Interview - Jinwoo Park and Oxford Soju Club
Canada Reads American Style · Canada Reads American Style
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Show Notes
Rebecca is excited to speak with Korean Canadian author Jinwoo Park. Born and raised in Seoul, he has lived in various parts of North America and the UK since the age of 11 and is now based in Montreal.
Jinwoo obtained his bachelor’s degree from McGill in 2013, followed by a master’s in political economics from the London School of Economics in 2014, and a master’s in creative writing at the University of Oxford in 2015.
In 2021 he won the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award for his first manuscript, Oxford Soju Club, which will be published by Dundurn Press in September 2025. He has also been actively working as a literary translator after winning the Emerging Translator Award from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea in late 2023.
Jinwoo is also an avid book reviewer and is active on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube.
Authors and books recommended:
- Chung Serang (정세랑)
- Oh Seong-eun (오성은)
- The Hypebeast by Adnan Khan
- The Eyes are the Best Part by Monika Kim
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https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459755109-oxford-soju-club