V.T. Bidania | A History Stretching Across Oceans and Generations
Monday, October 19, 2026 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire Street, Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI
About this event
Registration required on library website. Part of the 2026 Chippewa Valley Book Festival! Few know the full story of how the Hmong became refugees. V.T. Bidania will give a brief overview of the history of the Hmong and their resettlement in the US, and discuss her new middle grade verse novel, A Year Without Home. This novel tells the journey of her family’s escape from Laos after the Vietnam War and their year living in refugee camps before arriving in the US. She will share her inspiration for her chapter books Extraordinary Eliana and Astrid & Apollo and talk about her process of writing a fictionalized memoir. Recommended for elementary and middle school students and their families. This event is presented in person only. There will be no virtual streaming for this event. About the Author V.T. BIDANIA is the author of the middle-grade verse novel, A Year Without Home, a fictionalized memoir about her family’s escape from Laos after the Vietnam War and their year living in refugee camps before resettling in St. Paul, Minnesota. She also writes the Astrid & Apollo and Extraordinary Eliana chapter books. She has an MFA in creative writing from the New School and is a McKnight Writing Fellow. She lives outside the Twin Cities with her family.
Event details
- Date and time
- Monday, October 19, 2026 · 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM CDT
- Venue
- L.E. Phillips Memorial Public Library, 400 Eau Claire Street, Eau Claire · Eau Claire, WI
- Category
- Museums & exhibitions
- Cost
- Cost not stated
- Age guidance
- Age guidance not specified
- Format
- In person
- Last verified
- October 1, 2026
Accessibility
Wheelchair: Not stated
Assistive Listening: Not stated
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