The UK’s award-winning East and South East Asian literary festival returns to Foyles Charing Cross Road on Saturday 20 September 2025 for a day of conversation, workshops, book signings and a lunchtime bake sale hosted by Polly Chan’s Bakehouse fundraising for Sesame Organisation. Featured in the Guardian, Harper’s Bazaar and Elle, ESEA Lit Fest is … [Read More]
Author: Juhea Kim
Selected publications by Juhea Kim
- A Love Story from the End of the World, Borough Press 2025
- City of Night Birds, Oneworld 2025
- Beasts of a Little Land, Oneworld 2022
Three Korean authors at Wimbledon Bookfest
Join three unmissable new voices, Juhea Kim, Ela Lee and Park Seolyeon, as they discuss their ambitious and incisive novels that will challenge and expand your idea of Korean literature. Ela Lee’s Jaded is a searing exploration of race, power and violence, as well as how hope can light up the darkest moments, City of … [Read More]
Cambridge Korea Day 2025
Korea Day is coming to Cambridge! Join Cambridge University Library librarians and special guests for an unforgettable celebration of modern and traditional Korean books and culture. Activities Korean bookmaking: Learn the basics of this ancient craft in a Hanji workshop led by paper artist and book maker, Yvette Ja. Embroidery: Korean embroidery is a traditional handicraft. … [Read More]
Author Juhea Kim in conversation with Alice Robb
To celebrate the release of her new novel City of Night Birds— a Reese’s Book Club pick — the Korean Cultural Centre UK will host a special evening with Juhea Kim, international bestselling author of Beasts of a Little Land. In conversation with acclaimed author and journalist Alice Robb, Juhea will share the inspirations behind … [Read More]
Upcoming literature and fiction titles for 2022
Last year was an amazing one for Korean literature in translation, with plenty of lively titles published. 2022 looks for the moment like it’s going to be a little quieter, but new publications sometimes pop out of nowhere, so this list of anticipated books for this year is almost bound to be proved incomplete. There … [Read More]




