Thảo

writer, historian, recently also a duck enthusiast. not active here, find me on instagram @thao.nm

[Thảo @thao__to]

Still a bit dazed that my story won the Wasafiri New Writing Prize!! It’s in such good company with all the other shortlistees

Thank you to the team at @WasafiriMag and the fiction judge @isabelwaidner for this honour!

The story comes out in print Spring 2025

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!
🌟 Fiction: Thảo Tô for ‘Love in the Time of Migration’
🌟 Life Writing: Joey Garcia (@AskJoeyGarcia) for ‘A Public Space’
🌟 Poetry: Nasim Luczaj (@nasimluczaj) for ‘the village’

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Today in the ARB: @thao__to reviews “The Original Daughter” by Jemimah Wei @doubledaybooks @wnbooks https://t.co/Le90wUKS2r

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Today in the ARB: @thao__to reviews “The Cleaving: Vietnamese Writers in the Diaspora” ed by Isabelle Thuy Pelaud, Lan P Duong and Viet Thanh Nguyen @ucpress https://t.co/yJtFXrodI2

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

@thao__to Fiction writers, you have until 30 June to enter your own work to the 2025 Prize: https://t.co/vRnP3eEcYK

[Thảo @thao__to]

It was a challenge (albeit the best kind!) to write this review since Mai Der Vang’s poetry is expansive, meditative, and oh so multilayered

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Today in the ARB: @thao__to reviews “Primordial”, poetry by Mai Der Vang @GraywolfPress https://t.co/Xk2nqyHEWk

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

🔔 Students, academics, researchers, and subscribers: Wasafiri 121 is now available to read online!

Edited by @Durre_Shahwar, this issue focuses on moving beyond the periphery — spatially, literally, and visually.

https://t.co/7MxeUtAHoD

[Dr. Nguyễn Phan Quế Mai @nguyen_p_quemai]

READERS everywhere: please help me set up a @RoomtoRead library for disadvantaged kids in Bạc Liêu, Việt Nam - the town where I grew up. Thanks for retweeting and joining hands with me in changing lives via books . https://t.co/068NJ8vEgu

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

Can you believe it’s been almost three weeks since the winners of the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize were announced?! We can’t stop reminiscing about the prize ceremony…

Here's just a sneak peek of the evening @southbankcentre:

[Thảo @thao__to]

An intricate tapestry of the migrant experiences within the Indian community in Singapore—a must-read from Prasanthi Ram, published by @ethosbooks

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Today in the ARB: @thao__to reviews 2024 Singapore Literature Prize for English Fiction winner “Nine Yard Sarees” by Prasanthi Ram @ethosbooks https://t.co/VuJpeGWiEN

[Anton Hur @AntonHur]

So many people have asked me about my feelings on Han Kang’s Nobel win that I decided to write an essay, yay! Thank you @WasafiriMag for giving me the space to do it 💜✨ https://t.co/u5fABtBYQz

[Tilted Axis @TiltedAxisPress]

Hear from Thuận about why you should support literature in translation, and read works from authors from the global majority.

[Thảo @thao__to]

Major Books is doing a launch event (london 8 nov) where you can buy a copy and meet the team who worked on this incredible novel, do come by if you’re around !!

https://t.co/7p3P38eTwd

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

"Nguyễn Ngọc Tư plays with perceptions of reality, blending the supernatural with the real through her use of vernacular vocabulary—as opposed to extravagant literary language—building unique voices for her characters along the way" https://t.co/fl6UYY0IHN

[Thảo @thao__to]

@khangtton Thanks for reading the review and yes let’s talk more, DMed you my email address :)

[Thảo @thao__to]

New book review out for a genre-defying novel published by Major Books! It’s so refreshing and encouraging to see a publisher that’s dedicated to making space for Vietnamese stories beyond the narratives of war.

[Asian Review of Books @BookReviewsAsia]

Today in the ARB: @thao__to reviews “Water: a Chronicle” by Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, tr from Vietnamese by Nguyễn An Lý (Major Books) https://t.co/fl6UYY1gxl

[Thảo @thao__to]

@l_erah @WasafiriMag @isabelwaidner @YomiSode 🫶🏼🫶🏼🫶🏼

[Thảo @thao__to]

And a shout out to @oliviamdavies1 for having my back throughout all the writing and submitting shenanigans!!

[Thảo @thao__to]

Still a bit dazed that my story won the Wasafiri New Writing Prize!! It’s in such good company with all the other shortlistees

Thank you to the team at @WasafiriMag and the fiction judge @isabelwaidner for this honour!

The story comes out in print Spring 2025

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

We are delighted to announce the winners of the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!
🌟 Fiction: Thảo Tô for ‘Love in the Time of Migration’
🌟 Life Writing: Joey Garcia (@AskJoeyGarcia) for ‘A Public Space’
🌟 Poetry: Nasim Luczaj (@nasimluczaj) for ‘the village’

[Thảo @thao__to]

@kleopatra_o ahhh thank you!! my first editor hehe 🫶🏼

[deborah smith 🍉 durga ki maa @videshi_beti]

A beautiful and unusual book from the Mekong Delta, published by a new UK press run by a Vietnamese team, centring native-speaker translators - culturally incompetent / insensitive translations having been a particular issue w/ Vietnamese lit.

[Thảo @thao__to]

So happy and honoured that my story 'Love in the Time of Migration' is part of the shortlist for this year's Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!

[Wasafiri @WasafiriMag]

✨We’re thrilled to announce the shortlist for the 2024 Queen Mary Wasafiri New Writing Prize!✨

Chosen by our esteemed judging panel, these works all shone through as exciting new voices in the categories of life writing, poetry, and fiction.

Our shortlists for 2024 are: