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