Book lovers, you're gonna love this... This weekend, November 13-14 in New York City, the Asian American Writers' Workshop presents Page Turner: The Asian American Literary Festival, featuring more than forty writers, including Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Ondaatje, David Henry Hwang, Hari Kunzru, Ed Park, Porochista Khakpour, and legendary editor Sonny Mehta.
The quirky but curated festival will also feature a ukulele-strumming comedian, a former Chinese rocket factory worker, poets making video art, Indian crime fiction, panels on internment and immigration, and a cocktail reception and awards ceremony. Lots more details:
The Asian American Writers' Workshop presentsJust look at the schedule -- it's a big-ass lineup of literary awesomeness. Don't you want some literary awesomeness? Even just a little? Don't you?! For more information about the festival, including schedule, tickets, and the full lineup of guests, go to the Page Turner website here.
PAGE TURNER: The Asian American Literary Festival
Friday & Saturday, Nov. 13-14, 2009
Join the Workshop for PAGE TURNER, a two-day literary palooza that'll bring together more than thirty writers, including Jhumpa Lahiri, Michael Ondaatje, David Henry Hwang, Hari Kunzru, Ed Park, and Porochista Khakpour. This quirky but curated festival will also feature a former Chinese rocket factory worker, poets making video art, ukulele-strumming comedian Jen Kwok, Indian crime fiction, panels on internment and immigration, and a cocktail reception and awards ceremony. For schedule and tickets, please visit pageturnerfest.org.
EVENTS DETAILS
Friday, Nov. 13, 2009, 7-10pm
PAGE TURNER: GALA KICK-OFF DINNER
At Vermilion, 480 Lexington Avenue, NY, NY
$50 cocktail reception (7-8pm); $500 gala dinner (8-10pm)
A special cocktail reception and dinner honoring Sonny Mehta, who will receive a Lifetime Achievement Award from Michael "English Patient" Ondaatje. For tickets, visit aaww.org/dinner or call (212) 494-0061.
Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009, 11am-7pm
PAGE TURNER: The Asian American Literary Festival
powerhouse Arena, 37 Main Street, Brooklyn, NY
$5 per reading; $20 Day Pass; $10 Literary Awards & Reception Only; $25 All-Day Pass+Awards
A hip all-day reading series that'll feature more than some of the most prominent Asian American writers in the country, as well as stand-up comedians, academics, and the Twelfth Annual Asian American Literary Awards. The line-up includes: Jhumpa Lahiri, David Henry Hwang, Ed Park, Mort Baharloo, Monique Truong, Hari Kunzru, Meera Nair, Mohan Sikka, Hirsh Sawhney, Mae Ngai, Mitra Kalita, Alexander Chee, Ron Hogan, Rakesh Satyal, Jen Kwok, Porochista Khakpour, Ed Lin, Jennifer Hayashida, Jeff Yang, Sree Sreenivasan, Ravi Shankar, Hua Hsu, Dennis Lim, Julie Otsuka, Rea Tajiri, Sunaina Maria, Tania James, Hasanthika Sirisena, V.V. Ganeshananthan, Amitava Kumar, Lijia Zhang, Alexandra Chang, Walter Lew, and Ye Mimi. For a complete schedule and tickets see http://www.pageturnerfest.org.