Get “Our Three New Years!” For Lunar New Year!!

Did you know that Our Three New Years! is available in-store at some Toronto area bookstores? I recently saw mine at Indigo at the Manulife Centre. I know gifts aren’t typically a “thing” for New Year, but if you don’t… Continue Reading →

I’m Now A PUBLISHED Children’s Author!!

My goodness! My first book has DROPPED!!! I’m really proud this accomplishment and I really hope word gets around. I’ll be hearing from the people at FriesenPress soon about best ways to market, but in the meantime, there’s social media.… Continue Reading →

Diversity, Universality and ‘Bao’

I first saw the Pixar short, Bao, a while back, but recently revisited the story after purchasing the Little Golden Books (I didn’t think they still existed – I only checked after watching the season premiere of This is Us,… Continue Reading →

Repost from DelectablyChic!: Crazy Rich Asians: Extravagant, Over-the-Top, Yet Fresh Look

crazy rich asians, books, movies, kevin kwan

Note:  This was originally posted on DelectablyChic! in 2013.  It is a review of the NOVEL, not the MOVIE.  The MOVIE premieres on August 15 (in North America). When I first heard about Kevin Kwan’s debut novel, I was excited… Continue Reading →

The Fashion Industry, Model Cruelty and Eating Disorders

I recently finished Victoire Dauxerre’s Size Zero:  My Life as a Disappearing Model, a memoir on how the fashion industry and being a model drove her into having an eating disorder. Ms. Dauxerre never really thought of becoming a model… Continue Reading →