This is your chance to dive into the world of COMING OUT OF MY SKIN with author Jean-Baptiste Phou and Dr Rohit K Dasgupta. Join us at Housmans Bookshop for an engaging discussion about the book, its themes, and the creative process behind it. Don’t miss out on this unique opportunity to connect with the mind behind the pages!

About the author

Jean-Baptiste Phou is writer and multidisciplinary artist born in Paris to Chinese-Cambodian parents. He is the author of the books Coming Out of My Skin (Seagull, 2023), 80 mots du Cambodge (L’Asiathèque, 2024), the play Cambodia, Here I Am! and the director of the short film My Mother’s Tongue (Public’s Choice award for best documentary of the 29th Vesoul International Film Festival of Asian Cinema).

About the moderator

Rohit K Dasgupta is Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality at the London School of Economics. He is coauthor of the forthcoming books Desi Queers: LGBTQ+ South Asians and Cultural Belonging in Britain (Hurst, 2025) and India’s Imperial Formations (Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 2024). He is also a Labour & Cooperative Party Councillor in the London Borough of Newham.