Events 2012

THURSDAY, MARCH 29: LONDON, UK
SHORTLIST FOR SUNDAY TIMES EFG SHORT STORY AWARD READINGS
Waterstone's Piccadilly
203-205 Piccadilly
W1J 9HD London
United Kingdom
7:00 PM
Daphne Cheung reads Jean Kwok’s ‘Where the Gods Fly’.
David Morrissey reads Kevin Barry’s ‘Beer Trip to Llandudno’.
Q&A with Jean and the judges.
Tickets £8 each, available from Waterstones Piccadilly, by telephone from 020 7581 2419 or by email from
events@piccadilly.waterstones.co.uk

FRIDAY, MARCH 30: OXFORD, UK
SUNDAY TIMES OXFORD UNIVERSITY LITERARY PANEL: SHORT FICTION, CHOOSING THE BEST
Christ Church Hall, Oxford University
St. Aldates
OX1 1DP, Oxford
United Kingdom
4:00 PM
Panel discussion with Hanif Kureishi, Joe Dunthorne , Alison MacLeod, Andrew Holgate and other members of the shortlist for the Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. Chaired by Cathy Galvin. 
More information and tickets

FRIDAY, MARCH 30: OXFORD, UK
SUNDAY TIMES EFG PRIVATE BANK SHORT STORY AWARD DINNER
Oxford University

SUNDAY, MAY 6: DUTCH TELEVISION BROADCAST
VPRO PROGRAM "NIEUWKOMERS" WITH WIM BRANDS ON JEAN'S LIFE AND BOOK
Broadcast for Dutch national television at 19.50 on Nederland 2

THURSDAY, JUNE 21: NEW YORK, NY
HUNTER COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL COMMENCEMENT
Jean accepts Distinguished Graduate 2012 Award and speaks to the graduating class. Limited to graduating Hunter seniors and their families.

MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 10-TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 11: DAYTON, OH
WRIGHT UNIVERSITY ALL-SCHOOL READ PRESENTATIONS
Wright State University
3640 Colonel Glenn Hwy
Dayton, OH 45435 
Times and locations to be announced

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13: WEST HARTFORD, CT
RENBROOK SCHOOL COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM
Featured Author Talk
6:30 PM
Location to be announced


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media





Girl in Translation video trailer, created by Kasandra Ortega,
student at SUNY Rockland Community College.

Listen to Jean’s interview on the BBC World Service, The Strand.

Listen to Jean’s interview on the Christian Science Monitor.


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Watch an interview with Jean on KMOV St. Louis.

Read Jean's essay in the New York Daily News on "Our Mothers, Ourselves"

Listen to an interview with Jean on (NPR) WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show:

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Jean Kwok talks about Girl in Translation.

Watch the video My heritage: My liberation and my limitation at CNN.com.

Gothamist.com interview with Jean Kwok

Reuters interview with Jean Kwok

Publishers Weekly Interview
Jean Kwok, once a Girl in Translation herself, relives her arrival in America with her debut novel… read more