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12 books to read for Asian Heritage Month

From fiction by Madeleine Thien and Jen Sookfong Lee to poetry by Kai Cheng Thom, here are some excellent reads for May.

CBC Books · CBC · Posted: Aug 29, 2017 2:47 PM EDT | Last Updated: August 29, 2017

May marks Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Celebrate by reading one of these great books by Asian Canadian writers.

Madeleine Thien's novel won the 2016 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction and the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize. (Babak Salari, Knopf Canada)

Do Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien
Admission Requirements by Phoebe Wang
The Conjoined by Jen Sookfong Lee

Nostalgia by M.G. Vassanji
Dragon Springs Road by Janie Chang
The Water Beetles by Michael Kaan

Duran Duran, Imelda Marcos and Me by Lorina T. Mapa
Birds Art Life by Kyo Maclear
Chinkstar by Jon Chan Simpson

The Elephants in My Backyard by Rajiv Surendra
a place called No Homeland by Kai Cheng Thom
Shenzheners by Xue Yiwei, translated by Darryl Sherk

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