May 2, 2026
April 21, 2026
Presented by: Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library & Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (ACWW)
Celebrate Asian Canadian literature and discover the next wave of voices. This year’s theme, Re-Generation, reflects cycles of renewal and growth, inviting both newly published and established authors to draw inspiration from those who came before while reimagining the possibilities of Asian Canadian literature.
By embracing Re-Generation, LiterASIAN Toronto 2026 calls on writers, artists, readers, and community members to honour past contributions and continue this important work.
Featuring Authors
Farzana Doctor | Jack Wang | June Hur
Moderator
Professor Larissa Lai, Richard Charles Lee Chair in Chinese Canadian Studies, University of Toronto
Special Performance
Featuring Authors
Farzana Doctor | Jack Wang | June Hur
Moderator
Professor Larissa Lai, Richard Charles Lee Chair in Chinese Canadian Studies, University of Toronto
Special Performance
The event will feature a special erhu performance by Amely Zhou, Music Director of the Canadian Chinese Orchestra and a musician specializing in the erhu and guzheng. Date: Friday, May 22, 2026
Doors open: 2:15 PM
Doors open: 2:15 PM
Program & Reception: 2:45 – 5:15 PM (reception with refreshments included)
Location: Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, 8th Floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Toronto
Location: Cheng Yu Tung East Asian Library, 8th Floor, Robarts Library, 130 St. George Street, Toronto
Registration Link: https://libcal.library.utoronto.ca/event/4013537
For inquiries: eal.events@utoronto.ca
For inquiries: eal.events@utoronto.ca
Celebrating New Asian Canadian Novels at Flying Books
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DD, House of Anansi, Comorant, and Flying Books are hosting authors Jane Park (Inheritance) and Leslie Shimotakahara (The Breakwater) for a conversation and book signing.
ABOUT INHERTANCE
A Korean Canadian woman returns to the prairies, where she revisits her childhood and confronts her haunting guilt. Inheritance explores the immigrant experience, the sacrifices made by both parents and children, and the way trauma is transferred to the next generation. As Anne completes her journey to the past, she emerges to finally define life on her own terms.
Jane Park is a second-generation Korean Canadian writer. She is a MacDowell Fellow, and was a participant in the Banff Centre’s Writing Studio, and Diaspora Dialogues. She was born in Edmonton, Alberta, lived in New York City for over a decade, and now lives in Calgary, Alberta. Currently, she is pursuing an MFA at the University of British Columbia. Inheritance is her debut novel.
ABOUT THE BREAKWATER
A multigenerational saga about the long shadow of an unspeakable family secret, culminating in an overdue reunion between rivalrous brothers. In this heartbreaking family story, two brothers, both old men not far from death, must at last confront long-buried family secrets — and their lingering effects on subsequent generations.
Leslie Shimotakahara is an award-winning author of three novels and a memoir, as well as numerous short fiction and essays. She won the Canada-Japan Literary Prize (2012) and has been shortlisted for the K.M. Hunter Artist Award. Her writing has appeared in the National Post, World Literature Today, and other anthologies and periodicals. She holds a PhD in English from Brown University, and lives in Toronto with her husband.
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April 19, 2026
Oil and Water: Reading and Discussion with Authors Joanne Leow and Phoebe Wang
Join authors Phoebe Wang and Joanne Leow for a joint reading and discussion at Iron Dog Books! Joanne Leow is an SFU professor and author who will discuss her recently published nonfiction title, Exhumations: Inside the Body of a Petrostate. Phoebe Wang is an author and poet whose collection of essays, Relative To Wind: On Sailing, Craft and Community, was published in Fall 2024. Both books examine the colonial relationship of bodies with the natural environment -- the authors will discuss these themes and more through conversation and readings. This event is taking place on Thursday, April 30th, starting at 7:00pm with doors opening at 6:30pm. Reserve your spot through the link below!
From the publisher:
JOANNE LEOW is a Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor at Simon Fraser University. Her research interests lie at the intersections of spatial theory, decolonial theory, postcolonial studies, transnational and diasporic texts, and the environmental humanities. Her essays, fiction, and poetry have been published in Brick, Catapult, Evergreen Review, The Goose, Isle, The Kindling, The Town Crier, QLRS, and Ricepaper Magazine. Her first academic monograph is Counter-Cartographies: Reading Singapore Otherwise (Liverpool University Press, 2024), and her debut collection of poetry is Seas Move Away (Turnstone Press, 2022). Joanne Leow grew up in Singapore and lives on the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
PHOEBE WANG is a first-generation Chinese-Canadian currently based in Toronto, Canada. She is the author of the poetry collections Admission Requirements (McClelland and Stewart, 2017), shortlisted for the Gerald Lambert Memorial Award, the Pat Lowther Memorial Award, and nominated for the Trillium Book Award, and Waking Occupations (McClelland and Stewart, 2022). Her fiction and nonfiction have appeared in The Globe & Mail, The New Quarterly, Brick, and The Unpublished City, which was shortlisted for a Toronto Book Award, and she co-edited The Unpublished City: Volume II, The Lived City. She is currently on the editorial board with Brick Books. She has been a mentor with Diaspora Dialogues and is an adjunct professor and mentor in the University of Toronto Creative Writing MA program. Wang lives and sails in Toronto, Ontario.
Thursday Apr 30th, 2026, 7:00 PM -8:30 PM Iron Dog Books
April 16, 2026
New Exhibition: Butterfly Dreams - David Khang at Centre A
Opening Reception: April 18, 6–9 PM, including a performance at 7:30 PM
Panel Discussion: May 9, 2 PM
Exhibition Duration: April 18 - May 30, 2026
Location: #205-268 Keefer St. (2nd floor of the Sun Wah Centre)
Gallery Hours: Wed–Sat, 12–6 PM
Centre A announced its next exhibition, Butterfly Dreams by David Khang
From early experiments inspired by La Monte Young’s Compositions 1960 to his striking performances in Los Angeles and Mexico, this exhibition showcases Khang’s exploration with the Monarch butterflies over two decades, weaving together performance, sculpture, and photography. Khang often produces work that brings together incongruous and dissonant elements. While the Monarch butterfly is universally viewed as a signifier of beauty, military signifiers are inextricably woven into Khang’s works alongside the butterfly motif, intended to evoke an unsettled reception. Khang believes that formal aesthetics and beauty, without context, separate and elevate art above the everyday; site-specific or site-responsive art practice embeds itself and lays bare the political, social, and cultural context of the everyday from which the art is produced.
April 14, 2026
Korean-Canadian Authors in Conversation
In celebration of AAPI Heritage Month, Book People is hosting an evening of conversation with four extraordinary Korean-Canadian writers — stories that cross oceans, generations, and cities.
Ins Choi — actor, playwright, and creator of Kim's Convenience, the beloved play and CBC/Netflix series
Ann Y.K. Choi — Toronto-based author and educator, author of All Things Under the Moon
Jane Park — MacDowell Fellow and debut novelist, author of Inheritance
Jinwoo Park — author of Oxford Soju Club and winner of the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers' Award
Free entry. Books available for purchase and signing on the night.
Presented by House of Anansi Press.
Location
Book People on Queen, 1640 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6R 1B2, Canada
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