[Korean Literature Club] 'Two Women Living Together'

Dear Members and Friends,

For the May meeting, we will read and discuss ‘Two Women Living Together’, authored by Kim Hana & Hwang Sunwoo and translated by Gene Png.
The meeting will be led by Jeremy Seligson and held IN-PERSON only.

WHEN_ Thursday. May 14, 2026. 7:30PM (Seoul)

WHERE_B1, North Terrace Cafe (near Anguk Station or Jongno-3 ga Station (Subway Line 1, 3, or 5))

LEADER_Jeremy Seligson

READ_ ‘Two Women Living Together’, authored by Kim Hana & Hwang Sunwoo (translated by Gene Png)

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ABOUT THE BOOK:

‘Two Women Living Together is a wonderfully calming and cosy read. I always adore stories of women who choose to live beyond the confines of cultural expectation―and this book might just be my new favourite!’

– Emma Gannon, Sunday Times bestselling author of both fiction and non-fiction, and a former judge for the 2025 Women’s Prize.
‘Everything about this compelling, curious, beautiful story of two women moving in together, in midlife, is delightful … I loved every moment!’

– Clover Stroud, author of My Wild & Sleepless Nights, The Red of my Blood, and The Giant on the Skyline
At some point between living alone and becoming single, Hwang Sunwoo and Kim Hana found each other, and decided to live together in a nice apartment where their four cats would finally have the freedom to run around. Together they became a family – and redefined it.
At a time housing costs have skyrocketed whilst the birth rates plummets, these two independent Korean women in their late forties share their views on society and its expectations of them. And, intent neither to marry or to live alone, they reflect on the comfort of their cohabiting friendship as it blossoms into a life full of joy and meaning.
Quietly radical, full of warmth and wit, Two Women Living Together celebrates carving out your own path, cats, female friendship, and a different kind of family.

ABOUT THE AUTHORS:

Kim Hana is originally from Busan and moved to Seoul at the age of nineteen. As the host of a podcast for South Korea’s largest online bookstore, she has shared a variety of books and authors with the general public. Her own books include Golden Bell Sound and Talking about Speaking. She is the co-host of the Two Women Talking Together podcast with her co-author and cohabitant Hwang Sunwoo.

ABOUT THE TRANSLATOR:

Gene Png is a literary translator and illustrator based in Seoul. She was awarded the Grand Prize in Poetry at the 53rd The Korea Times’ Translation Awards, and was the National Centre for Writing’s Korean Prose Mentee in 2023 where she was mentored by Anton Hur. Her translation of Cheon Seon-Ran’s THE SAVIOR AT NIGHT was published by Bloomsbury in 2025.

VENUE:

The ‘North Terrace Cafe (Basement)’ is located at 12 Yulgok-ro 10-gil, Jongno-gu, Seoul. Go to Anguk Station on the Orange #3 Line. Go out Exit 4 and do an immediate U-turn on the sidewalk. Then take a right in front of the Japanese Cultural Center and walk towards Changdeok-gung, but on the opposite side of the main street (Yulgok-ro) from the palace.