Posted by Roland Tanglao on 9/7/02; 5:37:25 PM
From the Features dept.
I recently received the following in the mail and thought VanEats readers may be interested in the following Chinatown history related food event:
You are cordially invited to an evening with
Roy Mah, Wayson Choy & Paul Yee
50 Years of Stories From Chinatown
Presented by the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop
Date: Sunday - September 29th, 2002
Time: 6:30pm
Place: Flamingo Chinese Restaurant
3489 Fraser Street, Vancouver BC
Admission: $40 Advance tickets until Friday-September 20, 2002
$50 at the door. Reserved tables of 10 available.
Join us for a very special Chinese banquet dinner event as
we celebrate these authors' contributions and achievements
in the Chinese Canadian literary community.
Roy Mah - the founder and publisher of Chinatown News, Canada's longest
running English language news magazine for the Chinese Community.
A long time community activist with a long public service record, Roy Mah
will be presented with the inaugural ACWW Community Builder's Award.
Wayson Choy - author of The Jade Peony, winner of the Trillium Book Prize
and the inaugural book of One Book One Vancouver, by the Vancouver Public Library. His autobiography, Paper Shadows won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Nonfiction and was short-listed for the Govenor General's Book Award for nonfiction.
Paul Yee - author and the inaugural winner of the Vancouver Book Prize for
Salt Water City, an Illustrated History of the Chinese in Vancouver, and the
Governor General's Award for Children's Literature (1996) for Ghost Train.
Proceeds from the dinner will go to support the ACWW Emerging Writer's
Award, and other ACWW members' activities, community and educational
programs. ACWW memberships and Ricepaper Magazine subscriptions
will be offered at a special one-time 50% off discount rate in celebration
of our evening's event.
Tickets available from ACWW Members:
Todd Wong 604-987-7124 (Van)
David Wong 604-662-8689 (Gastown)
Don Montgomery 604-275-8682 (Rich)
Sid Tan 604-433-6169 (Van)
Or please make cheques payable to "ACWW" and mail to:
Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop,
P.O. Box 74174 Hillcrest R.P.O. Vancouver, B.C. V5V 5C8
Please post your cheques by September 20, 2002.
More info: Asian Canadian Writers Workshop
AsianCanadian.net
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