Had a lot of fun chatting with BOOKSPO podcast about the sources of inspiration for Sisters of the Spruce, ranging from my grandmother's tales of growing up in Haida Gwaii to Charlotte Bronte's novel Jane Eyre.
Thanks Canada Reads American Style podcast for this sweet shout-out about Sisters of the Spruce (discussed 14:40 minutes into the episode). Looking forward to being a guest on the podcast in early June!
I enjoyed being interviewed by Nikkei Voice about how ancestral history influenced my writing of Sisters of the Spruce, in "Literary Passageways to Places in the Past."
Delighted that Sisters of the Spruce is on Quill & Quire's "2024 Spring Preview: Fiction" and the 49th Shelf's "Most Anticipated: Our 2024 Spring Fiction Preview."
In this short essay called "History's Allure," I discuss the ancestral inspiration behind Sisters of the Spruce and share reflections on a selection of my favourite historical novels.
Bustle has chosen After the Bloom as its #1 choice in "50 Books To Read With Your Book Club." It is also included on Book Riot's "The Best Books You've Never Heard Of."
Happy to receive this insightful review of Red Oblivion in Cha: An Asian Literary Journal.
Enjoyed being a guest on Any Given Runway podcast about my writing process and my various experiences of living and writing abroad.
Some nice ink about Red Oblivion in Kirkus Reviews.
A recording of my panel at Word Vancouver 2020 with fellow authors Jack Wang and Kawika Guillermo.
My short story "The Breakwater" is anthologized in Changing the Face of Canadian Literature, and my very short story "Masset Inlet, 1922" is included in the anthology This Will Only Take Minute.
Some pieces I wrote for Open Book as their writer in residence.
A rave review of Red Oblivion's audiobook in AudioFile. A sample of the audiobook can be listened to here.
World Literature Today invited me to write their "What to Read Now" column.
A lovely review of Red Oblivion in Maria Meindl's "In for the Duration" in the 49th Shelf.
Thrilled to receive this starred review of After the Bloom in Booklist.
An insightful review of After the Bloom in the National Post.
After the Bloom is on CBC Books' recommended five books about the Japanese-Canadian Internment.
Thanks Foreword Reviews for this review of After the Bloom.
A perceptive review in the Ottawa Review of Books.
Some nice ink from the Historical Novel Society.
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