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Two groundbreaking authors come together to discuss how their new works push the boundaries of imagination and storytelling. Acclaimed South Korean writer Bo-Young Kim will discuss her celebrated collection, I’m Waiting for You: And Other Stories, which blends speculative wonder with emotional depth, weaving tales of love, time, and human connection across galaxies. Jacquelyn Zong Li Ross, whose striking debut The Longest Way to Eat a Melon offers an intimate exploration of memory, identity, and the fragile beauty of daily life. Hear about the inspirations behind these works, the art of writing across cultures and genres, and the shared themes that resonate between their books.

Moderated by JM Frey

I’m Waiting For You: And Other Stories

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Bo-Young Kim

Bo-Young Kim won the inaugural Korean Science & Technology Creative Writing Award with her first published novella in 2004 and has gone on to win the annual South Korean SF Novel Award three times. She served as a consultant to Parasite director Bong Joon Ho's earlier sci-fi film Snowpiercer.

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Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross

Jacquelyn Zong-Li Ross is a writer and editor based in Vancouver, the unceded territories of the (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. Her fiction, poetry, essays, and art criticism have appeared in BOMB, C Mag, The Ex-Puritan, Fence, Mousse, and elsewhere.

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