18 years ago @HouseofAnansi declined my first manuscript. Today they published my debut collection. Pass it on. There's a writer out there who needs encouragement. @WCA_LitAgency #pubday #latebloomer #books #fiction #shortstories #Canlit #bookstagram

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🚨BOOK GIVEAWAY!🚨

RETWEET this & FOLLOW for a chance to win a copy of the latest #WWII historical fiction release, 'THE RIVETER', from @HarperViaBooks!

Author @jackwangauthor's novel follows Chinese Canadian Josiah Chang, who, unable to enlist due to discriminatory laws, becoWhen he falls for jitney driver Poppy, love and war test his place in a country that won’t accept him.

Learn more about the book here: harpercollins.com/products/the-r…

5 winners will be chosen and DMed (U.S. only).

#History #HistoricalFiction

Episode 18 is here! @jackwangauthor and I talk about his debut novel, The Riveter, an honest gaze into the history of Chinese Canadians during the Second World War.

📺Watch:
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⚡THE RIVETER by @jackwangauthor is out today!

❤️‍🔥 “This exhilarating debut is part cross-cultural romance and part underdog story, one that will have readers rooting for its memorable, indefatigable protagonist." —The Toronto Star

🔗 Learn more: ow.ly/SO0T50UXI9N

⭐ “This novel is about more than war; it is about love and loyalty, acceptance, and clash of cultures.” —Kirkus STARRED REVIEW

🔗 THE RIVETER by @jackwangauthor hits shelves in Canada on February 11th. Preorder your copy through the links on our website: ow.ly/qWYH50UJMYt

Please join me for the Toronto launch of my debut novel, THE RIVETER! I didn’t get to launch my first book in person in 2020, so this event is a long time coming. Would love to see friends old and new. Please come—and spread the word! @HouseofAnansi @WCA_LitAgency @HarperViaBooks

Available February 11th! 📘

Saving Private Ryan meets All the Light We Cannot See in THE RIVETER, an exhilarating new novel from award-winning author @jackwangauthor.

Learn more here: houseofanansi.com/products/the-r…

Cover reveal! My debut novel, THE RIVETER, hits shelves in exactly six months in CAN/US! Thanks to Stephen Brayda for the gorgeous cover. I would love your support! Pre-order and visit jackwangauthor.com. @houseofanansi @harperviabooks @WCA_LitAgency

Thank you to our 2024 RBC #BronwenWallace Award jurors!

◥@DerekBeaulieu, @KamaLaMackerel & @JoannaLilley_ read 215 submissions to select 3 poetry finalists

◤Jessica Johns @jessicastellaaa, Maria Reva & @JackWangAuthor read 252 submissions to select 3 short fiction finalists

Congrats to Ryan Cannon, winner of our $2,000 Novella Prize! “A Hunting Story” was chosen by final judges Jenny Ferguson & @jackwangauthor.⁠
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Read what the judges had to say: malahatreview.ca/contests/novel…

Only a few days left to submit your novella for a chance at $2,000.

Judge Jenny Ferguson is looking for "the hard and the soft. The human, the more-than-human."

Judge @jackwangauthor is looking for "a novella that’s unafraid to make things happen."

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Submit your 10,000- to 20,000-word story for a chance to win $2,000 and publication in our summer issue.

Check out our previous posts for interviews with judges Jenny Ferguson and @jackwangauthor.

Full contest guidelines: malahatreview.ca/contests/novel…

"It’s always interesting to see how a novella finds the fulcrum between discipline and capaciousness." —Novella Prize judge @jackwangauthor

Submit by Feb. 1 for a chance to win $2,000!

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Had the great pleasure of judging this year’s fiction contest @TheFiddlehd. Warm congratulations to Melissa DaCosta Brown on her winning story, “Husbands.”

50 years ago today, @holman_wang and I arrived in Vancouver from Taiwan with our mom, on what happened to be our dad's birthday. Here's a photo of our first Canadian Christmas, plus a photo of our mom in our first apartment. Happy 50th Anniversary to us, and Happy Birthday, Dad!

Our Novella Prize is now open, with Early Bird pricing in effect until December 31! Send us your best 10,000- to 20,000-word stories for a chance at the $2,000 prize.

This year's judges are Jen Ferguson and @jackwangauthor.

malahatreview.ca/contests/novel…

I received this award over a year ago. Today I finally received the plaque. The Central New York Book Award may not be a leg lamp, but I’m glad my humble little book has received recognition on both sides of the border.

Some grainy point-and-shoot selfies I took in Montreal at 21 or 22, before selfies were really a thing. Not sure what possessed me, except perhaps the feeling that I would never be that age, or that particular person, ever again.

Emerging BIPOC writers, apply!

Honoured to be judging the 2023 Fiction Contest @TheFiddlehd. Look forward to reading your stories. Show me what you got!