May Q Wong

Camryn Rogers wins again 🙌 The Canadian wins the hammer throw competition at the World Athletics Continental Tour stop in Kenya with a throw of 80.03m cbc.ca/9.7176124

Camryn Rogers does it again! 💥🇨🇦 She broke her own Canadian and North American record with the fourth-farthest winning women’s hammer mark in history! 👏

Canada's Lewin-LaFrance sisters claim sailing gold in Grand Slam regatta cbc.ca/9.7153361

Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho & Fiona Tinwei Lam in conversation about Wiley's new book, "The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street" on May 27th at VPL Central asiancanadianwriters.ca/2026/03/wiley-… #asiancanadian

@Tara_Moss @booksinbc @HarperCollinsCa Just read in last season's Discover Blue Mountains about your return to this fabulous place. Congrats again on your new book! Now that its in Canada, I look forward to reading it!

Thank you for this beautiful review of my new book, The Italian Secret: ‘…a family drama that spans decades. It is beautifully orchestrated by a talented writer.’ thebcreview.ca/2025/12/18/276… @booksinbc @HarperCollinsCa

@ChristianH16152 @gvpl Thank you.

@MayQWong @gvpl Wow is nice book and cover 😍😍🥰🥰

#CityinColour was added to @gvpl 2023 #EmergingAuthor list this morning! Thanks to the organizers, there was a great buzz in the air, from the proud authors and all our supporters!

Good luck Eddy!

@arealmofwonder @JonathanGunson Growing old need not mean growing stale. Sometimes the "golden years" are snatched away from us too soon, or are filled with unexpected loss or pain, but we still try to live our best lives while we can.

Rest in peace, Patricia Routledge 🙏🏻 In memory of her, I encourage everyone to read these words of hers from February last year. Whether young or old, you're bound to get something out of it. ***** "I’ll be turning 95 this coming Monday. In my younger years, I was often filled with worry — worry that I wasn’t quite good enough, that no one would cast me again, that I wouldn’t live up to my mother’s hopes. But these days begin in peace, and end in gratitude. My life didn’t quite take shape until my forties. I had worked steadily — on provincial stages, in radio plays, in West End productions — but I often felt adrift, as though I was searching for a home within myself that I hadn’t quite found. At 50, I accepted a television role that many would later associate me with — Hyacinth Bucket, of Keeping Up Appearances. I thought it would be a small part in a little series. I never imagined that it would take me into people’s living rooms and hearts around the world. And truthfully, that role taught me to accept my own quirks. It healed something in me. At 60, I began learning Italian — not for work, but so I could sing opera in its native language. I also learned how to live alone without feeling lonely. I read poetry aloud each evening, not to perfect my diction, but to quiet my soul. At 70, I returned to the Shakespearean stage — something I once believed I had aged out of. But this time, I had nothing to prove. I stood on those boards with stillness, and audiences felt that. I was no longer performing. I was simply being. At 80, I took up watercolour painting. I painted flowers from my garden, old hats from my youth, and faces I remembered from the London Underground. Each painting was a quiet memory made visible. Now, at 95, I write letters by hand. I’m learning to bake rye bread. I still breathe deeply every morning. I still adore laughter — though I no longer try to make anyone laugh. I love the quiet more than ever. I’m writing this to tell you something simple: Growing older is not the closing act. It can be the most exquisite chapter — if you let yourself bloom again. Let these years ahead be your TREASURE YEARS. You don’t need to be famous. You don’t need to be flawless. You only need to show up — fully — for the life that is still yours. With love and gentleness, Patricia Routledge ***** Once more, rest in peace. 🤍

A wonderful book launch of “Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong” by Larry Grant and Scott Steedman, brought to you by Chinatown Wonder @ChinatownWonder and ACWW youtu.be/5NFFLmm9-Us?si… #asiancanadian #Indigenous #chinatownYVR

@acww @PchcI Wonderful news, so well deserved!

Congratulations to Winnie Cheung @PchcI for being honoured with the ACWW Community Builders Award. Winnie's decades-long dedication and tireless efforts in leading and mentoring organizations like ACWW, explorASIAN, and PCHC-MoM have enriched our community #asiancanadian

Award-winning community historian, curator and author Catherine Clement joins us for @literASIAN 2025! Read her interview here: literasian.com/catherine-clem… Get tickets here: chinesecanadianmuseum.ca/programs/liter…

CHANGING THE NARRATIVE 📚 International best-selling author Tara Rae Moss joins TMS. #TMS7 – Straight after Sunrise, weekdays on Channel 7 and 7Plus

Thx to former director Richard Liu himself also a recipient for this medal) for this report with video & photos. Big congratulations to Caroline, Elder Larry Grant & Richard!

The @acww December newsletter is out! Read it here for some exciting updates & festive events: mailchi.mp/asiancanadianw… #asiancanadian #CanLit

Four books from local BC publishers made the cut for the Globe 100: Best books of 2024 list! 🌟 Congratulations to the authors and the teams that made these books happen! See the full list: buff.ly/4fIrBAy @touchwooded @tradewindbooks @greystonekids @orcabook

Huge thanks to Kathryn Marlow @KathrynMarlow CBC for talking to me about local hauntings 🎃 This is Vancouver Island - Why the Island is a great place for ghost stories cbc.ca/listen/cbc-pod… #Halloween #VancouverIsland #Haunting

@ShanonSinn Right up your Alley!

A handful of historic folklore-inspired BC beers: Krampus, Devil's Dream, Banshee, Sasquatch, Vanishing Monk, Graveyard of the Pacific, and Gallow's Point. The Brother XII vodka is named after a notorious 1930s cult leader #WyrdWednesday

What an interesting life he had!

Tecumseh Elementary School Project: Launch of Collaborative Poetry Video, a project led by Vancouver poet laureate Fiona Tinwei Lam fionalam.net/2024/06/25/tec… #asiancanadian