ESEA Lit Fest summer party 2025

Join us for readings, cocktails, mahjong and a fermentation demonstration at ESEA Lit Fest's summer party, in association with THRIVE Hachette and Penguin's Colour[Full]!

Enjoy delicious ESEA snacks, cocktails, proof giveaways, and great company at Hachette's roof garden in Blackfriars. It's the perfect opportunity to connect with fellow publishing professionals and writers, and will showcase readings from some of the most exciting ESEA voices today:

• A.Y. Chao - Paris Celestial

• Tuyền Đỗ - Summer Rolls

• Dani Heywood-Lonsdale - The Portrait Artist

• Callie Kazumi - Cuckoo

• Pyae Moe Thet War - Here For a Good Time

Plus:

• Fermentation demonstration by Kenji Morimoto, author of Ferment

• Mahjong by our friends Four Winds

• Rum cocktails kindly sponsored by Don Papa

• Proof giveaways

All proceeds go towards funding ESEA Lit Fest, the UK’s award-winning East and South East Asian literary festival.

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