Literary agent Jérôme Bouchaud will be in conversation with Prajwal Parajuly, Assistant Professor of Practice, Creative Writing, SIAS on the state of publishing in the 21st century. 

Jérôme Bouchaud is a literary agent with the Astier-Pécher Literary Agency, based in Paris. He handles the agency’s translation rights and represents authors whose works have a connection with Asia. He is the founder of Éditions Jentayu, a publishing house dedicated to translating Asian literature into French language. His latest publications include a novel from Mongolia, a poetry collection from Tibet, and an anthology of stories and poems by Uyghur writers. He was Frankfurt Book Fair Fellow in 2019, a Rights Ambassador at the ARF-Kuala Lumpur in 2023, and a Tutor for the Literary Agent Laboratory Program held this year in Jakarta.