Fireside Chat with Andrew Lam

Journalist and author Andrew Lam is visiting Seattle and will be in conversation with Dr. Julie Pham sharing his experience with writing, journalism, and the Vietnamese diaspora.

This is a free in-person event at the Little Saigon Creative on Thursday, February 26 from 6:00 - 8:00pm, hosted by Friends of Little Sài Gòn.

Enjoy a moderated discussion between Andrew and Julie plus a Q & A session and book signing.

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The Little Saigon Creative is a community gathering space dedicated to Vietnamese culture and experiences, providing community-centered services and a place to socialize and dream of new ideas. Friends of Little Saigon launched Little Saigon Creative in November 2020 to create a community gathering space dedicated to Vietnamese culture and community-centered services.

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About the Creators:

Andrew Lam is a Vietnamese American author and journalist born in 1964 in South Vietnam as Lâm Quang Dũng. The son of General Lâm Quang Thi of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam, he lived a privileged life in Đà Lạt, attending Lycée Yersin, until his family fled during the fall of Saigon in 1975 when he was 11. They resettled in California, where Lam initially pursued biochemistry at UC Berkeley but switched to creative writing at San Francisco State University, abandoning plans for medical school.Lam’s writing focuses on the Vietnamese diaspora, exploring themes of identity, exile, cultural hybridity, and the American Dream. His notable works include:Perfume Dreams: Reflections on the Vietnamese Diaspora (2005), a collection of essays that won the 2006 PEN Open Book Award, delving into his personal struggles as a Viet Kieu (Vietnamese living abroad) and the war’s lasting impact. Andrew's latest book is Stories from the Edge of the Sea (2025), a collection of short stories exploring love and loss, lust and grief, longing and heartbreaks through the lives of Vietnamese immigrants and their children in California.

Dr. Julie Pham is the founder and CEO of CuriosityBased, an organizational development firm based in Seattle. Dr. Pham is the author of No. 1 Amazon Bestseller “7 Forms of Respect: A Guide to Transforming Your Communication and Relationships at Work” (2022), as well as “Their War: The Perspectives of the South Vietnamese Military in the Words of Veteran-Émigrés” (2019). Her parents, Kim and Hằng Phạm, founded the Người Việt Tây Bắc newspaper in 1986 and she managed the paper during the recession. She founded an ethnic media coalition in 2010 and has worked as a journalist, historian, university lecturer, marketer, nonprofit executive and management consultant.

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