Granta Best Young British Novelist 2013 Evie Wyld to Vietnam
Thu 16 Sat 18 May 2013, 9.30 – 11.30 am: Talk at Literature department
Talk on 16 May is cancelled due to power cut
Hanoi USSH, Room 701, Building E
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Fri 17 May 2013, 6 – 7.30 pm: Book presentation with participation of Di Li – Vietnamese writer
Goethe Institute
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Sat 18 May 2013, 5 – 6.30 pm: Round table on “Writing fiction today”
Goethe Institute
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Mon 20 May 2013, 9.30 – 11.30 am: Talk at English department
HCMC USSH
From British Council:
Joining the European Literature Days 2013 in Hanoi, Evie Wyld, an exciting new voice included on the list of Granta Best Young British Novelists 2013, will talk to Di Li, a young Vietnamese writer on the next generation of British writers. The author of the acclaimed novel After the Fire, A Still Small Voice also joins other writers from Spain and Denmark in a public talk on ‘Writing Fiction today.’
Granta is a literary magazine and publisher in the United Kingdom; it published the first list of 20 young British novelists in 1983. Since then, the list has been announced every 10 years with many of its selections have been ‘prescient.’ As many as 12 Granta listers moved on to win or be short-listed for significant literary awards such as Man Booker Prize and Whitbread Prize.
Atonement author Ian McEwan, Never Let Me Go author Kazuo Ishiguro, England, England author Julian Barnes – to name just a few – were among Granta Best Young British Novelists. The 2013 list was announced on 15 April at British Council in London.
After the Fire, A Still Small Voice is Evie Wyld’s debut novel and earned her a number of literary awards. The novel was critically acclaimed, with the Daily Mail stating that Evie Wyld can ‘match the finest storytellers working today with awesome skill and whiplash wit.’
Also in her time in Vietnam, Evie Wyld will have talk with students from University of Social Sciences and Humanities in Hanoi and HCMC.
Evie Wyld’s schedule in Vietnam (16-20th May):
16.05.2013 09:30 – 11.30
Talk at Literature department – Hanoi USSH on British Contemporary Literature
17.05.2013 18:00 – 19:30
Book presentation with participation of Di Li – Vietnamese writer
at Goethe Institute
18.05.2013 17:00-18:30
Round table on “Writing fiction today” with writers from Spain, Denmark, Vietnam at Goethe Institute
20.05.2013 09:30 – 11.30
Talk at English department – HCMC USSH on British Contemporary Literature.
Free entrance to the above events.
| Hanoi University of Social Sciences and Humanities 336 Nguyen Trai Str, Hanoi |
| Goethe Insitut 56 – 58 Nguyen Thai Hoc, Hanoi |
| HCMC University of Social Sciences and Humanities 10-12 Dinh Tien Hoang, Dist 1, HCMC |
I’m very disappointed Talk at Literrature Department. The article did not mentionned the conference room, so I came to the university and asked whoever I can: from the safe guard then the External Relation Department, they provided an answer, but not the confenrence room of this talk. Finally, I came to litterature department after half of hour and there had a teacher who sad to me the exact conference room. But, no one show up there, and I didn’t see any announcement of the talk cancellation.
One point to consider: today, Hanoi USSH don’t have electricity, so almost class were canceled :(((
So could I ask when and where will the Talk hold?
Hi Van Le,
We are very sorry for your inconvenience.. I’ve just called British Council after seeing your comments and only now I know that the talk this morning was canceled due to a power cut at the school. It will be rescheduled to Saturday morning, 9.30 am, room 701 building E.
Again, we are really really sorry about this..
Thank you for your quick response :)