AACB Ask the Author
Tuesday, Dec 3, 2024 | 7pm |
AACB đAll About Canadian Books đLIVE on FacebookÂ
AACB’s Crystal Fletcher presents an ASK THE AUTHOR PANEL featuring three dynamic Canadian authors:
- Lucy EM Black, CLASS LESSONS
- Hollay Ghadery, WIDOW FANTASIES
- Wayne Ng, JOHNNY DELIVERS
This is your chance to ask the authors any questions you may have. Their books, publishing journey, advice if you’re trying to get published, book promotion challenges and marketing tips.
Toronto Book Launch
Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 | 3:30pm | in Toronto
Toronto Book Launch
Please join Wayne for an afternoon of literature, community and conversation at the Supermarket for the launch of JOHNNY DELIVERS and other new releases from Guernica Editions.
Location: Supermarket Bar in Kensington Market | 268 Augusta Ave | Toronto
Another Story Bookshop – Toronto
Monday, Dec 9, 2024 | 7pm | in Toronto
Another Story Bookshop Event
Join social workers Wayne Ng (Johnny Delivers) and Farzana Doctor (The Beauty of Us) as they reunite after 32 years to chat about writing politicized BIPOC stories and how they both learned to cross genres and write YA fiction.
Wayne was Farzana’s student supervisor back in 1992 in Ottawa. Today, theyâre both cranky, racialized writers with new YA books, nostalgically bonding over the ’70s and ’80s.
Free and open to allâa mask-friendly event. https://nganddoctor.eventbrite.ca
Location: Another Story Bookshop |Â 315 Roncesvalles Ave. | Toronto
PAST EVENTS
Montreal Book Launch
Thursday, Nov 14, 2024 | 7pm | in Montreal
Montreal Book Launch
Join Guernica Editions’ Montreal Fall Launch, featuring several Guernica titles, including Wayneâs new book JOHNNY DELIVERS.
Location: Atwater Libraryâs Adair Auditorium | 1200 Atwater, Westmount | Montreal
Ottawa Book Launch + Yet Keen Seniorsâ Day Centre Fundraiser
Saturday, Nov 9, 2024 | 2pm | in Ottawa
Book Launch + Yet Keen Seniorsâ Day Centre Fundraiser
Celebrate Wayne Ng’s new book, JOHNNY DELIVERS and support the Yet Keen Seniorsâ Day Centre with food, fun, raffles, a silent auction, mahjong, music and more!
Yet Keen Seniors’ Day Centre is a program of the Somerset West Community Health Centre (SWCHC), dedicated to reducing isolation and enhancing the wellbeing of Chinese-speaking seniors in Ottawa.Â
A special thank you to Kowloon Market, Capital Funeral Home and Cemetery, and Cafe Orient for their generous sponsorship.
Location: Yet Keen Seniorsâ Centre | 755 Somerset West | Ottawa
Book Signing – Indigo Dartmouth – Halifax
Thursday, May 23 | 12-2pm | in Halifax
Books Signing at Indigo Dartmouth
Come by and say hi to Wayne on his last stop in Halifax and you could win a tasty treat donated by the King of Donair, which is featured in The Family Code.
Location: 41 Mic Mac Mall, Halifax NS
Workshop – Writing with Emotion – Halifax
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 6:30pm | in Halifax
Writing with Emotion –Â A Workshop with Wayne Ng
Author Wayne (The Family Code) offers a free one-of-a-kind workshop for emerging and established writers, integrating craft and therapeutic concepts drawn from his experiences as a writer and therapist.
Register on the Halifax Public Libraries website!Â
Door prizes generously provided by the King of Donair, which is featured in The Family Code.
Location: Halifax Central Library | 5440 Spring Garden Road | BMO Room, 2nd Floor
Event – Messy Lives – Halifax
Tuesday, May 21, 2024 | 7pm | in Halifax
Messy Lives – And Why We Write Them
A mother suffering in silence. A transgressive love affair. A breakdown in the woods. Three authors explore three very different lives turned upside down.
Join Elliott Gish (Grey Dog), Ian Colford (The Confessions of Joseph Blanchard), and Wayne Ng (The Family Code), as they discuss the joy of writing about chaos, complication, and the messy side of human experience.
Location: Writersâ Federation of Nova Scotia (WFNS) | 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax NS
Riverbed Reading Series – Ottawa
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 | 7:30pm | in Ottawa
Wayne is stoked to be in the lineup with writers ViNa Nguyáť n, Jean Van Loon, and filmmaker Desmond Simon for the next Riverbed Reading Series S5:i1 â Familial Roots at Ottawa’s Club SAW.
The theme of Familial Roots will see Wayne read from his latest novel, THE FAMILY CODE, and a sneak preview of my next, JOHNNY DELIVERS. Come on down, great beer and fancy cocktails.
Location: Club SAW 67 Nicholas Street, and via Zoom
Workshops – Edmonton Public Library +Â Edmonton Chinese Writing Club
May 12 – 13, 2024 | in Edmonton
Wayne is pleased to present two workshops with the Edmonton Chinese Writing Club and The Edmonton Public LibraryÂ
Writing Stories that POP! – Youth Workshop |Â Sun May 12 @ 12-1:30-pm
The Write Stuff Workshop – Adult Workshop | Mon May 13 @ 3-6pm
Location: Edmonton Public Library – Whitemud Crossing Branch | 145 Whitemud Crossing Shopping Centre, 4211 – 106 Street | Edmonton AB
GET LIT Writers Series – Calgary
Saturday, May 4, 2024 | 9am-5pm | in Calgary
Inside Out: Writing with Emotion is a full-day GET LIT event designed to explore the depths of emotional storytelling. Whether you’re a seasoned writer or just starting, join us for a day of inspiration and learning as we delve into the art of writing with heart. Presenters: Wayne Ng | Dr Christine Gibson | Miranda Krogstad
Wayne is honoured to be the keynote speaker: Writers Are Superfeelers: The Bane and the Boon of Our Mental Health
Owl’s Nest Books – Calgary
Friday, May 3, 2024 | 7-9pm | in Calgary
Wayne Ng In Conversation with Ado Nkemka
Join us in celebrating the Calgary book launch of Ottawa author Wayne Ng, and his latest book THE FAMILY CODE. The event will feature an engaging In Conversation session with Ado Nkemka. Explore the intricacies of family dynamics and the secrets that bind us in Wayne Ngâs captivating new novel. Donât miss this insightful event that celebrates the power of storytelling!
Free event hosted by the Alexandra Writers’ Centre Society and Owl’s Nest Books.Â
Workshop – Wasaga Beach Public Library
Thursday, March 7, 2024 in Wasaga Beach at 11am
Workshop – What’s in a Story?Â
Wayne Ng will discuss the anatomy of a story and the importance of writing about what you know and what moves you, in this free workshop for adults.
Wasaga Beach Public Library, 544 River Road, Wasaga Beach ON
Guest Lecture – University of Guelph
Wednesday, March 6, 2024 in Guelph
Wayne talks to Catherine Bush’s Creative Writing class about Writing with Emotional Intelligence.Â
Tuesday, February 27, 2024
Wayne is excited to participate in the MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival for students in grades four to eight.
Wayne will give a masterclass for creative fiction writers who want to learn the main elements of storytelling— developing rich characters, interesting plots, fascinating settings, and meaningful themes.
Location: Canada Science and Technology Museum, Ottawa
Workshop – Assumption Catholic School
Tuesday, February 13, 2024 in Ottawa
Wayne has fun teaching Gina Whitingâs grade 6 class all about What’s in a Story?
Montreal Book Launch
Wednesday November 8, 2023 at 7pm in Montreal
Join Guernica Editions Montreal Fall Launch, featuring nine 2023 Guernica titles, including Wayne’s THE FAMILY CODE.
This is a free event and refreshments will be provided.â
Atwater Library’s Adair Auditorium, 1200 Atwater, Westmount
Guest Lecture – Concordia University
Thursday October 19, 2023 from 6-8pm in Montreal
Wayne and fellow Guernica Editions author, Caroline Vu, talk craft with Josip Novakovich’s Creative Writing class.
Thursday October 19, 2023 from 6-8pm in Toronto
Wayne is stoked to visit Queen Books with the fabulous Danila Botha.
Come hang out and hear them discuss Wayneâs new novel THE FAMILY CODE and what itâs like to write outside oneâs experiences and craft unlikeable characters. Danilaâs latest release is THINGS THAT CAUSE INAPPROPRIATE HAPPINESS.
Queen Books, 914 Queen Street East, Toronto
Books on Beechwood – with Frances Peck
Monday October 2, 2023 3-5pm in Ottawa
Wayne will be at Books on Beechwood to sign his latest novel, THE FAMILY CODE.
Joining him will be former Ottawan Frances Peck who will sign her hot new release, UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT.
Don’t miss this sweet double author event with scones.
35 Beechwood Ave., Ottawa
Friday September 15, 2023 from 6-8pm in Vancouver
Please join Massy Arts Society, Massy Books and Guernica Editions in celebrating the Vancouver launch of Wayne Ngâs novel The Family Code.
Wayne Ng talks with Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho about his new book, The Family Code, his first work not featuring an Asian protagonist. They will discuss both straying from and remaining within the lane of immigrant tropes.
Massy Arts Society, 23 East Pender Street
Thursday September 14, 2023 from 7:00 to 8:30pm in Vancouver
Join the Historic Joy Kogawa House and Word Vancouver for a writing workshop with Wayne Ng to discover ways to use writing to create, heal and find oneself.
Writing with Emotion, Purpose, and Hope
Art is like therapy. Emotional clarity drives both. This workshop for emerging and young adult writers offers introductory level, hands-on writing prompts taken from epistolary and young adult works that encourage participants to draw from their gut, using self-awareness and emotion in writing scenes and developing character.
Location: Historic Joy Kogawa House, 1450 West 64th Avenue or join us by zoom.
Meeting – Vancouver Asian Literature Circle
Sunday September 10, 2023 at 1pm in Vancouver
Wayne looks forward to meeting with the Vancouver Asian Literature Circle at the Historic Joy Kogawa House.
Reading – ACWW Dim Sum
Sunday August 27, at 1pm in Vancouver, BCÂ
Wayne is excited to read from The FAMILY CODE for friends of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop Society (ACWW) and the Joy Kogawa House at special Dim Sum to at the Floata Restaurant in Chinatown. This is an invitation only event.
Writer-in-Residence @ Joy Kogawa House
Aug 16 to Sept 30, 2023 in Vancouver, BCÂ
Wayne is truly honoured to be Writer-in-Residence at the historic Joy Kogawa House. He can’t wait to spend time in Vancouver.
Wednesday, July 26, 2023, from 2-3pm. ZOOM
Wayne is excited to moderate his first exclusive webinar for members of The Writersâ Union of Canada (TWUC).Â
Write Away with Us will be a discussion between authors sharing their experiences and approach to travel writing with panellists:Â Mark Abley and Bill Arnott.
Book Signing – Perfect Books
Saturday June 17, 2023 from 1pm – 3pm.
Come and say hello and find some Perfect Books at 258 Elgin St.
Sunday June 11, 2023 at 3:30pm, Toronto.Â
Please join Wayne for an afternoon of literature, community and conversation at the Supermarket for the launch of THE FAMILY CODE and other new releases from Guernica Editions.
Wednesday June 7, 2023
Wayne is pumped to talk to Mike again on The Raw Mike Richards radio show for Sauga 960AM. With special guest Chris Houston from The Idea Shop.
Friday June 2, 2023 at 2pm.
Derick Fage interviews Wayne about THE FAMILY CODE on Daytime Ottawa, RogersTV.
Thursday June 1, 2023 from 7pm-8:30pm.
Its publication day – lets party! Please join Wayne for the launch of his new novel, THE FAMILY CODE, at The Spaniel’s Tale Bookstore on 1131 Wellington Street West.
Gala – Politics and the Pen
May 10, 2023.
Wayne can’t believe he has been invited to the Writers Trust of Canada’s, Politics and the Pen gala! It is a grand celebration of Canadian political and literary cultures. He needs to buy a suit and learn to use a knife.
Book Signing – Librarie Michabou
Saturday April 22, 2023 from 1pm to 3pm.Â
Itâs in the Aylmer Galleries shopping center in Gatineau, so come out and shop. Most exciting, Wayne will be joined at the signing table by Amy Tector, the fantastic cozy mystery writer. They look forward to seeing you at Librarie Michabou Bilingual Bookstore.