Media Coverage

2023

CBC Radio: The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn – May 16, 2023: Asian Heritage Month: LiterASIAN Writers Festival

Vancouver Sun: LiterASIAN Writers Festival 2023 welcomes memoirists preserving the stories of another generation

La Source: Amplifying the Language of Inclusion

The Bulletin: Interview with Emi Sasagawa, author of Atomweight

2022

La Source: LiterAsian – Asian Canadian stories: from page to screen

2021

CBC: 40 years after their final show, Chinatown’s Pender Guy radio is reuniting

2020

Philippine-Canadian Inquirer: LiterASIAN Festival: Celebrating Asian Canadian Writing

2018 

The Source, Forum of Diversity: Ethnic identity in writing

The Georgia Straight: Michelle Kim explores Korean-Canadian life and the heartbreak of friendships in Running Through Sprinklers

The Ubyssey: “I struggled with the idea of being defined by my ethnicity as a writer”: Professor Kevin Chong on LiterASIAN and Asian-Canadian narrative

2017

Prism Magazine: Open-Hearted At All Times: An Interview with Catherine Hernandez

Beatroute: LiterASIAN, North America’s First Asian Literature Festival, Celebrates Asian Canadian Culture, History, Storytelling

2016

Canadian Filipino.net: Family Histories Make Good Literature: Literasian Festival 2016 Showcases Best of Asian Canadian Writing on History and Memoir

The Georgia Straight: LiterASIAN festival to play on themes of history and memory

2014

Quill & Quire: Vancouver’s LiterAsian Festival puts spotlight on new generation of writers

ACCESS TV: Jim Wong-Chu on literASIAN – Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing

2013

National Post: Madeleine Thien: The work that remains invisible

Georgia Straight: LiterASIAN draws some of Canada’s top writers of Asian descent

Georgia Straight: LiterASIAN festival to celebrate Asian Canadian authors

Vancouver Is Awesome: State of the Arts: Asian lit festival gets graphic