Writing Group Makes Good, article on SPiN by Sarah Treleaven, Quill & Quire, March 2009.
Raising gems, together, Tuesday Essay, The Globe and Mail online, February 24, 2009.
June Hutton's Underground is championed by Barrie Councillor Jeff Lehman against other Evergreen Award titles in the annual Barrie Reads
September 23, 2010
Underground takes to the stage for the annual Kingston WritersFest Battle of the Books
Defending June Hutton’s novel against other titles nominated for the Evergreen Award will be Col. Rick Fawcett, Base Commander at CFB Kingston
June Hutton reads from Underground
Toronto Public Library’s Bloor Gladstone branch
1101 Bloor Street West, 7:00pm
September 15, 2010
June Hutton reads from Underground
Toronto Public Library’s Maryvale branch
Parkway Mall, 85 Ellesmere Road, 2:00pm
September 14, 2010
June Hutton is the guest author at the Toronto Heliconian Club’s Literary Lecture Series
35 Hazelton Avenue, 7:30pm, where she’ll talk about the writing of her novel Underground.
July 14, 2010
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee's next column on CBC Radio One's The Next Chapter
May 17, 2010
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee's next column on CBC Radio One's The Next Chapter
February 21 and 27, 2010
Meet and chat with Jen Sookfong Lee and Sheryl MacKay at CBC Vancouver's outdoor plaza
11:30am, 700 Hamilton Street
February 10, 2010
Real Vancouver Writers' and Culture Series
Featuring Jen Sookfong Lee and many others
7:00pm, W2 Culture + Media House, 112 East Hastings Street
November 20, 2009
Mary Novik appears in the Sidney Reading Series
7:30pm, Red Brick Café, Sidney
November 9, 2009
Join June Hutton for a unique reading and talk to honour Canada’s forgotten soldiers, the veterans of the Spanish Civil War
7:30pm,
Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, Alma Van Dusen Room
November 7, 2009
Writing workshop with June Hutton
10:00am to 3:00pm, Langara Colege, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver, Course fee $69
Bring a bag lunch!
To register 604-323-5322 or www.langara.bc.ca if you have a Langara ID number
June Hutton appears at Vancouver International Writers Festival
With Tash Aw, David Hewson, Rhea Tregebov, led by host Kirk Lapointe
With John Bemrose, Terry Griggs, Colin McAdam, James W. Nichol, Daria Salamon, with host Paul Grant
October 17-18, 2009
June Hutton appears at WordFest, the Calgary-Banff writers festival
Oct 17, 11am, Calgary: Uncharted Territories
With Robert Arthur Alexi, Wayson Choy, Lorna Crozier
Oct 18, 1:30pm, Banff: Through the Glass Darkly
With John Lathrop and Eloy Urriz
Jen Sookfong Lee co-hosts the CBC Studio One Book Club featuring Wade Davis' The Wayfinders
7:30pm, CBC British Columbia, 700 Hamilton Street
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the Burnaby Public Library
7:00pm, McGill Branch, 4595 Albert Street
SPiN appears at The Word on the Street
Jen Sookfong Lee, Mary Novik and June Hutton
11:00am, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, Peter Kaye Room
Hosted by Sheryl MacKay
1:30pm, Canada Reads tent
September 25, 2009
June Hutton appears at Sidney Reading Series
7:30pm, Red Brick Cafe, Sidney
June Hutton apppears at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
3:00pm, Rockwood Centre, Sechelt
Tickets: 1-800-565-9631
July 18, 2009
June Hutton will sign copies of Underground for Canada Day celebrants on Granville Island
11:00am to 2:00pm, Blackberry Books, Net Loft Building
June Hutton
2:00-4:00pm, Chapters, Broadway and Granville
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at McNally Robinson
In celebration of Asian Heritage Month
8:00pm, McNally Robinson at Grant Park, Winnipeg
Writers' workshop for Asian Heritage Month 2009
"When Memoir Inspires Fiction"
7:00pm to 9:00pm, Richmond Cultural Centre Lecture Hall
Workshop is free but spots are limited
To register, call
Writing workshop with June Hutton
Federation of BC Writers AGM
Listel Hotel, Vancouver
Keep checking Fed website for details
June Hutton is the guest author at Christianne’s Lyceum of Literature and Art
7:00 p.m. 3695 West 8th Avenue, Vancouver
Registration required
"Re-imagining the Past"
Writing workshop with Mary Novik
With the
Writers' Trust of Canada
6:00 to 8:00pm, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, 350 West Georgia
Street
April 18, 19, and 25, 2009
March 27-28, 2009
March 4, 2009
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at Langara College
12:30pm, Room A328, Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee defend Fruit by Brian Francis on Canada Reads 2009
11:30am and 7:30pm on CBC Radio One and Sirius 137
February 12, 2009
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the On Edge readings series
7:00pm, Emily Carr University, Granville Island
February 10, 2009
June Hutton reads from Underground at the BC Bookfair
Laurel Point Inn, Victoria, 7:30am
Mary Novik reads at Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia
7 pm, Saint Mary's University Art Gallery, Loyola Academic Complex, 5865 Gorsebrook Avenue, Halifax
January 20, 2009
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton hosts a reading by Mary Novik
8 pm, The Lounge, Alumni Memorial Building, 13 Bailey Drive, Fredericton
"When Memoir Inspires Fiction"
Writing workshop with Jen Sookfong Lee
With the Writers' Trust of Canada
6:00 to 8:00pm, Vancouver Public Library, Central Branch, 350 West Georgia Street
November 5, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the Okanagan Regional Library
7:30pm, Downtown Kelowna branch, 1380 Ellis Street
Hosted by UBC Okanagan
October 10, 2008
September 21 , 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee co-hosts the CBC Studio One Book Club featuring Margaret Visser's The Gift of Thanks
September 17, 2008
June Hutton and Jen Sookfong Lee read for creative writing students
7:30pm, Room A307, Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
August 2, 2008
North by Northwest host Sheryl MacKay talks with Mary on CBC Radio One, 690 AM Vancouver, just after the 7:30 news.
Jen Sookfong Lee appears at the Denman Island Readers and Writers Festival
June 13, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing
7:00pm, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Boulevard, Beaverton (west of Portland)
June 10, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the Elliot Bay Book Company
7:30pm, 101 South Main Street, Seattle
June 7, 2008
Special event with Jen Sookfong Lee at Book Passage
Co-hosted by Imperial Tea Court
2:00pm, 1 Ferry Building, San Francisco
June 6, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at A Great Good Place for Books
7:00pm, 6120 LaSalle Avenue, Oakland
June 5, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at Books Inc. at Opera Plaza
7:00pm, 601 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
May 23, 2008
May 9, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the Asian American Writers' Workshop with Preeta Samarasan
7:00pm, 16 West 32nd Street, 10th Floor, New York
This launch made possible by the generous support of the Canada Council for the Arts
May 2008
The End of East is the CanadianLiving.com Book Club selection for the month of May
5:30pm, Fairmont Waterfront Hotel, Vancouver Tickets on sale March 12
April 21, 2008
7:30pm, West Vancouver Memorial Library, 1950 Marine Drive, West Vancouver
April 19, 2008
Mingle and meet the finalists, including Mary!
Jen Sookfong Lee co-hosts the CBC Studio One Book Club featuring Padma Viswanathan's The Toss of a Lemon
April 13-18, 2008
10:00am to 1:00pm, Pacific time
Click on “forums” to view, or sign up in advance to participate
February 26, 2008
February 12, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the University of Alberta in Edmonton
3:30pm, hosted by the English Department
January 31, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the Vancouver Public Library
7:30pm, Central Branch, 350 West Georgia Street
December 1, 2007
Click on “forums” to listen in or join the conversation
10:30 am in Room A333, Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
November 12, 2007
Mary Novik reads with Gail Anderson-Dargatz
7:00pm, Bolen Books, 111-1644 Hillside Avenue, Victoria
November 4, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee and Mary Novik read at Chapters at Broadway & Granville, 2:00pm
Introduction by June Hutton
October 25
October 20, 2007
Mary Novik appears at the Vancouver International Writers Festival
October 17 to 19, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee appears at the Vancouver International Writers Festival
October 14, 2007
Ben McNally Books & Brunch with Mary Novik, Rona Maynard, and Martin Meredith
King Edward Hotel, 37 King Street East, Toronto
September 30, 2007
Mary Novik reads at The Word on the Street
1:00 pm, Canada Writes tent, Library Square, downtown Vancouver, Homer Street side
September 15, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee appears at the Whistler Writers and Readers Festival
Writing from a Woman's Perspective panel discussion, 4:30pm
Whistler Reads Special Event reading, 8:00pm
Both events at Millenium Place, Whistler
September 6, 2007
Vancouver Chinatown Riot Anniversary Event
Jen Sookfong Lee and Michael Barnholden read
UBC Bookstore Robson Square, 7:00pm
September 1, 2007
Virtual launch of Mary Novik’s novel Conceit and Gail Anderson-Dargatz’ novel Turtle Valley, 9 am to 12 noon
To join the party, just show up with a glass in hand at http://gailanderson-dargatz.ca/index2.htm
Register in advance at Gail’s website so you can ask questions and comment as well as listen
August 17, 2007
An evening with Jen Sookfong Lee
Book and Brier Patch, 4065 Albert Street, Regina, 7:00pm
August 14, 2007
Mary Novik talks to booksellers at the Vancouver Fall Preview, Vancouver Convention Centre
999 Canada Place, Vancouver
August 11, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts
Rockwood Centre, Sechelt, 1:00pm
Tickets available by phoning 1-800-565-9631
July 3, 2007
June Hutton and Mary Novik read for creative writing students
6:45 pm, Room A310, Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
June 18, 2007
Mary Novik discusses John Donne for Survey of English Literature class
11:30 am, Room A346, Langara College, 100 West 49th Avenue, Vancouver
June 18, 2007
Mary Novik reads at the BC Book Fair
Coast Plaza Hotel, Vancouver, 7:30 am
June 16, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee in conversation with Gail Anderson-Dargatz
Online discussion at www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca, 12:00pm
June 7, 2007
Writing North Vancouver: Celebrating 100 Years
Featuring six North Vancouver authors, including Mary Novik
7:00pm to 9:30pm, North Vancouver City Hall Chambers, 141 West 14th Street, North Vancouver
May 29, 2007
Asian Heritage Stories with Jen Sookfong Lee
Richmond Museum, 7700 Minoru Gate, 7:00pm
May 22, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee discusses The End of East
Christianne's Bookclubs, Vancouver Kidsbooks, 3083 West Broadway, 7:00pm
May 2, 2007
CBC Studio One Book Club featuring Jen Sookfong Lee and The End of East
Hosted by Sheryl MacKay and John Burns
Presented by CBC Radio One, The Georgia Straight and ExplorASIAN 2007
CBC Studio One, Vancouver, 6:30pm
April 10, 2007
"How to Support Your (Writing) Habit Until (If Ever) It Supports You"
Panel discussion with Sioux Browning, Kevin Chong and Liz Bachinsky
University of British Columbia, Vancouver
April 5, 2007
Chapters/Indigo author breakfast
Opus Hotel, Vancouver, 9:00am
April 2, 2007
An evening with Shaena Lambert, Andrea MacPherson and Jen Sookfong Lee
Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver, 7:00pm
Hosted by 32 Books
March 28, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee, Joel Rose, and William Stevenson read from their new works.
Event hosted by James Grainger.
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, 7:30pm
February 21, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee guest speaks at Truly, Madly, Deeply: The Writer's Group
Richmond Community Centre, 8:00pm
February 12, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee reads at the BC Bookfair
Laurel Point Inn, Victoria, 7:30am
November 1, 2006
SPiN reading (English 2236)
Langara College, 7:00pm
October 26, 2006
SPiN reading and presentation for Truly, Madly, Deeply: The Writers Group
Langara College, 8:00pm
October 22, 2006
June Hutton will read from her novel at
The Nordic Literary Festival
Her reading will focus on Scandinavian involvement in the Spanish Civil War
The Fireside Lounge, Scandinavian Community Centre, between 2:00 and 4:00pm
October 16, 2006
SPiN reading and presentation for the North Shore Writers Association
Silk Purse Arts Centre, West Vancouver, 8:00pm
September 29, 2006
SPiN reads at Lingo
Spartacus Books, 6:30pm
March 25, 2006
SPiN reads at Lingo
Shaktea, 3702 Main Street, 6:00pm
January 25, 2006
Reading by Mary Novik
Langara College, 4:30pm
February 19, 2005
SPiN Reads at Lingo
Lingo Magazines & More
May 18, 2004
Bolts of Fiction, explorASIAN 2004
Tiger's Cafe
Featuring writers Lydia Kwa and J.S. Lee
May 4, 2004
What We Do with Words
Crash: Vancouver's Indie Writers Festival
Our Town Cafe
Featuring: Leah Rae, Nicole Lindsay, Rob Wooldridge, Wayne Mercier, J.S. Lee, Sara Graefe
April 6, 2004
Bolts of Fiction
Tiger's Cafe
June Hutton, J.S. Lee and Mary Novik
February 29, 2004
The members of SPiN Writing Group read excerpts of their novels at Langara College. Hosted by the Langara English Department
May 16, 2010
Constance Reader compares John Donne novels, including Conceit by Mary Novik
May 9, 2010
Eric Forbes interviews Mary Novik about Conceit and Muse for his Kuala Lumpur blog, The Book Addict's Guide to Good Books
May 5, 2010
Catherine Hawley reviews Mary Novik's Conceit at the UK books blog Juxtabook
May 2010
Gerald T. Burke reviews June Hutton's Underground in Historical Novels Review, Issue 52
Spring 2010
Evelyn C. White reviews June Hutton's Underground in HERIZONS
April 22, 2010
Interview with June Hutton about her novel Underground on historicalnovel.info blog
April 15, 2010
Great review of June Hutton's Underground at blog HistoricalNovels.info
April 2010
"Conceited Donne," essay on Mary Novik's Conceit, John Donne Journal 28 (2009), pp 163-167
April 7, 2010
Jen's second novel, Miss Val and the Shutterbug, sold to Knopf Canada
March 24, 2010
"Coffee with: Kill your darlings, write what you know"
Jen Sookfong Lee and Brendan McLeod featured in North Shore Outlook
March 8, 2010
Mary Novik's Conceit included in favourite women's history books for Women's History Month in the U.S.
March 6, 2010
To read us is to know us!
Listen to a special Canada Reads event about what Canadian books best represent us to the world
With
Sheryl MacKay, Simi Sara and Jen Sookfong Lee
Between 8:00 and 9:00am, CBC Radio One in British Columbia
March 1, 2010
"Past panelist Jen Sookfong Lee on recommending books she loves not wisely but too well"
Read Jen Sookfong Lee's blog post on Canada Reads 2010
March 2010
June Hutton’s Underground reviewed in subTerrain magazine’s issue 54/55
February 27, 2010
Mary Novik's Conceit mentioned in The Guardian (Review section, p 19) and on The Guardian's Book Blog, February 22
February 24, 2010
Underground shortlisted for the Ontario Library Association 2010 Evergreen Award
February 13, 2010
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee's first column on CBC Radio One's The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers
January 20, 2010
"Julie chats with Canada Reads 2009 panelist Jen Sookfong Lee about The Jade Peony and how it shaped her writing career"
CBC Book Club interview with Jen Sookfong Lee
January 6, 2010
June Hutton chats with Toronto blogger Evadne Macedo about Underground, SPiN, and writing style
June Hutton talks about Underground and the writing life with Kuala Lumpur book blogger Eric Forbes
January 2010
Blog reviews of Mary Novik's Conceit at Historical Novel Review, Goodreads, Aurillia's blog, and Scully Love
December 30, 2009
June Hutton’s Underground reviewed in Historical Novel Review
Listen to the CBC Studio One Book Club featuring Wade Davis
Hosted by Sheryl MacKay and Jen Sookfong Lee
Between 8:00am and 9:00am on CBC Radio One throughout BC
September 4, 2009
Guest blog by Mary Novik, "Telling Time by Flowers," at wondersandmarvels.com
July 2009
Congratulations to Terri Baker for receiving her MA from the University of Calgary for a thesis on Mary's Conceit! On November 7, Terri presents her work at the Pacific Ancient and Modern Language Association Conference, San Francisco
July 2009
Interview with Mary Novik at Powell's Books website
June 20 and 27, 2009
Listen to the CBC Studio One Book Club featuring David Sedaris
Hosted by Sheryl McKay and Jen Sookfong Lee
Between 8:00am and 9:00am on CBC Radio One throughout BC
June 14, 2009
June Hutton’s Underground included on Rex Murphy’s 2009 Summer Reading list, CBC’s Cross Country Check-up
June 1, 2009
"A Writer and Nothing Else"
Jen Sookfong Lee on the writerly identity
Event, 38.1, Spring/Summer 2009
May 25, 2009
"But where are you really from?"
Jen Sookfong Lee on place, identity and belonging
Schema Magazine
May 13, 2009
Mary Novik's Conceit included in Donne roundup in Year's Work in English Studies, Vol. 88 (2009).
May 10, 2009
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee co-host a special Asian Heritage Month themed episode of North by Northwest
6:00am to 9:00am on CBC Radio One in British Columbia
"A troubled man fights his way out"
"Strength in numbers: a powerhouse writing group"
April 22, 2009
Writers' Trust Blogspot
TOK: Writing the New City launches
Jen Sookfong Lee's short story "Chill, Hush" included in annual anthology
April 2, 2009
"Wayson Choy's Chinatown memories inspire"
Jen Sookfong Lee featured on the cover of The Georgia Straight
March 16, 2009
Release date of Underground!
March 14, 2009
March 9, 2009
"Now we three are six"
SPiN profiled in Spring 2009 issue of BC Bookworld
March 5, 2009
"It list: Things I'm loving"
Jen Sookfong Lee profiled in The Province
March 1, 2009
Listen to the first ever Canada Reads Teen Book Club on North by Northwest
Hosted by Jen Sookfong Lee and Brendan McLeod
Featuring Stephanie Browning, Yam Cooper and Jessica Wallin
Spring 2009
Mary Novik's Conceit reviewed in Adult Canadian Books for Strong Teenage Readers, School of Library Studies, University of Alberta, p. 99.
February 25, 2009
"On Writing"
Jen Sookfong Lee writes about memoir-inspired fiction
The Writers' Trust of Canada Newsletter, Winter 2008-09
February 24, 2009
"A Tour of the Maritimes", Part 1
Mary Novik, author guest blog at BookLounge.ca
Followed by Part 2
February 24, 2009
"Raising gems, together"
SPiN writes The Tuesday Essay in Globe Books
February 18, 2009
Muse, Mary Novik's second novel, sold to Doubleday Canada!
February 18, 2009
"Writing Group Makes Good"
SPiN profiled in March 2009 Quill & Quire
February 1, 2009
"What do BC people Like to do on their Sundays?"
Jen Sookfong Lee profiled in The Province
February 2009
Review of Conceit by Edward O'Connor
The Fiddlehead, No. 238 (Winter 2009), pp. 98-100
January 26, 2009
January 9, 2009
Book trailer released for June Hutton's Underground
December 1, 2008
AbeBooks announces its Canadian Books of the Year, The Top Ten Hottest New
Canadian Books
for 2008, and Mary Novik's Conceit is on the list!
November 25, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee announced as one of the five panellists on Canada Reads 2009
Defending Fruit by Brian Francis
October 29, 2008
Sandra Gulland interviews Mary Novik as her first guest on her historical research blog, Baroque Explorations.
October 4 and 11, 2008
Listen to the CBC Studio One Book Club featuring Margaret Visser's The Gift of Thanks
Hosted by Sheryl McKay and Jen Sookfong Lee
Between 8:00am and 9:00am on CBC Radio One, Sirius 137, or online
September 27, 2008
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee on CBC Radio One's The Next Chapter with Shelagh Rogers
3:00pm on CBC Radio One, 6:00am and 1:00pm on Sirius 137, or online
Podcast available at www.cbc.ca/podcasting
September 3, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed at Editorial Ass
September 2008
Fall 2008
August 27, 2008
Listen every Wednesday to Jen Sookfong Lee's Westcoast Words column on CBC Radio One's On the Coast with Stephen Quinn
Airs after 5:30pm throughout BC on 690 AM or online
August 2008
July 30, 2008
Merlin posts an Author Spotlight on Mary Novik at Chapters On-line Community
July 29, 2008
The Anchor Canada paperback of Mary Novik's Conceit arrives in bookstores
July 6, 2008
"You can best 'Serve the People!' by ticking off the propaganda bureau"
The End of East reviewed in The San Diego Union-Tribune
June 26, 2008
"Top 10 Novels Every Woman Should Read"
June 22, 2008
The End of East reviewed in The Baltimore Sun
June 19, 2008
Mary Novik talks about her writing space on the Writers' Rooms page at the Vancouver International Writers' Festival website.
June 7, 2008
"The End of East promising first novel"
Review in the Northwest Asian Weekly
May 26, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed at Reading Group Gold
May 17 and 24, 2008
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee co-hosting the CBC's Studio One Book Club, featuring Padma Viswanathan
8:00am, CBC Radio One
May 23, 2008
The End of East reviewed in The Seattle Post-Intelligencer
May 2008
Mary Novik's Conceit is reviewed in Historical Novels Review ( U.K.), Issue 44, p. 26.
April 30, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed in New York's Singtao newspaper
April 29, 2008
Thomas Dunne hardcover edition of The End of East available in stores across the U.S.
April 26, 2008
Mary Novik's Conceit wins the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize at the BC Book Prizes Gala!
April 25, 2008
Caroline Skelton awards her own tongue-in-cheek prizes to the finalists for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize (The North Shore News, p. 19).
April 16, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee's home office featured at Writers' Rooms, Vancouver International Writers Festival
April 10, 2008
Random House creative director, C.S. Richardson, wins an honourable mention from the Alcuin Society for the design of Conceit.
April 2, 2008
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee on a CBC Words at Large podcast
March 11, 2008
Vintage Canada paperback edition of The End of East available in store across Canada
March 6, 2008
March 1, 2008
The End of East reviewed in Kirkus Reviews
Spring 2008
Mary Novik's Conceit is reviewed in Trek, the UBC Alumni magazine, p. 34.
February 25, 2008
The End of East reviewed in Publishers Weekly
February 8, 2008
"Big family fosters big stories"
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed in Edmonton Journal
January 14, 2008
January 14, 2008
The End of East included on Vancouver Magazine's annual Best of the City list
January 3, 2008
Jen Sookfong Lee featured in Ming Pao
January 2, 2008
"Susan G. Cole's Top 10 Books"
The End of East included on NOW Toronto's list of 2007's best books
December 21, 2007
December 1, 2007
"A Feast of Firsts"
Jim Bartley includes Conceit in The Globe 100
The Globe and Mail
December 2007
Mary Novik reads and talks about the inspiration for Conceit in two sound files at Authors Aloud
November 27, 2007
Gail Anderson-Dargatz blogs the SPiN writing group
November 25, 2007
Quill & Quire chooses Conceit as one of the Books of the Year for 2007
November 21, 2007
The End of East named as one of 2007's Covers of the Year by Quill & Quire
Congratulations to designer Kelly Hill!
November 17, 2007
October 21, 2007
October 19, 2007
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee's archived chat with Shelagh Rogers on Sounds Like Canada
October 15, 2007
Review of Conceit by Gudrun Will in Vancouver Review, No. 15 (Fall 2007), p. 25
October 14, 2007
October 14, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed in Ming Pao
October 13, 2007
"A new view of John Donne"
Conceit reviewed in The Montreal Gazette
October 13, 2007
"Writing Vancouver"
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed in The Vancouver Sun
October 2007
September 17, 2007
Conceit on the longlist for the 2007 Scotiabank Giller Prize!
September 8, 2007
Conceit reviewed in The Globe & Mail
"A magnificent novel of 17th century London."
September 1, 2007
Virtual launch for Mary Novik’s Conceit and Gail Anderson-Dargatz’s Turtle Valley at www.gailanderson-dargatz.ca
To view, click on “forums” on the left, then scroll down to “Mary Novik and Gail Anderson-Dargatz.”
September 1, 2007
Official publication date of Conceit!
August 20, 2007
A starred review for Conceit in The Quill & Quire print edition
"How to write a review in 350 words that does justice to Mary Novik's extraordinary debut novel Conceit?"
June 9, 2007
"The spin women are writing pals--for life"
SPiN profiled in Weekend Review by Cheri Hanson
The Vancouver Sun
June 1, 2007
"Stepping outside the bamboo lines"
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed in The Tyee
May 24, 2007
U.S. rights to The End of East sold to Thomas Dunne Books
May 19 & 26, 2007
Listen to Jen Sookfong Lee's archived guest appearance on the CBC Studio One Bookclub
May 17, 2007
"Taking it outside"
Jen Sookfong Lee profiled in 24 Hours
May 6, 2007
"A stunning fiction debut"
The End of East reviewed in The Halifax Chronicle-Herald
April 22, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed on Channel M News
April 19, 2007
"Jen Sookfong Lee"
Profile in The Georgia Straight
April 19, 2007
"East side story"
Jen Sookfong Lee profiled in the Arts section of The Westender
April 16, 2007
"Book a family's tale"
Jen Sookfong Lee profiled in The Toronto Star
April 7, 2007
"A daughter's journey toward understanding"
The End of East reviewed in The National Post
April 2, 2007
Jen Sookfong Lee interviewed on Global Television's Noon News Hour
March 29, 2007
"Chinese Choice of the Day"
Interview with Jen Sookfong Lee by Radio Canada International (Mandarin)
Click on the big triangle and choose March 29
March 25, 2007
"Spare elegance: slim debut novel packs a punch"
The End of East reviewed and Jen Sookfong Lee profiled in The Calgary Herald
March 25, 2007
"Three generations in a city 'not quite dream, not quite day'"
The End of East reviewed in The Toronto Star
March 24, 2007
"Leaving home isn't easy"
The End of East reviewed in The Montreal Gazette
March 24, 2007
"Beginning at the end"
The End of East reviewed in The Vancouver Sun
March 23, 2007
"The End of East is just her start"
Jen Sookfong Lee profiled in 7 section of The Globe and Mail
March 22, 2007
"End of East chronicles immigrants' gamble"
The End of East reviewed in The Georgia Straight
March 22, 2007
"Vivid Vancouver"
The End of East reviewed in NOW Magazine
March 17, 2007
"Uprooted from Vancouver"
The End of East reviewed in The Globe and Mail
March 14, 2007
Underground sold!
Quill & Quire announces the purchase of June Hutton’s novel by Cormorant Books
March 13, 2007
The End of East available in bookstores across Canada!
March 10, 2007
Listen to the archived conversation of SPiN talking with Sheryl MacKay on North by Northwest at CBC Radio One's archive, www.cbc.ca/nxnw
January 27, 2007
"Prose springs eternal"
The End of East included in books spring preview
The Vancouver Sun
January 12, 2007
"New Face is End of East"
Review of The End of East on BookLounge.ca
September 2, 2006
"Confessions of a Writer"
SPiN profiled in "Musings" by Gloria Chang
The Richmond Review
August 19, 2006
"The Books that Mattered Most"
Jen Sookfong Lee quoted in Weekend Review by Cheri Hanson
The Vancouver Sun
May 27, 2006
"The New Writing Groups: More Writing, Less Merlot"
SPiN profiled in Weekend Review by Cheri Hanson
The Vancouver Sun
April 5, 2006
Thomas Wharton shortlisted for the IMPAC-Dublin Literary Award
June 24-30, 2004
"With luck, Hutton's novel will be lakeside next summer"
The Westender
Profile on June Hutton
June 19-26, 2003
"Summer Inspiration for Literary Aspiration"
The Georgia Straight
SPiN profiled in article on writing groups in the Lower Mainland by John Burns
