Duckweed 浮萍 ** Chinatown Book Launch ** with Kathryn Lennon, Donna Seto & Alyssa Sy de JesusSunday, October 25, 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Wongs' Benevolent Association, 123a E Pender St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1T6
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Book Launch!
From the organizer
Join us for a special Chinatown launch of Kathryn Lennon's debut poetry collection, Duckweed 浮萍 (NeWest Press) at the Mon Keang School. Kathryn will be joined by Donna Seto and Alyssa Sy de Jesus for readings and conversation about diasporic language relationships and Chinatowns.
October 25 @ 1pm to 3pm.
Mon Keang School
3rd floor, Wongs' Benevolent Association
123A East Pender Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
V6A 1T6
With readings by Donna Seto and Alyssa Sy de Jesus
Moderated by Johnny Trinh
Accessibility note: Please note stairs are required to access the venue in this 1923 heritage building.
This event is free to attend. Books will be available for sale at the event (and proceeds will go to the Mon Keang School). You can also purchase them from a local bookshop like Massey's Books!
If you can't make this event (or if it is sold out), you can also catch Kathryn at a double launch along with Nisha Patel (For the Record) on October 29 at Enabling Arts (doors at 6pm, event at 6:30pm). More details here.
Alyssa Sy de Jesus | 施麗莎 is a poet of Chinese heritage in search of the worded artefacts of her family’s five generation settlement in the Philippines and eventual migration to Canada on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. Previous publications: Chinatown Stories, Living Hyphen, and Ginger and Smoke. She has performed her work at various local events and festivals.
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