A-festival 2017 is AJAR's second intimate and independent international gathering.       

Focusing this year on translational and transnational issues, the event brings together poets and translators from around Vietnam, the US, Indonesia, Australia, Philippines, Germany, Hong Kong, Singapore, Belgium, and Taiwan. The festival will take place across two cities in Vietnam, starting in Hanoi from October 11 and then relocate to Saigon on October 15 and include a variety of workshops, panel discussions, readings and performances all centered around personal practices and politics of translation. 

A-festival believes in the equality of every language, and endeavors to care better for the underrepresented languages, specifically those languages of the Asia-Pacific region, including Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Myanmar, and others. We attend to the question of how to represent the unrepresented languages.

A-festival 2017 is currently asking itself possible through your help. Every bit is a. Crowdfunding campaign! 

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And in Hanoi, August 20, we'll gather poets + performers + filmmakers + musicians + fortune tellers for a day and night of meeting more friends and funds. Join us! <<-- click for event details