Events
FORTHCOMING EVENTS:
Galle Literary Festival (Sri Lanka): 6-9 February, 2025.
- Friday 7th February from 3.15 - 4.15pm at Elliot House in Galle: Tea & Poetry with Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai & Ramya Jirasinghe, chaired by Curtis Jobe
- Saturday 8th February: 10.15 - 11.15am: PANEL: Inheriting the Past: Vietnam's Legacy Through Two Lenses
- Sunday 9th February: 9 - 10am: PANEL: A Way with Words: The Magic of the Multilingual Writer
Book tour in German (April 2025): details coming soon
Book tour in the USA (April-May 2025): details coming soon
FEATURE QUẾ MAI AT YOUR FUTURE EVENT:
Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai is a passionate and inspiring speaker who advocates for peace and social justice. She has been featured as a keynote speaker by a wide variety of organizations who include companies, charitable organizations, universities, schools, libraries... In February 2023, she was selected by Grant Thornton UK LLP - one of the world's leading consulting firms as a keynote speaker on the power of storytelling for the company's Advanced Leader Program Summit in Hà Nội, which gathered more than 90 top leaders. Click here to read her speaker's profile. She is represented exclusively for keynote speeches and lectures by The Tuesday Agency. To invite her to speak at your event, contact Alexa Starry at The Tuesday Agency: [email protected]
PAST EVENTS:
Quế Mai is deeply grateful to hundreds of organizations including schools, book clubs, libraries, bookstores, festivals and community centers who have hosted discussions about The Mountains Sing and Dust Child. Below are links to the recording of her recent public events about her novels for you to watch at your convenience.
Conversation about Dust Child at Washington DC Public Library
Conversation about Dust Child at LA Public Library
Conversation with Thi Bui, hosted by Oakland Cultural Center
Conversation with Karl Marlantes, hosted by Seattle Public Library and Elliott Bay Book
Conversation with Matthew Hoh, hosted by Veteran for Peace
Quế Mai's appearance on Friends and Fiction
Conversation with Subtle Asian Bookclub
Conversation with Megha Majumdar, hosted by University Bookstore
Conversation with Diep Vuong, hosted by Eastwind Books of Berkeley and the Pacific Links Foundation
Conversation with Professor Wayne Karlin, hosted by the College of Southern Maryland
Conversation with Dr. Sofia Rehman
Edwardsville Public Library, SIUE Lovejoy Library and SIUE Alumni Association