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Upcoming Book Events
Here is a list of upcoming community and academic events in your city! Bibliotactics will be published open access Jan 13, 2026, (preorders of print copies available now https://www.ucpress.edu/books/bibliotactics/paper). East coast folks–if there is a community org/library/university/student group interested let…
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La La Libraries — A Bibliotactics × Seapunk Library Design Jam
Had the honor of hosting a community playful design jam on library futures/presents event in August in Saigon with Seapunk. Here are some of our photos from the event, and the quote from Bibliotactics that sparked the series of design…
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Bibliotactics Available for Preorder from UC Press 30% off
Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam is now available for preorder from UC Press with the promo code UCPSAVE30. Be the first to pick up your print copy to be published and shipped by January 13, 2026. Open…
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Saigon Experimental “Book Talks”: Art, Community, Women’s Reading, August 8-9, 2025
Join us in Saigon for experimental community talks around reading, feminism, and art. It’s an honor and dream to “start” my book tour in Saigon (where the intellectual/personal/political journey began) alongside feminist cothinkers Minh and Yen. August 8, 2025: “Library…
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Bibliotactics “Preview Zine” Now Available
In anticipation for the publication of the book (January 13, 2026), Kady and Cindy made a preview zine to creatively showcase the ambitions and scope of Bibliotactics!
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Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore, August 14, 2025 [Hybrid Book Talk]
![Asia Research Institute National University of Singapore, August 14, 2025 [Hybrid Book Talk]](https://bibliotactics.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/Poster-20250814-Cindy-Anh-Nguyen_page-0001.jpg)
This event will be hybrid, and a recording of the presentation will be made available. Register here to attend!
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Core Arguments
This book examines the cultural history of the library, its builders and users, and the politics of public reading and print control in colonial to postcolonial Vietnam. Focused primarily on the state Central Library in Hanoi and Cochinchina Library in…
everyday library practices as publicity and power
Advanced Praise
