Feminartsy Book Club - Yellowface

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Are you a book lover looking for a cosy reading event where you don't have to have read the book? This one is for you!

Canberra's original feminist literary community is back, and we're reviving our book club series with an all new format. Our last event sold out, so get in quick so you don't miss out!

Come along for:

• Discussion options starting from those who have read the book all the way through to topics relating to the books themes for those with good intentions but no time.
• Coffee & pastry included in the ticket price
• Opportunity to connect with other reading enthusiasts and make new connections

The book - Yellowface by R. F. Kuang

Authors June Hayward and Athena Liu were supposed to be twin rising stars in the world of literary fiction. But Athena’s a literary darling. June Hayward is literally nobody. Who wants stories about basic white girls, June thinks.

So when June witnesses Athena’s death in a freak accident, she acts on impulse: she steals Athena’s just-finished masterpiece, an experimental novel about the unsung contributions of Chinese laborers during World War I.

So what if June edits Athena’s novel and sends it to her agent as her own work? So what if she lets her new publisher rebrand her as Juniper Song—complete with an ambiguously ethnic author photo? Doesn’t this piece of history deserve to be told, whoever the teller? That’s what June claims, and the New York Times bestseller list seems to agree.