An Evening with Tülin Erkan

Using film clips and other visual material, Erkan will read from her debut novel Honeyeater and will be in conversation about its themes of multilingualism, moving between cultures and attachment.

Flemish-Turkish author Tülin Erkan (b. 1988) grew up in Flanders with a French-speaking mother and an English-speaking grandmother, spending her summers with her father in Turkey. Her debut Honeyeater came out in 2021 and was shortlisted for two important literary prices in the Low Countries. She is the Dutch Language Union Writer-in-Residence UK for 23-24.

Organised by the Centre for Low Countries Studies. With thanks to the generous support by the Dutch Language Union and Flanders Literature.

The mission of the UCL Low Countries Centre is to study a series of historic relationships and to nurture their further development in the present day:

- Connections between the Low Countries and neighbouring lands, including most importantly Great Britain.

- Encounters between diverse groups, religions, and cultures within the Low Countries themselves.

- Interactions of Dutch-speaking people around the globe, wherever Dutch language and culture have had or currently have an impact.