by Todd Wong | Sep 22, 2008 | Announcements |
Sixty-six years ago, in 1942, Japanese-Canadians were “evacuated” from Canada’s Pacific coast and sent to internment camps for the duration of WW2. in 1981, Joy Kogawa wrote her first novel Obasan, the first novel to address the issue of the...
by Todd Wong | Apr 14, 2008 | Events |
(Post by Todd Wong) It was a good event for the launch of Naomi’s Tree. So good that all the books that had been delivered in advance to Kidsbooks sold out. We were holding two extra copies, so I passed them on to two people who didn’t have any. They were both very...
by Residencies | Apr 4, 2008 | Events |
Thursday, April 10, at 7 p.m. at Kidsbooks, 3083 West Broadway Kidsbooks invites you to meet Joy Kogawa in celebration of her new book, Naomi’s Tree. This beautiful picture book touches on the internment of Canadians of Japanese descent during the Second World...