Asian Heritage Month (May)

May is Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Here's a reading list of eight excellent books you can read to commemorate the month.

The Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop (ACWW) was created to develop and nurture Pacific Rim Asian writers. Click on the Authors tab for a list of authors, and in some cases, links to their websites.

This biography of Joy Kogawa is from the online Canadian Encyclopedia. Learn how her experiences as a Japanese Canadian during the internment process affected her writing and activist work.

This biography of the prolific Canadian poet and novelist includes a video clip of him reading a poem and a list of awards he has received.

Alberta author and playwright Marty Chan uses his theatre background to introduce the concept of drama in fiction. There is some biographical information, a list of works and some tips for writing, divided by grade.