News

May 4, 2023

The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei is amongst all the wonderful titles chosen for The Best Children's Books of the Year by The Bank Street College of Education (2023 edition)

Feb 16, 2023

Holly-Mei has won a 2022 Freeman Of Note Award for Young Adult / Middle School Literature!

 

Feb 16, 2023

My interview on the Kids Ask Authors podcast, hosted by one of my favourite writers, Grace Lin.

 

Oct 18, 2022

Check out my interview with Noreen Mir on her RTHK Radio 3 show Brunch With Noreen, where I chat about Hong Kong, Holly-Mei, and why I love writing middle-grade books.

May 13, 2022

New picture book news!

 
 

May 9, 2022

The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei selected as a kid-approved road trip read.

April 3, 2022

Holly-Mei on BuzzFeed’s top children’s book releases for April.

Feb 15, 2022

Thrilled to have The Not-So-Uniform Life of Holly-Mei featured on CBC Books 25 middle-grade books to check out this spring.

Oct 13, 2021

A little chat with Publishers Weekly about Hong Kong, middle school, and what's in store for Holly-Mei.

Sept 21, 2021

My interview with Jenny H. Chang in IMTAC (I’m More Than A Cover), an online magazine for tweens, teens, and young women.

Jan 21, 2021

Publishers+Weekly+announcement.jpg
Screen Shot 2019-06-07 at 16.34.58.png

May 29, 2019

The Shadow in the Moon is chosen as a 2019 CALA Best Book Award winner by the Chinese American Librarians Association (an affiliate of the ALA).

Screen+Shot+2019-02-25+at+11.21.04.jpg

Feb 8, 2019

School Library Journal review:

Verdict: A good introduction to the Mid-Autumn Festival and Chinese culture, perfect for classroom use or one-on-one reading. (Read More only available with SLJ subscription)

logo.png

Nov 4, 2018

Queens Library Magazine: How libraries and librarians have been invaluable to my writing journey.

Screen+Shot+2018-11-05+at+12.19.30.jpg

Oct 5, 2018

Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) Mid-Autumn Moon Family Festival highlights.

Screen+Shot+2018-11-14+at+11.28.11.jpg

Sept 18, 2018

Author Susan Blumberg-Kason recaps our wonderful weekend in Chicago, first at the Chicago Children’s Book Fair in Hyde Park, and then on a school visit.

Screen Shot 2018-10-20 at 10.28.53.png
Screen Shot 2018-08-31 at 22.29.30.png

Aug 31, 2018

RTHK Radio 3 - 1 2 3 Show with Noreen Mir talking about how my heritage inspired my book.

Aug 31, 2018

The SCMP Post Magazine:  The origins of Mid-Autumn Festival brought to life in modern retelling by Canadian author

 

Screen+Shot+2018-07-16+at+10.00.42+pm.jpg

July 16, 2018

My Q&A interview on my lovely agent's blog.  The blog is also a great resource for writing and querying.

Screen+Shot+2018-07-16+at+11.09.32+pm.jpg

July 16, 2018

Check out my podcast with Mel Schuit of Charlesbridge, where I talk about my inspiration for writing the book.

 

Screen+Shot+2018-03-20+at+21.37.23.jpg

March 6, 2018

My first ever guest blog post on the Multicultural Children's Book Day site:  Shooting for the Moon.