Search Results by tag: Wayson Choy

Wayson Choy receives 2015 George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award

Chinese-Canadian author Wayson Choy has been named winner of this year's George Woodcock Lifetime Achievement Award for outstanding long-time contributions to B.C. literature. The author was raised in Vancouver's Chinatown during the 1940s, and was ... Read More »

June 8, 2015 | Filed under: Awards

Project Bookmark picks The Jade Peony for first Vancouver plaque

By Sue Carter

Project Bookmark Canada has announced its first Western plaques will be dedicated to Wayson Choy's 1995 debut novel, The Jade Peony (Douglas & McIntyre). The English- and Mandarin-language bookmarks will be placed at the intersection ... Read More »

October 3, 2012 | Filed under: Book news

Plagiarism case heads to court as Canadian authors file lawsuit against Zhang, Penguin Canada

By Natalie Samson

The controversy surrounding Ling Zhang's novel Gold Mountain Blues continues to escalate, as a group of Canadian authors are now taking their allegations of plagiarism to court. On Thursday, Wayson Choy, Sky Lee, and Paul ... Read More »

October 31, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Ling Zhang responds to accusations of plagiarism

By Natalie Samson

This week, the controversy dogging Chinese-Canadian author Ling Zhang's second novel, Gold Mountain Blues, flared up again as prominent Chinese-Canadian authors Wayson Choy, Sky Lee, and Paul Yee signed a letter asking Penguin Canada to ... Read More »

October 7, 2011 | Filed under: Book news, Events, Industry news

Seth wins Harbourfront Festival Prize

By Natalie Samson

Organizers at the International Festival of Authors have named cartoonist and graphic novelist Seth the winner of the 2011 Harbourfront Festival Prize. The $10,000 prize honours an individual whose work has substantially contributed to the ... Read More »

September 21, 2011 | Filed under: Awards, Book news

Chinese novel alleged to have stolen from Canada’s “literary elite”

By Stuart Woods

The "Great Chinese Canadian Literary Feud" is now underway, according to a Toronto Star story by Bill Schiller. The author at the centre of the supposed controversy is Toronto's Zhang Ling, whose previous novel, Aftershock, ... Read More »

February 1, 2011 | Filed under: Book news

Peter Robinson wins $10,000 Harbourfront prize

By Scott MacDonald

The International Festival of Authors announced today that mystery author Peter Robinson is this year's recipient of the $10,000 Harbourfront Festival Prize, "based on the merits of his own published work and the time he ... Read More »

September 22, 2010 | Filed under: Awards

Bookmarks: Barry Hannah, Dr. Seuss, Wayson Choy, Lynn Coady, and more

By Nathan Whitlock

Some book-related links for hump day: Barry Hannah, R.I.P. Want the Dr. Seuss app? (Okay, but do you need it?) Wayson Choy thinks we need to take better care of ourselves Lynn Coady's advice for ... Read More »

March 3, 2010 | Filed under: Book news

A new twist on the Canada Reads spin-off trend

By Laura Godfrey

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, the CBC must be feeling pretty good right now. Just in case you can't get enough of the various spin-offs of the CBC's Canada Reads competition “ ... Read More »

February 18, 2010 | Filed under: Book news