{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67372137d3a0091de2ab3f92/67474e15c61106655d50b824?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Tobi Lakmaker","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/67372137d3a0091de2ab3f92/1732726233388-777da9b0-a6f8-4e82-86f2-ae3de99c98d5.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p><strong>Tobi Lakmaker</strong>'s&nbsp;<em>The History of My Sexuality</em>&nbsp;is an&nbsp;irreverent and charmingly chaotic debut&nbsp;about queer sexuality&nbsp;and the&nbsp;highs and lows of your 20s&nbsp;caused a sensation in Europe on first publication.&nbsp;Tobi was named as the new literary talent of 2021 in Vogue magazine in the Netherlands.&nbsp;The novel was published in English in 2024 and his visit to West Cork was&nbsp;supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature/Nederlands Letterenfonds as part of their New Dutch Writing programme.&nbsp;This podcast was recorded at West Cork Literary Festival on&nbsp;16&nbsp;July 2024 and&nbsp;Tobi was&nbsp;in conversation with&nbsp;Sasha de Buyl.</p><p><br></p><p>----------------------------------------------------------------------------</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Tobi Lakmaker</strong>&nbsp;was born in 1994 and lives in Amsterdam. He writes columns for De Groene Amsterdammer and LINDA.meiden.&nbsp;<em>The History of My Sexuality</em>&nbsp;is his first book. It was translated into English by&nbsp;<strong>Kristen Gehrman</strong>&nbsp;and published by Granta in January 2024.</p><p><br></p><p><em>Tobi Lakmaker’s attendance at West Cork Literary Festival is supported by the Dutch Foundation for Literature/Nederlands Letterenfonds as part of their New Dutch Writing programme.</em></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Mark your calendars and join us in West Cork from <strong>11-18 July 2025</strong>. Our 2025 line-up will be released in late March/early April and you can <a href=\"https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/newsletter\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sign up for our newsletter</a> to hear about it first.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/donate\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Support West Cork Literary Festival</a>&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/support-us/become-a-friend-of-our-festivals/#wclf-section\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Become a Friend of West Cork Literary Festival</a> to enjoy priority booking for our highly sought-after festival tickets. In particular, you will be supporting our free events for children and our outreach programmes to allow the festival to be accessible to everyone.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Visit our festival bookshop <a href=\"https://bantrybookshop.ie/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Bantry Bookshop</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://bsky.app/profile/wcorklitfest.bsky.social\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Follow us on BlueSky Social</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.instagram.com/westcorkliteraryfestival\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://x.com/wcorklitfest\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter/X</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/westcorkliteraryfestival/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook</a></p><p><br></p><p><a href=\"https://www.westcorkmusic.ie/WCLFYouTube\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Subscribe to our YouTube channel</a></p>","author_name":"West Cork Literary Festival"}