News/Interviews
13 QUESTIONS WITH NGUYỄN PHAN QUẾ MAI
NEWS:
Quế Mai becomes Author Advocate for Room to Read to enhance girls' access to education and promote the power of literacy and books
Quế Mai launches project with Smokelong and Roshan Learning Center to assist refugees
The Mountains Sing wins The Annie Award 2021
The Mountains Sing wins The International Book Awards, in two categories: Literary Fiction and Multicultural Fiction
Quế Mai becomes an editor of DVAN's publishing series
Alqonquin Books acquired World rights for Quế Mai's second novel DUST CHILD, set in South Việt Nam.
Quế Mai joins The Tuesday Agency - a lecture agency exclusively representing authors such as Viet Thanh Nguyen, Thi Bui, Roxane Gay, Khaled Hosseini.
The Mountains Sing won the Blogger's Book Prize 2021 and became NB Magazine's Book of the Year
The Mountains Sing a finalist of the Audiobook of the Year Award
Quế Mai shares her Vietnamese New Year experiences on The New York Times
Quế Mai won the prestigious Lannan Literary Fellowship in Fiction for a work "of exceptional quality"
"Lanterns Hanging on the Wind", co-produced by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, puts Vietnamese Poetry in the Limelight
VIDEO:
Conversation with Emily Powter-Robinson about winning The Blogger's Book Prize 2021
Conversation with Viet Thanh Nguyen (DVAN Author Talk Series)
Conversation with Matthew Hoh (Veterans For Peace)
Conversation with Professor Wayne Karlin, Vietnam Veteran (College of Southern Maryland's Connections series)
Conversation with Dr. Sofia Rehman, independent scholar, leader of LEEDS LIT CLUB
Edwardsville Public Library, SIUE Lovejoy Library and SIUE Alumni Association
Conversation with Thanh Tan (King County Library System Author Voices Series)
Empowering Others Is to Empower Ourselves
In conversation with diasporic Vietnamese writer at the San José Museum of Art
RADIO/PODCAST:
PEN America's The Pen Pod
Boston Public Radio (WGBH program)
Hear Me Roar (Women's Fiction Writers Association podcast)
The Campbell Conversations, hosted by Professor Grant Reeher
ABC Radio National's Sense of Place
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) Radio
German radio Deutschlandfunk Kultur
WRITTEN:
A conversation with ThanhHà Lại on diaCRITICS
Ubud Writers & Readers Festival
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai on film
Thank you for journeying with Quế Mai into an authentic Việt Nam via THE MOUNTAINS SING.
Quế Mai and Bruce Weigl presented their works a the Lannan Foundation
Quế Mai performing her poetry at the 23rd International Poetry Festival of Medellín (Colombia)
Quế Mai's writing journey has recently been featured in a full-length documentary entitled "She is beautiful", produced by Việt Nam Television:
Quế Mai's poetry performance with the American poet Jennifer Fossenbell, National Poetry Day of Vietnam (2010):
Quế Mai's poetry performance with the Indian poet Mamta Sagar, the first Asia-Pacific Poetry Festival (2012):
Quế Mai's poem "Writing on behalf of Duc", about the children with cancer in Việt Nam:
Quế Mai's poem "Hà Nội", which won First prize, Poetry Competition about 1,000 Years Hà Nội:
"I Hear My Country Calling My Name" (lyric by Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, music by Đinh Trung Cẩn) won the best song of the year Award by Việt Nam Musicians' Association (2011), as well as the Best Song of the Year Award from the Musicians Association of Hồ Chí Minh City (2011)
Quế Mai is featured as a success story of the Australian Development Scholarships in Việt Nam.
Youtube Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai: click here
OTHER NEWS:
“The Writer Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai Brings Vietnamese-English, North-South Closer”, Saigoneer Magazine. Read here.
“Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai’s novel rebuts Western perspective on American war” – Vietnam News. Read here.
US radios broadcast a show of Quế Mai’s poetry to celebrate the National Poetry Day of Việt Nam, Tuổi Trẻ News. Read here.
Quế Mai releases her travel book in Việt Nam, Việt Nam News. Read here.
PRESS/MEDIA IN VIETNAMESE:
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai won First Prize, the Poetry Competition about 1,000 Years Hanoi, Tuổi Trẻ Newspaper. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai won Poetry of the Year 2010 Award from the Hanoi Writers Association, Đại biểu Nhân dân Newspaper. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai won the Capital Prize's of Arts and Literature, Thanh Niên Newspaper. More
What can Vietnamese do to enable our literature to step out to the world?, Sports and Culture Newspaper. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, always proud to be Vietnamese, Biên Phòng Newspaper. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai publishes her 10th book of translations entitled Bay lên, Thanh Niên News. More
Bay lên, the multi-national anthology about human lives in the diaspora, VnExpress. More
Bay lên, an anthology of excellent short stories about the human lives, the Voice of Vietnam Radio. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, her creative work and current affairs, Người Việt News. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai's Stars on the City Sky meets young readers, Nhân Dân Newspaper. More
Stars on the City Sky - Fairytales about the village life, Vietnam National Television VTV. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, "I hear my country calling my name", Người Việt News. More
Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai, poetry radiates its fragrance on Vietnamese language, Người Việt News. More