drama fan who moved to Seoul and unexpectedly became part of the booming Korea entertainment industry she had idolised from afar.
Aged twenty-one, fuelled by a love of K-dramas and a need to find herself, Alice Amelia moves to Seoul. She knows no one in her adopted country, doesn't speak the language, and hasn't tried kimchi, let alone grilled cow intestines or Korean corn dogs. But she soon realises that real-life Seoul isn't the romanticised city she'd watched on television - and it doesn't have subtitles.
Determined to follow her dream, Alice becomes everything she wasn't in England: adding spicy gochujang sauce to every meal, dancing in K-pop videos, dating HOT Korean models, and even injecting salmon sperm into her eye bags. But as she breaks into the Korean entertainment industry which she idolised from afar, her life spiralled in ways she never could have imagined. Wanting to stay true to herself, she wonders, will she ever belong in Korea? And what price will it cost her to stay?
Everything I Know About Love meets Abroad in Japan by way of Bridget Jones’s Diary
About the author:
Alice Amelia fell in love with K-dramas as a teenager in Henley and moved to Seoul in her early 20s, where she then lived for 5 years and became part of the booming Korean entertainment industry. In Korea, Alice worked for many major companies including The Black Label, HYBE, Starship Entertainment and Netflix. She also featured in adverts for Samsung, Hyundai Department Stores and the Korean gaming giant PUBG Studios, accumulating a social media presence of 100,000 combined followers. Alice has acted as an ambassador for the Korean Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and worked with the Seoul Tourism Organisation. She recently earned a Master's in Film and Television production from MetFilm School and she is also an award-winning playwright.
Alice will be joined in conversation with Zea Stuttaford from the Trouble Club. The Trouble Club is one of London's largest and most exciting members clubs, hosting talks, networking events and more. They've worked with speakers such as Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak and Mary Beard, and have been great friends of Stanfords for a long time. Check them out here!
The event will start promptly at 7.00pm, please arrive 10 minutes early.
Ticket with book £18.99 - save £6!
Ticket £8.00
Includes a complimentary glass of wine/soft drink on arrival.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Stanfords, 7 Mercer Walk, London, United Kingdom
GBP 8.00 to GBP 18.99
