Nhã Thuyên writes, translates, edits books and sometimes organises literary events with friends. She has authored several books of poetry, short fiction and some tiny books for children. With Kaitlin Rees, she co-edits Ajar Press, a bilingual literary and art journal-press, an online and printed space for poetic exchange and together they co-organised A-Festival, the inaugural mini poetry festival in Hanoi in August 2016. Her most recent poetry book words breathe, creatures of elsewhere (từ thở, những người lạ) was published in Vietnamese (Nha Nam Press) and in English translation by Kaitlin Rees (Vagabond Press). (Portrait credit: Đinh Trường Chinh) [A-Festival 1 | 2] [Cha profile]