Wayne was delighted to share his thoughts on literary citizenship and community on Hollay Ghadery’s blog, The (CanL)It Crowd. Hollay Ghadery is a multi-genre writer and the Poet Laureate of Scugog Township. The text of the Wayne’s blog post is reproduced below from Hollay’s website – but check out the real thing for pictures of […]
Wayne is super excited to participate in the MASC Young Authors and Illustrators Festival for students in grades four to eight on Feb 27, 2024. 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. The Festival […]
Wayne was delighted to mark the Lunar New Year of the Dragon 2024 with Toronto Metropolitan University Alumni with his personal forecast, reposted below. Wayne Ng – Zodiac Sign: TIGER Social Work Class ’88 Author Wayne Ng was born in downtown Toronto to Chinese immigrants who fed him a steady diet of bitter melons and […]
Wayne is thrilled that THE FAMILY CODE made The Miramichi Reader’s Best Fiction Books of 2023 list. The Miramichi Reader is one of Canada’s most respected book reviewers dedicated to lifting Canadian writers and small publishers. Get your copy of THE FAMILY CODE now!
🤩WOW 🤩 Wayne is so excited that THE FAMILY CODE is one of 49thShelf’s 2023 Best Fiction Books of the Year! Wayne is honoured to be included among so many great writers, including his friend Frances Peck with her latest novel, UNCONTROLLED FLIGHT. 💥Enter for a chance to WIN one of the 26 books featured […]
Wayne is thrilled that THE FAMILY CODE is in Novembers’ edition of the Montreal Review of Books. In her review “Conditioned Silence” Phoebe Yī Lìng states: “If there’s one message that rings clear in Ng’s novel, it’s that as much as our family shapes us, it can also harden us and, at worst, break us. […]
Wayne is so pleased to be among a group of talented writers reading for the 2024 CBC Short Story Prize longlist. Every year, CBC Books enlists the help of established writers and editors from across Canada to read the thousands of entries submitted to our prizes. The readers compile the longlist, which is given to the jury. […]
Book blogger Mardi Michels says THE FAMILY CODE is a “riveting, important read that I could not put down” and highly recommends it. It was one best books Mardi read this summer, and she read over 60! High praise indeed. “Ng tackles delicate and difficult issues eloquently and with sensitivity and his vast experience as […]
Wayne had such an in-depth and thoughtful conversation with Lucy E.M. Black in The Artisanal Writer about writing his novel The Family Code. The Artisanal Writer is an online journal about the craft of writing and reading. It explores what makes great writing, how great writing happens and how writers we love to read, make […]
Like Wayne’s novel The Family Code, there is so much richness and hope in messy, dilapidated family stories. He compiled an annotated reading list of some of his favourites and why, for the 49thShelf.com blog. Check it out! Families: It’s Complicated Recommended titles include: THE PUSH, by Ashley Audrain THE WOO WOO, by Lindsay Wong […]