12 books to read for Asian Heritage Month
CBC Books | CBC | Posted: August 29, 2017 6:47 PM | Last Updated: August 29, 2017
May marks Asian Heritage Month in Canada. Celebrate by reading one of these great books by Asian Canadian writers.
- 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