Join Tilted Axis Press for the London launch of Capitalists Must Starve, a radical feminist novel by award-winning Korean author Park Seolyeon, translated into English by Anton Hur. Set in 1930s Pyongyang, Capitalists Must Starve follows a young factory worker who leads a historic strike, bringing to life the fierce spirit of women and workers … [Read More]
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Anton Hur: Prizing Korean Literature
Join Wasafiri and Anton Hur to explore the future of Korean literature on a global stage and discuss literary prize cultures and translation. Following his essay for the Wasafiri website, ‘We Have Arrived: Anton Hur on Han Kang’s Nobel Win’ – where he brought his trademark wit to reflect on the ‘earthquake’ moment of Han … [Read More]
K-Book Festival: Cheon Seon Ran in Conversation
Join prize-winning author Cheon Seon-Ran for an afternoon of conversation at Foyles about her heartfelt and beautifully told novel, A Thousand Blues. From its perch on top of a pile of junk inside a shed, Coli, a robot with powerful observational qualities, waits patiently for someone to find it. Coli is special among humanoids. This is … [Read More]
K-Book Festival: Min Song-a in Conversation
Webtoon sensation Min Song-a comes to Foyles to talk about her unique and compelling style of storytelling. Since her debut in 2013, Min Song-a has established herself as a distinctive voice in the world of webtoons, admired for her unique character portrayals and stylish storytelling. Her notable works include Nano List, The Girl Next Door, … [Read More]
K-Book Festival: Cookery Lecture with Judy Joo
The acclaimed chef and writer behind Korean Soul Food gives a talk (with samples to taste!) in the Cookery Department at Foyles about K-Quick, her latest acclaimed cookbook. Judy Joo is the chef behind TV shows Judy Joo’s Return to Korea and Korean Food Made Simple and cookbooks Korean Soul Food and K-Quick: Korean Food … [Read More]
An evening with Yun Ko-eun at Waterstones
Spend an evening with Yun Ko-eun celebrating the release of her novel Art on Fire. Yun Ko-eun was born in Seoul in 1980. In 2004, the year she graduated from university, her short story ‘Piercing’ won the Daesan Literary Award for College Students. In 2008, she received the Hankyorek Literature Award for her novel The … [Read More]
SJ Kim and Juhea Kim at Foyles ESEA Lit Fest
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]
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]
Bora Chung: The Midnight Timetable
Hear from the author of Cursed Bunny on her new novel, The Midnight Timetable, a masterful work of literary horror from one of our time’s greatest imaginations. Bora Chung, author of the National Book Award finalist and International Booker Prize shortlisted Cursed Bunny, discusses her novel The Midnight Timetable, equal parts bone-chilling, wryly funny and … [Read More]
Hwang Sok-yong: The Voice of a Divided Nation
With a five-decade-long writing career and Korea’s most prestigious literary prizes under his belt, Hwang Sok-yong is unmatched in depicting the social and political realities of his ruptured homeland. A staunch promoter of the arts, he spent years in exile and prison. It’s a rare honour to welcome him to the Festival, discussing his remarkable life and … [Read More]
Failed Summer Vacation: Heuijung Hur in conversation with Barry Pierce
To mark the UK release of Failed Summer Vacation, the Korean Cultural Centre UK invites you to an evening of literary conversation with acclaimed author Heuijung Hur, in dialogue with editor and literary critic Barry Pierce. Failed Summer Vacation is Hur’s award-winning debut collection of short stories, first published in Korea and now introduced to … [Read More]
Luminous: Author Silvia Park in Conversation with Ela Lee
To celebrate the release of Luminous, the Korean Cultural Centre UK will host an online conversation between author Silvia Park and writer Ela Lee. Silvia Park is a Seoul-born writer whose acclaimed short fiction has appeared in Tor.com and Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy. Luminous is their debut novel and is currently being adapted … [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]
Snowy Day – a new collection of Lee Chang-dong short stories
I’ve been following Korean literature in translation now for around 25 years. Back in the day, I’d buy everything I could lay my hands on – after all, there wasn’t much of it around, so there wasn’t much financial commitment involved. At the time, most of the literature available was originally written more than thirty … [Read More]
‘Korean Feminist Artists: Confront and Deconstruct’ – Book Launch & Panel Discussion
Explore the vibrant history and profound cultural resonance of feminist art from Korea and the diaspora at this panel discussion in celebration of Phaidon’s new publication Korean Feminist Artists: Confront and Deconstruct. Author Dr Kim Hong-hee and editor Michele Robecchi will be in conversation with scholar and curator Uta Meta Bauer, critic and theorist Rita, and … [Read More]
Book talk: Anton Hur – Toward Eternity
Renowned translator of the International Booker Prize shortlisted novel Cursed Bunny, Anton Hur returns with his debut novel ‘Toward Eternity’. Toward Eternity explores the unexpected consequences of progress, imagining when technology is catching up with biology. It is a thought-provoking novel that challenges the notion of what makes us human—and how love survives even the end … [Read More]