Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars

Author Kai Cheng Thom in conversation with Nadika Nadja

In our sixth Reading for Change event, we read Kai Cheng Thom’s Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars: A Dangerous Trans Girl's Confabulous Memoir, as an entry point to SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities. Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars is a playful and surreal fictionalized trans memoir. We organised a discussion between author Kai Cheng Thom and writer Nadika Nadja on January 9, 2021 at 7:30 pm IST.

You can watch a recording of the discussion here and purchase a copy of the book here!

This reading and book discussion is part of Reading for Change, an event series conceived by Champaca Book Store, Science Gallery Bengaluru and Bengaluru Sustainability Forum. The aim of this event series is to offer an entry point for the UN Sustainable Development Goals that goes beyond the academic and expert discussions.

About the Speakers

Kai Cheng Thom is a writer, performer, and community worker based in Toronto (also known as tkaronto), Canada. She is the award-winning author of several books that have been translated into multiple languages worldwide. She has been featured on a podcast by Julie Andrews as well as Emma Watson's feminist book club, as well as The New York Times. A former social worker, Kai Cheng remains active in her community and engaged in issues of social activism, with a particular interest in conflict resolution and Transformative Justice.

Nadika Nadja is a writer and researcher with interests in history and archaeology, gender, technology and the internet. She is currently based in Bangalore.