The Exophonic Writer Podcast

Hi, I'm Zoe! 🙋‍♀️ I'm a Visual Linguist and Exophonic Writer based in Melbourne, Australia. Join me each episode while I podcast my quest to understand how exophony is changing the world.

Exophony (or the art of creative writing in a non-native language) is an old practice that's getting more and more prominence in recent years.

Some questions that keep me awake at night (which fuel this podcast) are:

✨Why do writers choose to write in a non-native language over their mother tongue? How does this choice impact their work?

✨Is the world welcoming the works of exophonic writers? Or are they treated as less good than native authors?

✨Are exophonic writers embracing our own imperfect styles or are we trying to appear as close to native as possible?

✨ What will normalising exophonic practices mean for global readers and literature?

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