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 […]
Wayne will judge the YA Flash Fiction Contest at this years gritLIT Festival on Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 4:00 PM EST Wayne is a fair and honest judge and cannot be bribed by chocolate peanut butter cups 😉 Calling all young and aspiring writers! gritLIT invites you to take part in our first Flash […]
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
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, […]
Wayne is honoured that his manuscript, THE FAMILY CODE, made the SHORTLIST for The 2021 Guernica Prize, which recognizes the best literary fiction novel that pushes boundaries and is cutting edge. The winner will be announced on December 5, 2021, so cross your fingers. The prize consists of $1,000 and a publication contract with Guernica […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]