Lơ Lớ Library Pop-Up
Sun, 25 Oct
|JOJO Library & Bookshop
Coming all the way from Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, with a suitcase filled with zines, Lơ Lớ Library, in collaboration with Zinedabaad Collective, is hosting a pop-up zine library at Editions JOJO. Meet Cát Nguyên, the librarian of Lơ Lớ Library, between 5:00–7:00 pm on 25th October.
Time & Location
25 Oct 2026, 5:00 pm – 7:00 pm
JOJO Library & Bookshop, Kanji Bhuvan, Keluskar Rd N, opposite The Park Club Ltd, Mahim West, Shivaji Park, Mumbai, Maharashtra 400028, India
Guests
About the Event
Founded in 2025, Lơ Lớ Library is a non-profit community living library that grew out of their living room. Housing hundreds of rare books and zines, it hosts decolonial, anti-capitalist, queer- and gender-focused screenings, workshops, launches, and gatherings, alongside an artist-in-community residency programme supporting cultural workers and collective learning. Explore a curated pop-up selection of zines, including English-language and visual-based zines made by independent Vietnamese artists, creatives, and zine-makers.
Meet Cát Nguyên, the librarian of Lơ Lớ Library, between 5:00–7:00 pm.
About Cát Nguyên
A queer, non-binary storyteller, experimental poet, performance artist, warrior-healer, diasporic dreamer & living manifestation of the U.S. War in Vietnam. cát nguyên is best known for their performance style, cảm diễn (emotional embodiment) and ngâm thơ (melodic poetry recitation), exploring love, grief, intergenerational trauma & healing, queerness, decolonization & migration.
