A very touching piece on ACWW's Eric Li & his mother, May Tsoi. “In Chinese culture, there’s an expectation to care for your parents at home and some people will think you’re a bad child if you don’t... I knew I had to do things differently.” alzheimer.ca/bc/en/whats-... #asiancanadian

Words on Rice: The ACWW Open Mic Series returns! Our next hour-long open mic will happen on January 17, 2026, 12.00pm PST / 3.00pm EST docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #asiancanadian

Thank you to the University of Toronto Libraries @uoftlibraries.bsky.social & June Chow for digitizing "Inalienable Rice," a landmark publication in Asian Canadian literature, now available open access archive.org/details/cca_... #asiancanadian #diversityLit

Celebrating half a century of nurturing Asian Canadian talent, ACWW's Effie Pow and Sean Gunn talk about the history of the organization on the Artsy Raven Podcast with Ricepaper editor JF Garrard open.spotify.com/episode/2vjR... #asiancanadian #diversityLIT

Creators Harvest: 2025 Holiday Art Auction & Market ‘Tis the season! Centre A would like to invite you and your loved ones to our 2025 Holiday Art Auction & Market, Creators Harvest. Opening Night: November 29, 5–8 PM centrea.org/current-prog... #asiancanadian #art

Vancouver’s “hat lady” will be commemorated in a new exhibition at a Chinatown art gallery. Madame Maverick: Celebrating the bold spirit and community legacy of Faye Leung will be at Canton-sardine (071-268 Keefer Street) from November 15 to December 27. pancouver.ca/madame-maver... #asiancanadian

Hosted by the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW), Words on Rice: Open Mic is a welcoming space for anyone who identifies as Asian Canadian or mixed-race Asian Canadian to share their writing on Dec 20th asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/11/word... #asiancanadian #diversityLIT

So proud of Eddy Boudel Tan and Souvankham Thammavongsa, two of the nicest, most talented authors in the Canadian lit scene today. Congrats to you both, you're wonderful role models. Good luck! cbc.ca/books/watch-... #asiancanadian #diversityLIT #gillerprize

It's a wrap, thank you for joining us for LiterASIAN 2025! #asiancanadian #literasian #ChinatownYVR

Farewell, Floata. So many wonderful memories. Thank you to Brian, Andre, Manny, and the many others who braved through the pandemic and served many in the community. You deserve our accolades. One last hurrah for you! globalnews.ca/news/1150096... #asiancanadian

ACWW enjoys an evening with former Ricepaper's Yiming Ma, author of "These Memories Do Not Belong to Us," who's in town for the Vancouver Writers Festival. Always a great time to have storytelling over food! yiming-ma.com #asiancanadian

LiterASIAN Writers Festival in Ottawa, featuring Wayne Ng, Jinwoo Park, Rachel Phan, and Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, was a complete blast! Thank you to everyone who joined us at Perfect Books! literasian.com/literasian-o... #asiancanadian #literasian #ottawa

Superb panel featuring Eddy Boudel Tan (Tiger and the Cosmonaut), Jinwoo Park (Jim Wong Chu Emerging Writers Award winner of Oxford Soju Club), Grace Kwan (Sacred Heart Motel) & Todd Wong explored stories of identity, resilience & belonging wordvancouver.ca/room-c440/st... #asiancanadian

The @acww October newsletter is out! Read more about exciting community events and news here: mailchi.mp/asiancanadia.... #asiancanadian

A wonderful book launch of “Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong” by Larry Grant and Scott Steedman, brought to you by Chinatown Wonde and ACWW youtu.be/5NFFLmm9-Us?... #asiancanadian #Indigenous #chinatownYVR

Musqueam elder Larry Grant finds belonging in new memoir, Reconciling ubyssey.ca/culture/musq... #asiancanadian #indigenous

It was lovely to spend an afternoon with author Jinwoo Park. Thank you for joining us for your Vancouver tour of your debut novel, Oxford Soju Club! Best of luck for the rest of the book tour in September, Jinwoo!! www.jinwoo-park.com/events #asiancanadian #JimWongChuEmergingWriterAward

Featuring acclaimed authors Eddy Boudel Tan (Tiger and the Cosmonaut), Jinwoo Park (Jim Wong Chu Emerging Writers Award winner for Oxford Soju Club), and Grace Kwan (The Sacred Heart Motel), this panel explores stories of identity, resilience, and belonging.

The ACWW and Chinatown Wonders hosted the launch of "Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong" by Larry Grant, Musqueam Elder, and Scott Steedman. Thank you to all those who joined us for this important event! ecwpress.com/products/rec... #asiancanadian #chinatownYVR

Congratulations to ACWW board of director and writer, Tāriq Malik, whose poetry book "Blood of Stone" just won the Book Awards for BC Authors Contest Award 2025 for poetry caitlinpress.com/Books/B/Bloo... #asiancanadian #poetry

P.P. Wong Book Launch "Slice the Water" at Upstart & Crow on September 18, 2025 asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/08/pp-w... #asiancanadian

Join us on Sept 20th at Word Vancouver Festival, featuring an ACWW-sponsored panel of authors asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/08/word... #asiancanadian

Recap of LiterASIAN Festival 2025 – An Eventful Celebration of Asian Canadian Writers and Community Builders via the Gung Haggis Fat Choy site gunghaggis.com/2025/07/14/7... #asiancanadian #gunghaggisfatchoy

We invite you to join us for the highly anticipated book launch of Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong. This gathering will feature a conversation between Larry Grant sʔəyəɬəq 洪禮興 and writer Scott Steedman. asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/08/book... #asiancanadian

Presentation of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award to Samantha Jade MacPherson. Congratulations to all the applicants who submitted to this contest, many of whom will go on to be published with their outstanding manuscripts asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/06/anno... #asiancanadian

The next Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers Award deadline is September 30, 2026. asiancanadianwriters.ca/p/emerging-w... #asiancanadian #JWCEmergingWritersAward

LiterASIAN Festival is coming to Ottawa! Featuring authors Jinwoo Park, Rachel Phan, Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio, and Wayne Ng. See you on September 15th @ Perfect Books asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/07/lite... #asiancanadian

"Ink and Identity: Narratives from the Chinese Diasporic Experience" at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre featured writers Rachel Phan, JF Garrard, and Eddy Boudel Tan literasian.com/ink-and-iden... #asiancanadian #literasian

LiterASIAN festival’s Allan Cho, Jeannie Fong, & Phoebe Ann Lee share a moment at the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library. The festival celebrated the 13th annual festival and the 30th anniversary of ACWW. Up next is Vancouver’s in June! literasian.com/tickets/ #literasian2025

Thank you to Hana Kim, Director of the Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library for collaborating & making possible #LiterASIANToronto. Wayne Ng, Leanne Toshiko Simpson, Mai Nguyen, & Carrianne Leung for such a rich, thoughtful, and engaging panel. east.library.utoronto.ca/eal-newsletter…

Jessica Chan read Jim Wong-Chu’s new poem “My Aunt,” in the anthology, “Infusion.” Jessica shared heartfelt memories as Ricepaper’s Editor & Jim’s influence on her career. Jessica based her thesis on her work at Ricepaper summit.sfu.ca/item/10185 #asiancanadian #literasian

This launch of the anthology is Volume #4 of Ricepaper Magazine Books, a collection of anthologies featuring Asian Canadian & Asian diasporic literary works darkhelixpress.com/acww/ #asiancanadian #literasiantoronto

Thank you to everyone who attended LiterASIAN Toronto 2025! Congratulations to authors of the new anthology, “Infusion” featuring new writing in Ricepaper Magazine darkhelixpress.com/acww/infusion/ #asiancanadian #LiterASIANToronto #literasian2025

Join us in celebrating former Chief BC Human Rights Commissioner and social justice warrior Mary-Woo Sims, who was recently conferred honorary degrees from the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University! on June 13 marywoosims2025.eventbrite.ca #asiancanadian

📚 Join Wayne Ng, author of #JOHNNYDELIVERS, at @literasian.bsky.social Toronto 2025—a celebration of Asian Canadian lit! 🗓️ May 29 | 🕐 1:15–4PM 📍 Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library ✨ Info: literasian.com/part-i-liter... ✨ Free, register: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @asiancanadian.bsky.social

LiterASIAN Festival 2025 returns to Vancouver! Check out our festival program with events and featured authors here literasian.com

We are heartbroken by the tragic events at the Lapu Lapu Day Block Party in Vancouver. Our thoughts are with the victims, their families, and the entire Filipino-Canadian community as we grieve alongside them in this time of immense sorrow. #vancouver #asiancanadian

We mourn this senseless loss and offer our deepest condolences, standing together in solidarity and mourning. #asiancanadian #vancouver #lapulapufestival

Longtime friend and supporter of ACWW, Meena Wong, and longtime board member and original member, Sean Gunn share a smile together the Chinese Canadian Historical Society of BC AGM Dinner honouring Winnie L. Cheung cchsbc.ca #asiancanadian

hastings park, 1942 by Tristan Hay Lee ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/04/hast...

Donna Seto's @donnaseto.bsky.social Book Launch: Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History Sunday, May 25, 3pm at the Chinatown Storytelling Centre asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/04/book... #asiancanadian

ACWW President Todd Wong with Catherine Clement, curator and author of "The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act". Catherine will be a featured author at this year's LiterASIAN Festival at the Chinese Canadian Museum on June 28, 2025. Stay tuned for more! #asiancanadian #literasian

ACWW 30th-anniversary throwback to the good times. Readings at the Alice MacKay Room at the VPL, circa May 30, 2003, featuring legendary poets, Roy Miki and Rita Wong, with the indomitable Todd Wong, now President of ACWW asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/03/cele... #asiancanadian

In our latest TalkRice podcast, Gavin Hee chats with Mary Ancheta, Musical Director of Lauren Yee’s musical play Cambodian Rock Band, which rocks on at the Stanley theatre on Granville Street Tue thru Sun until Apr 6 ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/03/podc...

Ricepaper's Call for Submissions: Orientation ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/03/17690/

Young upstart crew during the day. Readings at the Grind & Gallery Cafe. Those here include Grace Chin, Hanako Masutani, and C.E. Gatchalian, pictured in 2003. asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/03/cele... #asiancanadian #30yearsofACWW

ACWW offers its deepest condolences to Vancouver Writers Fest founder Alma Lee, who passed away recently. In 2019, Alma presented a moving tribute at Wayson's public memorial. Thank you Alma, for all your work in the community. You will be missed. youtu.be/kH5Y_Ondzfw?...

North Shore Writers Festival is happening soon. Check out the lineup of wonderful writers, including our friend JJ Lee @jjleeshouldwrite.bsky.social www.nvdpl.ca/post/join-us...

Pioneers of the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Society. Celebrating 30 years of ACWW. Sid Tan, Todd Wong, Jim Wong-Chu, and Sean Gunn here in this photo. circa 2002. asiancanadianwriters.ca/2025/03/cele... #asiancanadian #diversityLIT #ACWW30Years

Congratulations to Winnie L. Cheung, our former director and longtime supporter of ACWW. Your recognition is well-deserved, and thank you for all that you do in the community! #asiancanadian