About this Event
As part of MidCoast Festival of Stories, one of Australia’s most loved forums for literature, ideas and storytelling, Sydney Writers’ Festival will live-stream its headline events from Sydney to MidCoast Council Libraries on Thursday 23, Friday 24, Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 May.
Prepare to be invigorated and engaged by conversations, debates and discussions featuring some ofthe world’s finest writers and thinkers. Audiences can also participate in live Q&A sessions at each event, sending questions straight to the Sydney stage. Join us for Live & Local 2024, streamed live by Sydney Writers’ Festival and delivered locally.
About the event...
VIET THANH NGUYEN: A MAN OF TWO FACES
Hear celebrated author Viet Thanh Nguyen, hailed as “a conscience of American literature” (The New Yorker), discuss his new work with writer and broadcaster Benjamin Law.
About the author...
Viet Thanh Nguyen’s novel, The Sympathizer, won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and numerous otherawards. His most recent publication is A Man of Two Faces: A Memoir, AHistory, A Memorial. His other books are The Committed, a short story collection, The Refugees, Nothing Ever Dies and Race and Resistance. He has also published Chicken of the Sea, a children’s book written in collaboration with his son, Ellison. He is a University Professor at the University of Southern California. A recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim and MacArthur Foundations, he is also the editor of The Displaced: Refugee Writers on Refugee Lives.
Bookings essential.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
MidCoast Libraries - Forster, 4 Lake Street, Forster, Australia
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