Events
Quế Mai looks forward to meeting you - her precious reader - during her events. She has prepared unique performances of poetry and music and can't wait to enchant you at these forthcoming events:
AUCKLAND WRITERS FESTIVAL:
Thurs 18 MAY, 7pm-8:30pm: FESTIVAL GALA, TRUE STORIES TOLD LIVE: IN REAL LIFE (Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre). Get your tickets here
Sat, 20 May 2023, 1:00pm – 2:30pm: MASTERCLASS: OUR STORIES/OUR HERITAGE (Waihorotiu Room, Level 4, Aotea Centre). Get your tickets here
Sunday, 21 MAY, 10:00am – 11:00am: Presenting DUST CHILD, a conversation with novelist Paula Morris (Kiri Te Kanawa Theatre, Aotea Centre). Get your tickets here
THE WHEELER CENTER'S WORLD OF WORDS FESTIVAL (MELBOURNE):
Monday, 22 May, 2pm-4pm: MASTERCLASS: OUR STORIES, OUR HERITAGE, supported by Đất Nước Library (Footscray Community Arts Centre). Get your tickets here
Monday 22 May, 6:30-8pm: Presenting DUST CHILD, Quế Mai in conversation with award-winning Vietnamese-Australian writer, journalist and critic Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen, supported by Đất Nước Library (Footscray Community Arts Centre). Get your tickets here
SYDNEY WRITERS FESTIVAL:
Thu, 25 May, 8:00pm-9:15pm: STORYTELLING GALA: LETTERS TO THE FUTURE (Sydney Town Hall). Get your tickets here
Friday 26 May, 12 pm: BEGINNINGS: THE ART OF THE NOVEL: a reading (Carriageworks, Bay 24, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh). Details here
Fri, 26 May 2023, 2:00pm-3:00pm: ON WRITING: André Dao & Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai in conversation with Sheila Ngọc Phạm (Carriageworks, Track 8). Tickets here
Fri, 26 May 2023, 7:30pm-8:30pm: THE RHYTHM OF THE WORD, a poetry reading (Carriageworks, Track 8, 245 Wilson Street, Eveleigh). Tickets here
Sun, 28 May 2023, 11:30am-12:30pm: UNTOLD VIETNAMESE STORIES PANEL with André Dao (Anam), Tracey Lien (All That's Left Unsaid) and Sheila Ngọc Phạm about family secrets and reckoning with history through literature (Whitlam Library Cabramatta). Tickets here
UBUD WRITERS & READERS FESTIVAL
Saturday 24 June: Ubud, Indonesia: in-person event with Ubud Writers & Readers Festival, Transit Bookstore and Bookhive Indonesia. Details TBA
SUMMER EUROPEAN TOUR
28 September - 1 October: Gothenburg Book Fair, Sweden
4 October: House of Literature, Oslo, Norway
5 October: House of Literature in Bergen, Norway
FEATURE QUẾ MAI AT YOUR 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 Trinity Ray, President of 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 since its publication. Below are links to the recording of her recent public events about The Mountains Sing for you to watch at your convenience.
Conversation with Thi Bui, hosted by Oakland Cultural Center
Quế Mai's appearance on Friends and Fiction
Conversation with Subtle Asian Bookclub
Conversation with Megha Majumdar, hosted by University Bookstore
Conversation with Karl Marlantes, hosted by Seattle Public Library and Elliott Bay Book
Conversation with Matthew Hoh, hosted by Veteran for Peace
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
