June 22: Discussion with Bryan Ibeas for Filipino Heritage Month

Filipino Heritage Month – Discussion with Invisible Publishing Fiction Editor Bryan Ibeas Tuesday, June 22 2021, 9 pm My fantastic editor Bryan and I will talk about our working relationship as Filipino-Canadians and how it influenced the writing of The Quiet is Loud, and how underrepresented stories can be supported. Working with Bryan on TQIL […]

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June 2021 Writer-in-Residence at Open Book

My first post as Open Book’s June writer-in-residence is up now! As someone who’s been blogging before blogging was blogging (huh?), I’m already having so much fun – I’ve been looking forward to this for months. I’m grateful for this incredible opportunity to talk about the writing process, books, and more! You can check out

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The Quiet is Loud Review and Interview at Marías at Sampaguitas

Review and Interview at Marías at Sampaguitas

I’m so honoured to have a review of The Quiet is Loud and an interview at Marías at Sampaguitas literary magazine, both by Maria Bolaños – who also on Instagram at @mariabeewrites. I’ve been following Maria for a while and was immediately drawn to her nuanced, insightful, and beautifully-written reviews, so I’m really fangirling over both

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Missed The Quiet is Loud’s book launch? Check out the replay!

The Quiet is Loud’s book launch was truly life-affirming. It was a lot of fun to talk to my good friend Teri Vlassopoulos about novel research, tarot cards, Filipino identity, and food! If you missed the launch but want to catch up on what we discussed, you definitely can! You can check out the launch

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Open Book interviews authors appearing at the FOLD

The wonderful Open Book recently interviewed some of the authors who’ll be appearing at the Festival of Literary Diversity this May, and I’m proud to be one of them! I answered questions on diversity in Canadian literature, as well as the writing process. An excerpt: During the pandemic I’ve found that I miss coffeeshop writing

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The Quiet is Loud one of Loan Stars’ top May library picks

I’m excited that The Quiet is Loud is one of Loan Stars’ top 10 Adult picks for May! Loan Stars is “the readers’ advisory tool that allows library staff across Canada to collaboratively select their favourite forthcoming titles.” TQIL appearing on the list means that it’s one of the titles that has had the most

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