Join TAWADA Yoko, the multi-award-winning author of The Last Children of Tokyo and Scattered All Over the Earth, for an insightful pair of talks celebrating her latest UK release, Spontaneous Acts. TAWADA will visit London’s Libreria bookshop, along with Cheltenham for The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival.

About TAWADA Yoko

TAWADA Yoko was born in Tokyo in 1960, educated at Waseda University and has lived in Germany since 1982, where she received her PhD in German literature. She received the prestigious Akutagawa Prize for The Bridegroom Was a Dog. She writes in both German and Japanese, and in 1996, she won the Adalbert-von-Chamisso Prize, a German award recognizing foreign writers for their contributions to German culture. She also received the Goethe-Medal, an official decoration of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the prestigious Kleist Prize (2016).

Venues and dates

London
Libreria
65 Hanbury Street
Monday 7 October 2024, 19:00
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Cheltenham
The Times and Sunday Times Cheltenham Literature Festival
The Hive, Montpellier Terrace
Tuesday 8 October 2024, 17:00
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Don’t forget to grab your copy of Spontaneous Acts before the event – click here to find out more!