We are thrilled to welcome R. F. Kuang back to Vancouver on Saturday, September 26! Tickets and further information will be available here on July 27 at 10am.
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Tickets to this event will include a pre-signed deluxe limited edition copy of Taipei Story.
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Katabasis and Yellowface joins us with her wryly humorous and 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.
Taipei Story is available from HarperCollins Canada on September 8, 2026.
- Tickets 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.
Kuang joins us in conversation with Jen Sookfong Lee, the acclaimed author of The Hunger We Pass Down, The Better Mother, and The End of East, among other titles.
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.