Stories in Conversation 書寫遠方：離散台灣作家的故事

Stories in Conversation with novelist Ed Lin, biographer and fiction writer Julia Lin, and memoirist Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho.

How does Taiwanese and Taiwanese diasporic culture play into historical and crime fiction, a biography, and a family memoir? This panel will see three authors—two born in the island nation, and the third in New York City—delve into their heritage while also moving forward to tell their stories. As Taiwan itself sees cultural shifts, what is preserved and what is lost in tales set in North America? Come for a lively discussion, audience Q&A, and book signing!

This session will be moderated by Charlie Smith, editor of Pancouver. 

當台灣本身持續經歷文化轉變，那些以北美為背景的故事裡，究竟有哪些被保留下來？又有哪些正在悄然流失？

北美台裔作家 Ed Lin、 Julia Lin，以及 Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho 齊聚對談。

台灣文化與海外台灣社區的文化，如何形塑歷史小說、犯罪小說、人物傳記或家族回憶錄的書寫呢？這三位作家，其中兩位出生於台灣，另一位則在紐約出生，從各自的創作脈絡出發，回望自身文化根源，同時也思考如何透過書寫走向未來、述說屬於自己的故事。

此次座談由藝文媒體 Pancouver 主編 Charlie Smith 主持。現場尾聲安排觀眾QA與簽書環節。

This program is part of TAIWANfest

 

About the Artists

Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho is an award-winning writer of short stories and personal essays. Her work has been published in literary journals, magazines, and anthologies. Born in Taiwan, Wiley moved to Canada with her family when she was nine. Identifying as Generation 1.5, she writes about the liminal spaces between places, cultures, languages, identities, and selves. She is based in North Vancouver, Canada. (Website)

Julia Lin was born in Taiwan and lived there and in Vietnam before her family immigrated to Canada when she was nine. Since then, Julia has lived in Vancouver, Toronto, and northern British Columbia. She holds a graduate degree in Immunology (M.Sc., University of Toronto) and a postgraduate degree in computing education (University of British Columbia.) She was on the Executive of The Writers’ Union of Canada for six years and is a past board member of the Vancouver Public Library as well as the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop. A graduate of Humber’s Creative Writing Program and author of the first Taiwanese-Canadian book of literary fiction, Julia’s publications include a story collection, Miah; an anthology, AlliterAsian: Twenty Years of Ricepaper Magazine; and a biography, Shadows of the Crimson Sun: One Man’s Life in Manchuria, Taiwan, and North America. Her new story collection, The Princeling and Other Stories, will be published by Guernica Editions in 2027. (Website)

Ed Lin, a native New Yorker of Taiwanese and Chinese descent, is the first author to win three Asian American Literary Awards and is an all-around standup kinda guy. His books include Waylaid, and a mystery trilogy set in New York’s Chinatown in the ‘70s: This Is a Bust, Snakes Can’t Run and One Red Bastard. Ghost Month, published by Soho Crime, is a Taipei-based mystery. Incensed, 99 Ways to Die, Death Doesn’t Forget and The Dead Can’t Make A Living continue that series. David Tung Can’t Have a Girlfriend Until He Gets Into an Ivy League College, his first YA novel, was published by Kaya Press. Lin lives in Brooklyn with his wife, actress Cindy Cheung, and son. (Website)