Writer, reader, winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Prize. My new novel SISTERS OF THE SPRUCE will be published in March 2024.
Toronto
Joined May 2010
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Had a fabulous time at the Kingston Writers Festival on a panel called "The Unremembered Past," with the wise, irrepressible Marina Nemat and our skillful moderator, Mitch Teich! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @WritersFestYGK
Had a wonderful time at LiterASIAN! It was a delight to read from THE BREAKWATER while sharing the stage with Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Chuqiao Yang & Jamie Chai Yun Liew. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @literASIAN
Summery weather and a great turnout at Word On The Street yesterday! Enjoyed signing copies of THE BREAKWATER. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @torontoWOTS
If you're at Word On The Street this weekend, I'll be signing books at Cormorant's booth! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @torontoWOTS
Looking forward to this virtual event this Sunday! More info about and registration details for the event can be found here: eventbrite.ca/e/mata-ashita-… @cormorantbooks @TRFNews
Looking forward to this LiterASIAN event in just a couple weeks! eventbrite.com/e/literasian-… @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @literASIAN
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Looking forward to my event about historical fiction with Marina Nemat at the Kingston WritersFest on October 3rd! More info & tickets can be found here: kingstonwritersfest.ca/the-u… @WritersFestYGK @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @MarinaNemat
Thanks Historical Novel Society for this nice ink about my latest novel, THE BREAKWATER! historicalnovelsociety.org/r… @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @histnovsoc
Enjoyed reading from THE BREAKWATER at the Powell Street Festival in Vancouver over the weekend! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @PowellStFest
Looking forward to reading from THE BREAKWATER at the Powell Street Festival in Vancouver this weekend! My event is on Sunday, August 2nd, 2:00-2:30, at the Vancouver Japanese Language School (487 Alexander Street). @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @PowellStFest
Warm thanks to The Bookshop 613 for this nice shout-out about THE BREAKWATER! @TRFNews @cormorantbooks thebookshop613.ca/
On this week's episode of GET LIT, I enjoyed chatting about my latest novel and its sources of inspiration in family secrets unearthed on a road trip around British Columbia in 1990: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas… @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @jtennant1020
Happy to see THE BREAKWATER on this list of the indie books most borrowed from Canadian libraries, along with many other books from my publisher, Cormorant! lpg.ca/news/13628954 @cormorantbooks @TRFNews
A fun literary evening at Flying Books, with Jane Park and Rachel Phan! Warm thanks to Diaspora Dialogues for organizing the event and to Flying Books for hosting it! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @flyingbooks_to
Had a wonderful time last night at the Drunk Fiction Series! I read from THE BREAKWATER, alongside Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, Stephanie Wyeld and Ken Murray, whose readings I enjoyed. Plus zingy commentary by host Emily Weedon. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @EmilyWeedon2
Today is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Always happy to discover my novel in one of the many indie bookstores in my neighbourhood, like Another Story Bookshop. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @AnotherStoryTO #cibd2026
It always give me a little moment of delight to see my novel at one of the Toronto Public Library's many branches! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @torontolibrary
Warm thanks to everyone who attended the book launch for my new novel, THE BREAKWATER, last night! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @BenMcNallyBooks
