LettersFromJohnny

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LiterASIAN Festival

Wayne is thrilled to be a part of this year’s special tenth anniversary LiterASIAN Festival in Vancouver, B.C., May 7-15, 2022: “Finding Our Voices: Telling Our Stories” In finding our voices again, the festival counters the anti-Asian racism that has sought to silence the contributions and dignity of Asian Canadians.  LiterASIAN highlights and celebrates the […]

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Shepherd: Best Epistolary Books

Check out Wayne’s recommendations on Shepherd for The best epistolary books written from the gut Shepherd.com is like wandering around your favorite bookstore but reimagined for the online world… along with little notes from authors pointing out their favorite books.

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The Shit No One Tells You About Writing

Wayne was thrilled to be a guest on his favourite podcast: The Shit No One Tells You About Writing with Bianca Marais.  Episode: Incorporating The Epistolary Form Into Your Writing – Dec 16, 2021 You can find it wherever you get your pods 📻 After the Hooks with Books portion of the podcast, Bianca chats […]

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Junction Reads

Wayne joined Alison Gadsby at Junction Reads for a superb conversation and read from his novel, Letters From Johnny, on Sun, Nov 21, 2021. Watch it now on YouTube   

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Rave Review in The Ottawa Review of Books

Ian Thomas Shaw in The Ottawa Review of Books raves about Letters From Johnny in their November Issue 2021. Read it below, reproduced from their website. ~~~~ Letters From Johnny by Wayne Ng, Reviewed by Ian Thomas Shaw By far one of the best short novels from a Canadian small press in the last year, […]

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Johnny’s Playlist

Take a listen to Wayne’s rad PLAYLIST for Letters From Johnny, featuring songs from the 70’s about heroes, family, war, fire and kung fu Here is the lineup if you just want to see what’s playing: Kung Fu Fighting  – Carl Douglas Family Affair – Sly and Family Stone Psycho Killer – Talking Heads Theme […]

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Canadian Review of Materials

Letters From Johnny is “Highly Recommended” by CM: Canadian Review of Materials receiving a FOUR STAR review from Ann Ketcheson. CM: Canadian Review of Materials is an electronic reviewing journal. CM reviews Canadiana of interest to children and young adults, including publications produced in Canada, or published elsewhere but of special interest or significance to […]

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The Word On The Street

Wayne was very excited to be a panelist on The Word On The Street’s Epistolary Fiction: Letters of Hope & Heartbreak event. Monday, September 20 at 2pm. The art of letter-writing, the catharsis of writing one you don’t intend to send, the unique qualities of slow-paced correspondence, what we can learn about being thoughtful, nuanced […]

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Raw Mike Richards Show

Wayne felt like he was having a conversation with old friends when he was interviewed by Mike Richards and David Bastl on The Raw Mike Richards radio show for Sauga 960AM. They talked hockey, Letters From Johnny and Wayne’s upcoming  The Word On The Street’s Epistolary Fiction: Letters of Hope & Heartbreak event for the […]

20 Questions with Rob Mclennan

Ottawa icon, Rob McLennan, asks Wayne his famous 20 questions.   The interview is reproduced below from Rob McLennan’s Blog, Thursday August 26, 2021. ~~~~~~ rob mclennan’s blog 12 or 20 (second series) questions with Wayne Ng  Wayne Ng is a school social worker in Ottawa. As a child, he ran wild in Toronto’s Chinatown, inspiring […]