Publishing

DVAN publishes books about the diasporic Vietnamese experience to fight against invisibility and reclaim representation on our own terms. We partner with independent and university presses to publish special diasporic literary series and imprints that spotlight emerging and innovative writers working in English and other languages. Our goal is to show the diversity and complexity of the literature of the Southeast Asian diaspora.

Our Collaborative Imprints

Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network Series

DVAN Texas Tech University Press logo

The DVAN series is through Texas Tech University Press.

This series seeks to foster dialogue and understanding by supporting contemporary Vietnamese and Southeast Asian authors whose rich and complex stories need to be championed and heard. It supports a range of works including novels, memoirs, poetry, anthologies, and graphic novels.

Each year, a call for submissions is held for talented diaspora writers to be published with favorable terms and community promotion. The DVAN-TTUP series also considers pitches from established writers as part of a special projects track.

Our first book in the series is Abbigail Rosewood’s Constellations of Eve. We welcomed four new releases in 2023: Hà Nội at Midnight (Bao Ninh, Quan Ha, Cab Tran), Nothing Follows (Lan Duong), Watermark’s 25th Anniversary reprint, and Drowning Dragon Slips by Burning Plains (Khải Đơn), winner of our 2022 poetry submissions. 

Series Lead: Minh Vu

Ink & Blood Series

Ink & Blood logo with Kaya Press and DVAN logos

Ink & Blood is a joint imprint between the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) and Kaya Press. The series will introduce literary works, in translation and in English, which reconfigure conversations about the Vietnamese diaspora. By spotlighting politically engaged and formally experimental writers, Ink & Blood aims to recover the shards of our history and expand the limits of what is possible through diasporic writing.

Ink & Blood’s first book is an English translation of Line Papin’s Les os des filles, also released in 2023.
 
Series Leads: Sydney Van To, Minh Vu
The series is funded by Stephen CuUnjieng and our generous supporters.

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