News

The Year of Finding Memory in the top forty for CBC's Canada Reads: True Stories.
February 11, 2011: At the Toronto Public Library fundraiser, The Book Lover’s Ball, it was announced that Midnight at the Dragon Café had been selected as the 2011 One Book Community Read for the city of Toronto.
Read the announcement in full
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Streetcar riders receive free copies of the book
Catherine Porter on Midnight at the Dragon Café in the Toronto Star
View new photos from the Galle Literary Festival and Keep Toronto Reading
View photos from past events

Events

Watch this space for Judy's future appearances!

PREVIOUS EVENTS

The Year of Finding Memory event. Midnight at the Dragon Café event.

2011

November 8th: Canadian Writers in Person series at York University, Accolade West Building, Room 206, Keele Campus. www.yorku.ca/laps/canwrite
November 2nd: Judy reads at the Brockton Writers Series, Toronto, Ontario
October 21st: Judy lunches with five wining contestants in their defense of the Toronto Public Library against the threat of branch closures, service reductions and program cutbacks. www.ourpubliclibrary.to/contest
October 5th: A reading and talk in Judy's childhood home town. Halton Hills Public Library, Acton Branch, Ontario
September 18th: McLaughlin Literary Festival. Judy reads at the inaugural Festival, Oshawa, Ontario. McLaughlin Literary Festival
August 4th-7th: Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Judy delivers the Bruce Hutchison Memorial Lecture, Sechelt, British Columbia. www.writersfestival.ca
June 2nd : A book club dinner. Judy at the Fairmont Royal York, Toronto. Details at www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/ktr/one-book-raffle.jsp
May 26th, 7:00pm: An evening with book clubs. Mississauga Library Lorne Park Branch, Mississauga, Ontario
May 17th, 7:00pm: Asian Canadian Writers' Showcase. McNally Robinson Booksellers Atrium, Grant Park Shopping Mall, Winnipeg, Manitoba
May 9th, 1:00pm: Another airing of CBC Radio ‘Ideas’ presents Chinese Laundry Kids. Judy and others talk about growing up in their family hand laundry.www.cbc.ca/ideas
April 29th, 9:30-10:15pm: A Blue Met Night Cap, Blue Met Festival event, Montreal. Judy and three other writers reading from their respective memoirs
April 28th, 6:00pm: Little Gems: The Art of the Short Story, Blue Met Festival event, Montreal. With three other masters of the short story, a reading from China Dog and Other Stories
April 26th, 7:00-8:30pm : Keep Toronto Reading - One Book 2011, North York Central Library, Toronto. Book club discussion of Midnight at the Dragon Café with Judy
April 18th, 9:00pm: CBC Radio ‘Ideas’ presents Chinese Laundry Kids. Judy and others talk about growing up in their family hand laundry.www.cbc.ca/ideas
April 13th, 6:30pm : Return to the Dragon Café: An Evening at Spadina Garden. Tasty food, literary company and a reading by Judy. Spadina Garden, 116 Dundas Street West, Toronto.
April 12th, 2:00-3:30pm: Keep Toronto Reading – One Book 2011, Runnymede Branch, Toronto. ‘Shape of Memory’: memoir writing with Judy
April 11th, 6:00-8:00pm : “Dancing Between Identities: The Boston Cream Pie and Negotiating Home”. A public lecture by Dr Julie Mehta on Midnight at the Dragon Café, Unversity of Toronto
April 5th, 1:30-3:00pm : Durham Lifelong Learning, Hebron Christian Church, Whitby, Ontario. www.durhamlifelearn.org
April 4th, 7:00-8:30pm : Keep Toronto Reading – One Book 2011, Palmerston Branch, Toronto, Ont. “Between Two Worlds: A Panel Discussion”: About being the family interpreter of language and culture while growing up. Hosted by CBC’s Anne-Marie Mediwake
April 1st, 7:00-8:30pm : Keep Toronto Reading – One Book Kick-off, Toronto Reference Library, Ont. Hosted by CBC’s Laura diBattista. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca
January 26th-30th, 2011: Galle Literary Festival, Galle, Sri Lanka
www.galleliteraryfestival.com

2010

April 2nd, 2:00pm : Canadian Author Series, Brampton, Ont. www.bramlib.on.ca
November 22nd, 7:00pm: Grimsby Author Series, Grimsby, Ont. www.grimsbyauthorseries.com
November 20th, 6:00pm: The Village Author Dinner, Bayfield, Ont. www.thevillagebookshop.com
November 7th, 2:00pm: Fundraiser for the Friends of Haliburton County Public Library, Minden, Ont. www.haliburtonlibrary.ca
November 3rd, 2:00pm: Hamilton Public Library, Turner Park Branch, Hamilton, Ont. www.myhamilton.ca/articles/annual-book-club-tea
September 28th, 2:00pm: Toronto Public Library, The Eh List Series, Ont. www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/programs-and-classes/featured/eh-list.jsp
September 23rd, 1:30pm and 3:30pm: Kingston Writers' Festival, Ont. www.kingstonwritersfest.ca
September 19th, 2:00pm: Mississauga Literary Festival, Ont. www.mississauga.ca/portal/residents/literaryfestival
July 15th, 16th and 17th: Saskatchewan Festival of Words, Moose Jaw. www.festivalofwords.com
June 21st & 26th: Judy interviewed on CBC Radio's The Next Chapter, with Shelagh Rogers. www.cbc.ca/thenextchapter
June 5th & 12th: Judy interviewed on CBC Radio's Studio One Book Club, with Sheryl MacKay and Nancy Lee. www.cbc.ca/bc/bookclub
May 29th, 7:00pm: Victoria Lioness Club, Golden City Restaurant, 721 Fisgard Street, Victoria, B.C.
May 28th, 5:30pm: UBC/explorAsian, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre at UBC, 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, B.C. www.explorasian.org
May 27th, 6:00pm: Friends of Foo's Ho Ho Restaurant, “An Evening with Three Former Chinese Laundry Kids: Judy Fong Bates, John Jung, Elwin Xie – A fundraiser for Foo's Restaurant”, 102 East Pender Street, upstairs, Vancouver, B. C. www.fooshoho.com
May 26th, 6:30pm: CBC - Studio One Book Club, reading and interview with Q&A, CBC Studio, Vancouver, B. C.
May 25th, 7:00pm: Commensal Reading Series, Le Commensal Restaurant, 655 Bay Street, Toronto, Ont.
May 19th, 7:30pm: Parry Sound Books, Charles W. Stockey Centre
Parry Sound, Ont. www.parrysoundbooks.com
May 18th, 7:30pm: University of Toronto Reading Series, University of Toronto Bookstore, 214 College Street, Toronto, Ont.
May 12th, 7:00pm: Words Worth Books, at Princess Twin Cinema, 46 King Street North, Waterloo, Ont. www.wordsworthbooks.com
May 4th, 7:00pm: Toronto Reference Library, Appel Salon, 789 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ont.
April 29th, 6:30-7:30pm: Northumberland launch at Lighthouse Books, 65 Main Street, Brighton, Ont
April 28th, 6:30-8:00pm: Launch at Ben McNally Books, 366 Bay Street, Toronto, Ont. www.benmcnallybooks.com
April 25th, 10:00am: Globe and Mail/Ben McNally Brunch, King Edward Hotel, 37 King Street East, Toronto, Ont. M5L 1E9
April 20th, 9:30am: Different Drummer Bookstore, La Salle Park Pavilion, Burlington, Ont.
April 18th, 10:30am: Bookers “Books and Brunch”, The Oakville Golf Club, 1154 6th Line, Oakville, Ont.