I thank him for doing so, and for answering my questions at the end of the event. We were introduced to the author by local film maker and artivist (and cousin to the author!), David Ng, and welcomed to the traditional, ancestral, unceded, and occupied territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations by Sḵwx̱wú7mesh council representative and activist Khelsilem. I’m glad to say I’m still not entirely sure what happened. I follow Kai Cheng’s work online already, but I wasn’t entirely sure what to expect from the event. On the evening of Friday, 18 th October 2019, I attended Massy Books launch of Kai Cheng Thom’s latest book I Hope We Choose Love – A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World, a collection of non-fiction and short poetic pieces that together form a net of radical hope-building for a time – and it has been a long time, as rightly noted in the introduction – when all hope seems lost.
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