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Spring in person and virtual events, New Books Network Podcast, a book cake, oh my!
“Hoa Bằng depicted books as desirable food objects with attractive scents and providing spiritual nourishment. He noted how urban readers already had a certain “addiction” to this type of literary consumption and encouraged the spread of reading tastes more evenly…
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Bibliotactics Published! Q&A with Author
Libraries in French colonial Vietnam functioned as symbols of Western modernity and infrastructures of colonial knowledge. Yet Vietnamese readers pursued alternative uses of the library that exceeded imperial intentions. Bibliotactics: Libraries and the Colonial Public in Vietnam examines the Hanoi and Saigon…
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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!
everyday library practices as publicity and power
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