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? If that sounds like what you need to h
