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Author:   Various ,  Helena Lee
Publisher:   Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:   Sceptre
Dimensions:   Width: 14.40cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 21.80cm
Weight:   0.340kg
ISBN:  

9781529344479

ISBN 10:   1529344476
Pages:   224
Publication Date:   20 January 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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A wonderful book - so timely and much needed. I loved the collection and I hope everyone will read it. -- Elif Shafak, November 2021 A strong, compelling, and quietly beautiful collection of stories that have gone untold for too long, from voices that have too often been sidelined from the artistic mainstream. -- Jonathan Liew, November 2021 A terrific read. It's going to be very important in all the debates around the ever-changing political and cultural life in this country. -- Lubaina Himid, November 2021

This important book, which is full of wit and insight, sheds light on aspects of racism that are often overlooked and it offers welcome exposure for a collection of voices that are too often sidelined from the cultural mainstream. -- Martin Chilton * Independent * In East Side Voices, the first anthology of its kind, writers of East and Southeast Asian descent and diaspora in the UK reflect on identity, community and family. Coming after an especially traumatic few years for ESEA communities, East Side Voices is a dazzling and joyous celebration. -- Katie Goh * i-D * A wonderful book - so timely and much needed. I loved the collection and I hope everyone will read it. -- Elif Shafak (November 2021) A strong, compelling, and quietly beautiful collection of stories that have gone untold for too long, from voices that have too often been sidelined from the artistic mainstream. -- Jonathan Liew (November 2021) A terrific read. It's going to be very important in all the debates around the ever-changing political and cultural life in this country. -- Lubaina Himid (November 2021) This first-of-its-kind anthology edited by founder of the East Side Voices cultural salon and acting deputy editor of Harper's Bazaar, Helena Lee, explores and celebrates East and Southeast Asian identity in Britain. With contributions from actors, novelists and poets, among others, this riveting and important book covers themes of family history, racial identity, assimilation and difference. * Red * An important addition to the growing literature of contemporary identity and cultural politics. -- Matthew d'Ancona * Tortoise * This illuminating essay collection is the book form of a project conceived after the racial stereotyping in Quentin Tarantino's film Once Upon a Time in... Hollywood led Helena Lee to despair at the lack of meaningful representation of east and south-east Asians in the media. Contributions to the collection are wide-ranging in form and scope but always affecting, and come from writers including the poet Mary Jean Chan, the journalist Zing Tsjeng and the actor Gemma Chan. Most poignant is the Chinese-Malaysian novelist Tash Aw's understanding of the British interest in genealogy as a method of reinforcing attachments to Britain. * New Statesman * Illuminating... For all readers - not just ESEA people - this book is a fantastic insight into the experiences of what it means to be ESEA in a country that has by and large overlooked us. May East Side Voices be the first of many works dedicated to our peoples, our cultures, our struggles, and our triumphs. * besea.n (Britain's East and South East Asian Network) *

Dazzling... The strength of this slim collection is in its nuance... East Side Voices is a thoughtful, painful reminder of the grand narratives that get buried under belittling stereotypes, of how progress can also regress and how self-actualisation, self-discovery and personal excellence still grate against the perceptions of strangers. -- Bidisha * Observer * In East Side Voices, the first anthology of its kind, writers of East and Southeast Asian descent and diaspora in the UK reflect on identity, community and family. Coming after an especially traumatic few years for ESEA communities, East Side Voices is a dazzling and joyous celebration. -- Katie Goh * i-D * A wonderful book - so timely and much needed. I loved the collection and I hope everyone will read it. -- Elif Shafak (November 2021) This collection is illuminating, funny, sad, and reveals aspects of Britain that for too long have not been addressed. This is the first but hopefully not the last assemblage of Asian and Southeast Asian writers discussing their experiences of life in Britain. It is an important book and a cracking read. * Herald * Varied and thought-provoking... Invaluable and delightful * Esquire * A strong, compelling, and quietly beautiful collection of stories that have gone untold for too long, from voices that have too often been sidelined from the artistic mainstream. -- Jonathan Liew (November 2021) (An) illuminating essay collection...Contributions to the collection are wide-ranging in form and scope but always affecting. * New Statesman * A terrific read. It's going to be very important in all the debates around the ever-changing political and cultural life in this country. -- Lubaina Himid (November 2021) Never has a book roused such a swelling of pride in my chest to be a part of the Asian diaspora living in Britain today... Scintillating * Refinery29 * Excellent... An important addition to the growing literature of contemporary identity and cultural politics. -- Matthew d'Ancona * Tortoise * This important book, which is full of wit and insight, sheds light on aspects of racism that are often overlooked and it offers welcome exposure for a collection of voices that are too often sidelined from the cultural mainstream. -- Martin Chilton * Independent * East Side Voices expands the reader's understanding of today's Britain and its makeup. Often moving, the writers share generously with the readers their hopes and fears. It is worth listening. * The Scotsman * This first-of-its-kind anthology edited by founder of the East Side Voices cultural salon and acting deputy editor of Harper's Bazaar, Helena Lee, explores and celebrates East and Southeast Asian identity in Britain. With contributions from actors, novelists and poets, among others, this riveting and important book covers themes of family history, racial identity, assimilation and difference. * Red * Illuminating... For all readers - not just ESEA people - this book is a fantastic insight into the experiences of what it means to be ESEA in a country that has by and large overlooked us. May East Side Voices be the first of many works dedicated to our peoples, our cultures, our struggles, and our triumphs. * besea.n (Britain's East and South East Asian Network) * At times humorous and gripping, heart-breaking and urgent, this is a collection that feels both timely and much-needed - one that made me feel seen, and that gave me hope for what is to come -- Cecile Pin * Bad Form * Powerful * TLS *

A strong, compelling, and quietly beautiful collection of stories that have gone untold for too long, from voices that have too often been sidelined from the artistic mainstream. * Jonathan Liew *

Author Information

Helena Lee is the acting deputy editor of Harper's Bazaar. She is responsible for the publication's art and culture content, often collaborating and commissioning award-winning writers and artists. She co-edits the annual magazine Bazaar Art, celebrating women in the art world, and launched Bazaar Art Week in 2018, which was shortlisted for the BSME Best Innovation Award. In February 2020, she founded the platform East Side Voices to raise the visibility of talent of East and Southeast Asian heritage, and is also a leader in the #StopESEAHate campaign, a founding member of the Ginsburg Health Board, and a Women in Journalism mentor.

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