Vivian Pham: The Coconut Children at Western Sydney University

 A race to grow up and a search for belonging and identity that we can all –regardless of family circumstances or cultural heritage – relate to.Vivian Pham is a Vietnamese-Australian fiction writer, closet poet, amateur screenwriter, university student and hopeful dropout if any of the aforementioned ventures take flight. Her father was a Vietnamese boat refugee, and she grew up loving stories because she knew there was one inside of him. In 2018 and 2019, Vivian attended the International Congress of Youth Voices and shared a stage with incongruously successful writers and activists like Dave Eggers, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Rep. John Lewis and Khaled Hosseini. It is her greatest hope to have an impact on political issues through her creative work. Come along to meet Vivian Pham – the author of Coconut children. The bookseller will be on site and you can get your copy signed by the author. Great review in the  SYDNEY MORNING HERALD: https://www.smh.com.au/culture/books/inspired-by-her-father-s-escape-teenage-debut-novelist-vivian-pham-is-set-to-become-a-voice-of-her-generation-20191230-p53nm3.html [https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.smh.com.au%2Fculture%2Fbooks%2Finspired-by-her-father-s-escape-teenage-debut-novelist-vivian-pham-is-set-to-become-a-voice-of-her-generation-20191230-p53nm3.html&data=01%7C01%7CYZhang%40cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au%7C53298ec7f28249024f7908d7be40c6de%7Cb2543406494b4d5d8471d181aedf7037%7C1&sdata=j%2BZOeTM70NBlsP91xn8EJApdq764%2F8t5NcvYfmqsWjk%3D&reserved=0]   Also making a splash on social media: https://twitter.com/SydStoryFactory/status/1234218646752219136s=20 [https://aus01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FSydStoryFactory%2Fstatus%2F1234218646752219136%3Fs%3D20&data=01%7C01%7CYZhang%40cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au%7C53298ec7f28249024f7908d7be40c6de%7Cb2543406494b4d5d8471d181aedf7037%7C1&sdata=KfPdT%2B3DEOWbbJ%2BlZn8pZKnQYzZrMPuMM1IalsTAnl0%3D&reserved=0] City of Parramatta Library in partnership with Western Sydney University Library and Penguin House Australia