Korean Literature Soju Club with Jinwoo Park

RSVP is required to attend! Each ticket comes with two complementary shots of soju. ABOUT THE EVENT Join Korean Canadian author and literary translator Jinwoo Park at Yu & Me Books for a special New York edition of the Korean Literature Soju Club! With support from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea. The Korean Literature Soju Club is an evening dedicated to discovering contemporary Korean literature over good conversation and, of course, some soju! Each attendee will receive two complementary shots of soju while Jinwoo introduces and recommends a curated selection of Korean books in translation, ranging across genres and styles, with something for longtime readers of Korean literature and complete newcomers alike. Guests will also have the opportunity to browse and purchase the featured titles from Yu & Me Books. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jinwoo Park is a Korean Canadian writer based in Montreal. Born and raised in Seoul, he has lived in various parts of North America and the UK since the age of 11. He obtained his master’s in creative writing at the University of Oxford in 2015. In 2021 he won the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award from the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop. He has also been actively working as a literary translator after winning the Emerging Translator Award from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea in late 2023. Oxford Soju Club, published by Dundurn Press, is his first novel.