Asian Diaspora Book Dongne is back for April! We are thrilled to announce Restaurant Kid by Rachel Phan as the book of the month, with a special visit from the author herself!

⭐ What: ADBD Monthly Book Club
⭐ When: 11:00AM ET, April 11, Saturday
⭐ Where: Online Zoom meeting
⭐ Who: Hosted by Jinwoo Park, author of Oxford Soju Club and Director of ADBD, and author Rachel Phan
⭐ RSVP at the link here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfv7NGbY4C5mDFTvZrHmhLlpgwiZUPvQEKSu_9uuDx7l-le9A/viewform

To join the meetings of the ADBD book club, please sign up through this form using your email address and full name. We will email you the Zoom link. 

We strongly encourage participants to read the book. Feel free to join in and share your stories.

A message from Jinwoo Park, Director of Book Dongne, about Restaurant Kid:

“We chose this book for ADBD because it embodies the kind of work we at Arts East-West seek to uplift. Through her upbringing in her family’s restaurant in a small town in Ontario, Rachel Phan writes about growing up in a community where racism was normalized, shaping how she understood identity and belonging. At the same time, she offers a portrait of a family whose struggle to survive will feel familiar to many diaspora families across Canada. It is a quintessential Asian diaspora story that resonates through how grounded and lived-in it is.”

If you have any questions, please reach out to bookdongne@artseastwest.ca.