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SUMMARY:Duckweed 浮萍 ** Chinatown Book Launch ** with Kathryn Lennon\, D
 onna Seto & Alyssa Sy de Jesus
LOCATION:Wongs' Benevolent Association\, 123a E Pender St\, Vancouver\, BC 
 V6A 1T6
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 natown-book-launch-with-kathryn-lennon-donna-set-a3e7bb
DESCRIPTION:Book Launch!\nJoin 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 Je
 sus for readings and conversation about diasporic language relationships a
 nd Chinatowns. \n\nOctober 25 @ 1pm to 3pm.\nMon Keang School\n3rd floor\,
  Wongs' Benevolent Association \n123A East Pender Street\nVancouver\, Brit
 ish Columbia\nV6A 1T6\n\nWith readings by Donna Seto and Alyssa Sy de Jesu
 s\nModerated by Johnny Trinh\n\nAccessibility note: Please note stairs are
  required to access the venue in this 1923 heritage building.\nThis event 
 is free to attend. Books will be available for sale at the event (and proc
 eeds will go to the Mon Keang School). You can also purchase them from a l
 ocal bookshop like Massey's Books!\nIf you can't make this event (or if it
  is sold out)\, you can also catch Kathryn at a double launch along with N
 isha Patel (For the Record) on October 29 at Enabling Arts (doors at 6pm\,
  event at 6:30pm). More details here.\nAlyssa 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 Tsle
 il-Waututh Nations. Previous publications: Chinatown Stories\, Living Hyph
 en\, and Ginger and Smoke. She has performed her work at various local eve
 nts and festivals.\n\nCheck before you go: https://luma.com/fwo04ai1
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