Library Guides: Asian &amp; South Asian Heritage Month: Asian Voices & Stories

Recommended Books & eBooks

50 People 50 Stories: I am Asian by Kevin Wang et al.
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E184 .A75 A15 2020

Publication Date: 2020
Asianfail: Narratives of Disenchantment and the Model Minority by Eleanor Ty
Publication Date: 2017

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Be A Triangle by Lilly Singh
Call Number: Fennell STACKS BF575.S37 S56 2022

Publication Date: 2022
Brown : What Being Brown in the World Today Means (to everyone) by Al-Solaylee, Kamal
Call Number: Fennell STACKS HT1521 A36 2017

Publication Date: 2017
Eating Chinese: Culture on the Menu in Small Town Canada by Lily Cho
Publication Date: 2018

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The Invisible Community: Being South Asian in Quebec by Mahsa Bakhshaei
Publication Date: 2021

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Pinay on the Prairies: Filipino Women and Transnational Identities by Glenda Tibe Bonifacio
Publication Date: 2013

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All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung
Call Number: Fennell STACKS HV875.65 .O7 2018

Publication Date: 2019
Chiru Sakura/Falling Cherry Blossoms: A Mother & Daughter's Journey through Racism, Internment and Oppression by Grace Eiko Thomson
Call Number: Fennell STACKS FC106 .J3 Z7 2021

Publication Date: 2021
Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Call Number: IAHS STACKS ML420.Z3913 A3 2021

Publication Date: 2021
Double Melancholy: Art, Beauty, and the Making of a Brown Queer Man by C. E. Gatchalian
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PS8613 .A875 Z46 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Eat A Peach: A Memoir by David Chang
Call Number: Fennell STACKS TX714 .C463 2020

Publication Date: 2021
Full Circle: Memoir of a Vietnamese-Canadian Librarian by Vinh-The Lam
Call Number: Fennell STACKS Z720.L36 .F85 2024

Publication Date: 2024
Gently to Nagasaki by Joy Kogawa
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PS8521 .O44 Z46 2016

Publication Date: 2017
I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai
Call Number: Fennell STACKS LC2330 .Y68 2013

Publication Date: 2013
Love and Courage: My Story of Family, Resilience, and Overcoming the Unexpected by Jagmeet Singh
Call Number: Fennell STACKS FC656 .S56 A3 2019

Publication Date: 2019
Meyebela = My Bengali Girlhood by Taslima Nasrin
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PK1730.3.A65Z46 2002

Publication Date: 2004
Older Sister, Not Necessarily Related: A Memoir by Jenny Heijun Wills
Call Number: Fennell STACKS HV575.7 .C2 W55 2021

Publication Date: 2019
Unveiled: A Canadian Muslim Woman's Struggle Against Misogyny, Sharia and Jihad by Farzana Hassan
Call Number: Fennell STACKS BP173.4 H37 2012

Publication Date: 2012
We Have Always Been Here: A Queer Muslim Memoir by Samra Habib
Call Number: Fennell STACKS HQ75.4 .H38 A3 2022

Publication Date: 2019
We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story by Simu Liu
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PN2308.L58 .A3 2022

Publication Date: 2022
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts by Maxine Hong Kingston
Call Number: Fennell STACKS E184 .C5 K5 1989

Publication Date: 1989

The Book of Form and Emptiness by Ruth Ozeki
Publication Date: 2021

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A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC MAJ

Publication Date: 2021
Disorientation by Elaine Hsieh Chou
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC CHO

Publication Date: 2022
Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows by Balli Kaur Jaswal
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC JAS

Publication Date: 2018
Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng
Call Number: IAHS FICTION FIC NG

Publication Date: 2015
Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC SIL

Publication Date: 2016
The Forbidden Purple City by Philip Huynh
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC HUY

Publication Date: 2019
How to Pronounce Knife: Stories by Souvankham Thammavongsa
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC THA

Publication Date: 2020
Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century by Kim Fu
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC FU

Publication Date: 2022
Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC NG

Publication Date: 2019
Little Gods by Meng Jin
Call Number: Fennell FICTION JIN

Publication Date: 2021
Other Moons : Vietnamese Short Stories of the American War and Its Aftermath by Quan Manh Ha
Publication Date: 2020

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Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC LEE

Publication Date: 2017
Ru: A Novel by Kim Thúy
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC THU

Publication Date: 2012
Sachiko: A Novel by Shūsaku Endō
Publication Date: 2020

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Satellite Love by Genki Ferguson
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC FER

Publication Date: 2021
Though I Get Home by Y. Z. Chin
Publication Date: 2018

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Toward the North: Stories by Chinese Canadian Authors by Hua Laura Wu; Xueqing Xu; Corinne Bieman Davies
Call Number: Fennell FICTION FIC TOW

Publication Date: 2018
Trust No Aunty by Maria Qamar
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PN6231 .F3 2017

Publication Date: 2017

Another Nirvana by Archna Sahni
Publication Date: 2018

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Bring Now the Angels by Dilruba Ahmed
Publication Date: 2020

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Dear Current Occupant by Chelene Knight
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PR9199.4.K576 A6 2018

Publication Date: 2018
Home Body by Rupi Kaur
Publication Date: 2020

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The Language We Were Never Taught to Speak by Grace Lau
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PR9199.4 .L3823 2021

Publication Date: 2021
Milk and Honey by Rupi Kaur
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PR9199.4.K377 .A6 2015

Publication Date: 2015
My Grief, the Sun by Sanna Wani
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PS8645 .A55 M9 2022

Publication Date: 2022
Mythical Man: Poems by David Ly
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PR9251 .L9 2020

Publication Date: 2020
Songs from My Heart by Daisaku Ikeda
Publication Date: 2014

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The Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi Kaur
Call Number: Fennell STACKS PR9199.4.K377 .A6 2017

Publication Date: 2017
When I Grow up I Want to Be a List of Further Possibilities by Chen Chen
Publication Date: 2017

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Recommended Websites

Addressing Anti-Asian Racism
Learn about anti-Asian racism and access a list of resources compiled by Canadian Heritage.
Resources for Combatting Anti-Asian Racism & Learning About Canadians of Asian Descent
From the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada.
A Statistical Snapshot of Asians in Canada
Statistics about the current Asian communities in Canada.

Recommended Podcasts

Asian Enough
Hosts Jen Yamato, Johana Bhuiyan, Tracy Brown and Suhauna Hussain invite special guests to share personal stories and unpack identity on their own terms.
made in
Asian-diaspora stories (and beyond) told by Evy and Jas.
Recovering Filipino
Jim Agapito is a "bad Filipino." Join him as he recovers his culture.
They Call Us Bruce
Hosts Jeff Yang and Phil Yu present an unfiltered conversation about what's happening in Asian America in a weekly podcast covering pop culture and current events in Asian America.

Recommended Films & Videos

Yellow Peril: Queer Destiny (Video Duration 20 minutes)
A short documentary following the story of Vancouver drag artist "Maiden China" in her explorations of queer Chinese culture.
South Asian Creators, Critics Weigh In On the Importance of Thoughtful Representation (Video Duration 3 minutes)
Bilal Baig, Uzma Jalaluddin and Amil Niazi spoke with CBC News about increased media visibility for South Asian Canadians.
LEVI: Becoming Himself (Video Duration 44 minutes)
Identical Vietnamese twins, assigned as female at birth, were adopted. As one begins to navigate their gender identity, this family in North Vancouver, B.C. pulls together to support Levi becoming himself.
Allô Téta Allô Jedo (Video Duration 15 minutes)
Using videos shot on her phone, a director of Syrian origin gives her housebound grandparents back in Syria a look in her adopted city of Montreal.
The Chinese Violin (Video Duration 8 minutes)
In this animated short, a young girl and her father move from China to Canada, bringing only their Chinese violin along for the journey.
Earth to Mouth (Video Duration 41 minutes)
Filmed at the Wing Fong Farm in Ontario, this documentary follows the tilling, planting and harvesting of Asian vegetables destined for Chinese markets and restaurants.
Everything Will Be (Video Duration 1 hour 25 minutes)
Julia Kwan’s feature-length documentary Everything Will Be captures a significant moment of time in Vancouver’s Chinatown, with the influx of condos and new, non-Chinese businesses.
Heaven on Earth (Video Duration 1 hour 45 minutes)
In Heaven on Earth, acclaimed director Deepa Mehta highlights the isolation and disappointment faced by a family of Punjabi immigrants to Canada.
My Floating World: Miyuki Tanobe (Video Duration 26 minutes)
This documentary short is a portrait of Miyuki Tanobe, a Japanese painter who has chosen to make Québec her home.
Things Arab Men Say (Video Duration 52 minutes)
Often funny, sometimes sad, this engaging film documents the challenges Arab men face integrating into Canadian life while preserving their identity and culture.
Welcome to Canada (Video Duration 1 hour 26 minutes)
Based on an actual incident, the film follows 8 Sri Lankan Tamils who find temporary sanctuary in an isolated outport in Newfoundland after being rescued from certain death at sea by a group of fishermen.