Happy Sunday (or second Caturday 😻 as I’ve deemed it for those with a longer weekend.) The extra day off has done wonders for my ability to recharge and reset my soul…
Oh, if you haven’t already done so, check out yesterday’s post on overcoming slumps for some inspo
A Time For Recognition & Reflection 🌸
May is a blossoming month with the rebirth and renewal of a new season and new opportunities. It can also be a reflective time to gain new perspectives and new insights, which happens to be the focus of today’s blog…
In May 2022, Canada officially declared the month of May as
Asian Heritage Month 🤗
I want to share some resources with you that you can read and check out to gain more knowledge on the history and origin of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month before we get into today’s blog!
🍁 Canada.ca
You can learn more about Asian Heritage Month on the Government of Canada’s webpage.
Your Local Libraries 📚
Your local libraries would be a great resource to use to educate yourself, recognize and take reflection this month on Asian Heritage within your community!
Here’s a couple of Canadian 🍁 Asian Authors to check out:
Vincent Lam
Author of On The Ravine, and Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures
Catherine Hernandez
Author of Behind You, and The Story of Us
Speaking of books and reading, I have such a deep passion for reading translated literary fiction. Whenever I’m browsing my local bookshops, I always find myself engrossed in the various captivating titles and beautiful cover art.
So I wanted to dedicate today’s blog post, in celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage month, to the various API Authors and their literary works of enchanting magic (or dark depravity.)
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Halifax Public Libraries Staff Picks
API Authors I’ve Read So Far
Monika Kim
The Eyes Are The Best Part (2024)
Asako Yuzuki
Butter (2024)
Sayaka Murata
Earthlings (2018)
API Authors to Explore
I have such a long TBR pile that I feel like it will forever be an endless void of ambitious intrigue, but here are just some of the books currently on that list to read that I haven’t even gotten a chance to yet.
Ling Ma
Han Kang
Sequoia Nagamatsu
Kazuo Ishiguro
Yōko Ogawa
Jade Song
You should really check out the full list of incredibly inspiring books written by other Asian and Pacific Islander authors over on Goodreads 📚
And actually, speaking of Jade Song…
In celebration of Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, our morbid Mavens in the Mor(e)bid Curiosities Book Club chose to dive into the deep end with Jade Song’s literary body horror 🧜♀️
Chlorine
It happens to be one of our TWO Morbid Curiosities book club selections for the month of (morbid) May and I might have been that excited to read it that I ordered a physical copy for my bookshelf way in advance 🙈
We will be reading and discussing this horrific gem until
Wednesday, June 18th
over on Fable
so if you’re intrigued and wish to join the clubs, click on the bright green button…
(You know you want to… )
Do you have a 𝖒𝖔𝖗𝖇𝖎𝖉 curiosity?
If you happened to missed the previous blog post about our Morbid May book clubs reads, you can rewind by pressing this button: ⏪
Drop a 🖤 if you’ve read up to this point and comment below on some of your favorite API Horror authors 📚
Until we meet again,
Happy Asian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
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