Summer Dreams Literary Festival is happening today at Trout Lake
Last night we had a wonderful time at the Awards Gala where Joy Kogawa received the Lifetime Achievement Award, and Ricepaper Magazine won the Magazine Award. As president of Asian Canadian Writer’s Workshop, publisher of Ricepaper Magazine, I accepted in partnership with Anna Ling Kaye, current editor and past-president. see here: Pandora’s Literary Awards
Today – the Festival happens at Trout Lake. Joy Kogawa will be the featured reader at 12:30-1pm Check the schedule of events here: Festival Schedule
Come see me at 4:15 at the Community Stage on Hyphenated-Canadianism…. literature, poetry and identity… with Kevin Chong, Glenn Deer, Russell Wallace and Kyla Bourgh… and my accordion.
4:15 – 5:00 Panel Discussion Moderator: Todd Wong
Panelists Kevin Chong, Russell Wallace, Kyla Bourgh and Glenn Deer.
Topic: Putting the Canadian into Ethnic-Hyphenated poetry andliterature. Scottish-French-First Nations-Chinese-English-Metis-African-Italian-German-Japanese-Irish-Canadian-South Asian. Mainstream – isn’t that what Canada’s always been about?
I would like Todd Wong to contact me directly. I am with the St Andrew’s Society of Toronto and have an invitation for him.
Hoping to hear from Todd.
Anne Moir
President, St. Andrew’s Society of Toronto
Hello Todd Wong — I’ve just been asked to write a book on Larry Kwong for a Canadian publisher! Could you please send me a note so that we could talk? My publisher would like to arrange permission to use some of your photographs of Mr Kwong.
Thanks,
Paula Johanson