Thank you to HarperCollins Canada for supporting R. F. Kuang’s appearance in Vancouver.
R. F. Kuang returns to the Vancouver Writers Fest for one night only! The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface joins us with her wryly humorous, profoundly moving latest book, Taipei Story.
This highly anticipated coming-of-age novel grapples with grief, language, and culture shock—all set against the backdrop of an unforgettable summer in Taipei. Kuang joins us in conversation with acclaimed author Jen Sookfong Lee, with an audience Q+A and signing after the talk. Additional books and backlist will be available for purchase from Book Warehouse / Black Bond Books.
- Each $70 ticket* to this event will include one (1) pre-signed deluxe limited edition copy of Taipei Story!
- Rebecca can personalize only one (1) book per person—either a pre-signed copy of Taipei Story or one (1) backlist title.
- No photos are allowed in the signing line.
*A limited number of lower-priced $45 tickets are available. These tickets do not come with a book, and seating is in the balcony. The balcony is accessible only by stairs, and seating is in pews, with some seats in this section having a restricted view.
Participants and Speakers
R. F. Kuang
REBECCA F. KUANG is the #1 New York Times and #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of the Poppy War trilogy, Babel: An Arcane History, Yellowface, and Katabasis. Her work has won the Nebula, Locus, Crawford, and British Book Awards. A Marshall Scholar, she has an MPhil in Chinese Studies from Cambridge and an MSc in Contemporary Chinese Studies from Oxford. She is now pursuing a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures at Yale, where she studies diaspora, contemporary Sinophone literature, and Asian American literature.
Jen Sookfong Lee
JEN SOOKFONG LEE was born and raised in Vancouver’s East Side, and she now lives with her son in North Burnaby. Her books include The Conjoined, nominated for International Dublin Literary Award and a finalist for the Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize, The Better Mother, a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award, The End of East, The Shadow List, and Finding Home. Jen acquires and edits for ECW Press.