BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Archipelago Books - ECPv6.17.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Archipelago Books
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://archipelagobooks.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Archipelago Books
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Los_Angeles
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20220313T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20221106T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20230312T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20231105T090000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0800
TZOFFSETTO:-0700
TZNAME:PDT
DTSTART:20240310T100000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0700
TZOFFSETTO:-0800
TZNAME:PST
DTSTART:20241103T090000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/Los_Angeles:20230607T200000
DTSTAMP:20230524T204540Z
CREATED:20230524T155114Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230524T204540Z
UID:44744-1686164400-1686168000@archipelagobooks.org
SUMMARY:A Reading and Discussion with Cheon Myeong-kwan and Heekyoung Cho at the Seattle Public Library
DESCRIPTION:Join Cheon Myeong-kwan for a reading from his International Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Whale. Translated from the Korean by Chi-Young Kim\, Whale is a sprawling adventure-satire about three interconnected women\, set in a remote village in South Korea. Following the reading\, Cheon will be joined in discussion by University of Washington Professor Heekyoung Cho. Audience members will have an opportunity to ask questions following the discussion and Cheon will be available to sign copies of his book. The event will be held in the Microsoft Auditorium at the Seattle Public Library on Wednesday\, June 7th at 7 pm PST. Registration is required in advance; you can get your free ticket here.  \nMore information can be found on Third Place Books’ website here. \n  \nCheon Myeong-kwan is a South Korean novelist\, screenwriter\, and director. Whale\, his debut novel\, was published in 2004 and was the winner of the 10th Munhakdongne Award. The novel has since become a contemporary classic in South Korea. His work has been translated into Chinese\, English\, French\, Japanese\, Thai\, Turkish\, Russian\, and Vietnamese. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nHeekyoung Cho is a University of Washington Associate Professor in the department of Asian Languages and Literature and Adjunct Associate Professor in Slavic Languages and Literatures. She researches and teaches on Korean literature and translation studies and is particularly interested in the literary and cultural relationships between Korea\, Russia\, and Japan. She is the author of Translation’s Forgotten History: Russian Literature\, Japanese Mediation\, and the Formation of Modern Korean Literature (Harvard University Press\, 2016). \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://archipelagobooks.org/event/a-reading-and-discussion-with-cheon-myeong-kwan-and-heekyoung-cho/
LOCATION:Microsoft Auditorium\, Seattle Public Library\, 1000 Fourth Ave\, Seattle\, WA\, 98104\, United States
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR