ACWW recently celebrated the return of Madeleine Thien to the Vancouver arts scene. We are thrilled to see her inspiring the next generation of voices as the current Writer-in-Residence at Langara College langara.ca/departments/...
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Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho & Fiona Tinwei Lam in conversation about Wiley's new book, "The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street" on May 27th at VPL Central asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/03/wile... #asiancanadian
Join us for the final day of 2026 LunarFest Live Readings at Granville Island -- featuring Tariq Malik, Allan Cho, & Sung Ming Chow www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/02/2026... #asiancanadian #lunarfest
Getting ready for the next 2 weekends. Join us at LunarFest 2026 Live Readings at Oceanworks on Granville Island! asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/02/2026... #asiancanadian #LunarNewYear www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/02/2026...
Join us at LunarFest 2026 Live Readings at Oceanworks on Granville Island! asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/02/2026... #asiancanadian
Indigenous and racialized artists and cultural workers who work in every artistic discipline – whether the literary, media, performing, or visual arts – can become members of CultureBrew.Art (CBA) culturebrew.art/artist-membe...
Connecting Artists with Engagers & Employers on CultureBrew.Art featuring a Canada-wide searchable database of Indigenous and racialized literary, media, performing, and visual arts professionals www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/01/conn... #asiancanadian #bipoc
A very touching piece on ACWW's Eric Li & his mother, May Tsoi.
“In Chinese culture, there’s an expectation to care for your parents at home and some people will think you’re a bad child if you don’t... I knew I had to do things differently.”
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Words on Rice: The ACWW Open Mic Series returns! Our next hour-long open mic will happen on January 17, 2026, 12.00pm PST / 3.00pm EST docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #asiancanadian
Thank you to the University of Toronto Libraries @uoftlibraries.bsky.social & June Chow for digitizing "Inalienable Rice," a landmark publication in Asian Canadian literature, now available open access archive.org/details/cca_... #asiancanadian #diversityLit
Celebrating half a century of nurturing Asian Canadian talent, ACWW's Effie Pow and Sean Gunn talk about the history of the organization on the Artsy Raven Podcast with Ricepaper editor JF Garrard
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Creators Harvest: 2025 Holiday Art Auction & Market
‘Tis the season! Centre A would like to invite you and your loved ones to our 2025 Holiday Art Auction & Market, Creators Harvest. Opening Night: November 29, 5–8 PM centrea.org/current-prog... #asiancanadian #art
Vancouver’s “hat lady” will be commemorated in a new exhibition at a Chinatown art gallery. Madame Maverick: Celebrating the bold spirit and community legacy of Faye Leung will be at Canton-sardine (071-268 Keefer Street) from November 15 to December 27. pancouver.ca/madame-maver... #asiancanadian
Hosted by the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW), Words on Rice: Open Mic is a welcoming space for anyone who identifies as Asian Canadian or mixed-race Asian Canadian to share their writing on Dec 20th asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/11/word... #asiancanadian #diversityLIT
So proud of Eddy Boudel Tan and Souvankham Thammavongsa, two of the nicest, most talented authors in the Canadian lit scene today. Congrats to you both, you're wonderful role models. Good luck! cbc.ca/books/watch-... #asiancanadian #diversityLIT #gillerprize
It's a wrap, thank you for joining us for LiterASIAN 2025!
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Farewell, Floata. So many wonderful memories. Thank you to Brian, Andre, Manny, and the many others who braved through the pandemic and served many in the community. You deserve our accolades. One last hurrah for you!
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ACWW enjoys an evening with former Ricepaper's Yiming Ma, author of "These Memories Do Not Belong to Us," who's in town for the Vancouver Writers Festival. Always a great time to have storytelling over food! yiming-ma.com #asiancanadian
LiterASIAN Writers Festival in Ottawa, featuring Wayne Ng, Jinwoo Park, Rachel Phan, and Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, was a complete blast! Thank you to everyone who joined us at Perfect Books! literasian.com/literasian-o... #asiancanadian #literasian #ottawa
Superb panel featuring Eddy Boudel Tan (Tiger and the Cosmonaut), Jinwoo Park (Jim Wong Chu Emerging Writers Award winner of Oxford Soju Club), Grace Kwan (Sacred Heart Motel) & Todd Wong explored stories of identity, resilience & belonging wordvancouver.ca/room-c440/st... #asiancanadian
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Read more about exciting community events and news here: mailchi.mp/asiancanadia....
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A wonderful book launch of “Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong” by Larry Grant and Scott Steedman, brought to you by Chinatown Wonde and ACWW youtu.be/5NFFLmm9-Us?... #asiancanadian #Indigenous #chinatownYVR
Musqueam elder Larry Grant finds belonging in new memoir, Reconciling ubyssey.ca/culture/musq... #asiancanadian #indigenous
It was lovely to spend an afternoon with author Jinwoo Park. Thank you for joining us for your Vancouver tour of your debut novel, Oxford Soju Club!
Best of luck for the rest of the book tour in September, Jinwoo!!
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Featuring acclaimed authors Eddy Boudel Tan (Tiger and the Cosmonaut), Jinwoo Park (Jim Wong Chu Emerging Writers Award winner for Oxford Soju Club), and Grace Kwan (The Sacred Heart Motel), this panel explores stories of identity, resilience, and belonging.
The ACWW and Chinatown Wonders hosted the launch of "Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong" by Larry Grant, Musqueam Elder, and Scott Steedman. Thank you to all those who joined us for this important event!
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Congratulations to ACWW board of director and writer, Tāriq Malik, whose poetry book "Blood of Stone" just won the Book Awards for BC Authors Contest Award 2025 for poetry caitlinpress.com/Books/B/Bloo... #asiancanadian #poetry
P.P. Wong Book Launch "Slice the Water" at Upstart & Crow on September 18, 2025 asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/08/pp-w... #asiancanadian
Join us on Sept 20th at Word Vancouver Festival, featuring an ACWW-sponsored panel of authors asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/08/word... #asiancanadian
Recap of LiterASIAN Festival 2025 – An Eventful Celebration of Asian Canadian Writers and Community Builders via the Gung Haggis Fat Choy site gunghaggis.com/2025/07/14/7... #asiancanadian #gunghaggisfatchoy
