Description
Join authors Angela Hui (Takeaway) and Candice Chung (Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You) for a conversation exploring the deep ties between food, memory, and identity.
Hui reflects on growing up in a Chinese takeaway in rural Wales, while Chung explores reconnecting with her estranged parents through shared meals. Both memoirs reveal how food becomes a powerful language of love, heritage, and belonging—especially in families shaped by migration and silence.
This event offers a moving exploration of how what we eat, cook, and share can tell the stories we struggle to say aloud.
Please note, this event venue has changed from the BLF printed programme.
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About the Authors
Angela Hui
Angela Hui is an award-winning author, writer and editor. She was the former food and drink editor at Time Out London and the lifestyle reporter at HuffPost. Her work has been widely published in 50 Best, The BBC, The Guardian, The Financial Times, The Independent, i News, Lonely Planet, Metro, National Geographic Traveller, Refinery29, Service95, South China Morning Post, Sunday Times, Stylist, Vice and Vittles. Her debut book TAKEAWAY: Stories from a Childhood Behind the Counter was BBC Radio 4’s Book of the Week and The Guardian, i News and Waterstones book of the year.
Candice Chung
Candice Chung is a Glasgow-based writer, editor, and food journalist. Her debut memoir Chinese Parents Don’t Say I Love You: A Memoir of Saying the Unsayable with Food explores the silent ways Cantonese immigrant parents show affection—through meals rather than words—and follows Candice’s journey to reconnect with them during the pandemic .
About the Chair
Tasneem Chopra
Tasneem Chopra OAM is an internationally acclaimed keynote speaker, MC and Cross-cultural consultant whose award winning work champions inclusion, leadership and social change. With over 800 clients across the globe, Tasneem is sought after for her signature wit, warmth and captivating stage presence.
She has charmed audiences at AGM’s, flagship Keynotes, IDERD, IWD, academic conferences, Writers Festivals, policy launches and more.
A published writer, TEDx presenter and media commentator featured on the ABC, SBS, BBC, and Al Jazeera, Tasneem has been recognised with an Order of Australia for advancing equity, is the inaugural Ambassador for Women of Colour Australia and a former Anti Racism Champion with the Australian Human Rights Commission.
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