Pleased to get a little shout-out from Frank Bruni in the New York Times. His weekly newsletter's "For the Love of Sentences" feature offers excerpts from other publications. A quote from one of my recent Tyee columns is at the conclusion here: www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/o...

Opinion | For a Bonkers New World, a ‘Brave New World’

The future’s a riddle. Shakespeare isn’t.

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Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street) and Steve Burgess (Cheapskate in Lotusland) will be hanging out at Semiahmoo Black Bond Books on August 8! 📚 Stop by between 12–2 PM to meet the authors, ask questions, and get your books signed. We hope to see you there!

Meet and Greet and Book Signing with Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho and Steve Burgess | Black Bond Books

Local Independent Bookstore with 6 locations in Vancouver's Lower Mainland

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Daily(ish) #SmallPress #books: The Lost Haida Manga by Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas, @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social & Save Your Prayers – Send Money by @jkirton.bsky.social, @talonbooks.bsky.social. See alt-text. #DSPBposts 💙📚 #BookSky #booktok #bookstagram

Perfect road trip read just dropped: A humorous account of Canada from a life-long travel writer ✍️ @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social Discover: www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle...

Publisher's Weekly gives a lovely review of "Cheapskate in Lotusland," which has now been published in the US. A few more reviews like this and I'll be getting married at Madison Square Garden. www.publishersweekly.com/9781771624633

Cheapskate in Lotusland: The Philosophy and Practice of Living Well on a Small Budget by Steve Burgess

In this wry and insightful account, journalist Burgess (Reservations) shares how he lives frugally and happily in Vancouver, BC,...

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It's here! Our Fall 2026 Fiction Preview with titles from @dundurnpress.bsky.social @houseofanansi.bsky.social @aaknopf.bsky.social @coachhousebooks.bsky.social @harpercollinsca.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @ecwpress.bsky.social 49thshelf.com/Blog/2026/07... #CanLit

Most Anticipated: Our Fall 2026 Fiction Preview · Blog Post · 49th Shelf

All of the fiction you'll be loving in the second half of 2026. 

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12 or 20 (second series) questions with Norma Dunning / @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social @ualbertapress.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2026/07/12-o...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Norma Dunning

Norma Dunning (PhD) [photo credit: Carina Lamarche, Details Photography Studio] is a Padlei Inuk writer, professor and grandmother. Tainna ...

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Had a lot of fun on the Book Warehouse "Friendless" podcast with host James Avramenko, talking about "Cheapskate in Lotusland" and random stuff like Gideon Bibles. A link: pod.link/1454561877/e...

Frugality is the best revenge: Steve Burgess on Living Well in Vancouver on Less (Live at the Book Warehouse)

Listen to Frugality is the best revenge: Steve Burgess on Living Well in Vancouver on Less (Live at the Book Warehouse) from Friendless wherever you get your podcasts!

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Join Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, author of the acclaimed memoir The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street, at LiterASIAN Vancouver this Saturday, June 27 at 4 p.m. at the Chinese Cultural Centre. Wiley will be reading alongside Jinwoo Park—and tickets are selling fast!

Summer reading recommendation! We're thrilled that The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho has been featured on CBC Books' roundup of recently published books by B.C. authors. Add it to your TBR list and celebrate local literature this summer! www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

8 books by B.C. authors to kick off summer | CBC News

Start your summer reading list now, in between cheering on your favourite team in the 2026 FIFA Men's World Cup.

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Our culinary travel takes us to Northumberland Region in Ontario where author Signe Langford lives with her chickens. Now you can win a copy of her book at canadiancookbooks.ca/giveaways/ Get cracking! @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social

Congratulations! Books BC members @caitlinpress.bsky.social, @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social, and @ubcpress.bsky.social have been shortlisted for the inaugural Al and Eurithe Purdy BC Award for Excellence, presented by the Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts. Read more here: buff.ly/7ZaXFjQ

Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho will read with Eddy Boudel Tan and Donna Seto at this special Asian Heritage Month Celebration of Authors at Book Warehouse on May 19th!

"Her memoir evokes compassion for the tens of thousands of astronaut/parachute/satellite/homestay children among us," writes Cathalynn Labonté-Smith in this review of Wiley Ho's The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street published in The BC Review.

Cathalynn Labonté-Smith reviews The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street by

Cathalynn Labonté-Smith reviews The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street, by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho (Madeira Park: Douglas & McIntyre, 2026) $24.95 / 9781771624794

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This Sunday, May 10 at 6:00pm ET I get to chat with Sarah Louise Butler, author of RUFOUS AND CALLIOPE from @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ca/e/junction-r...

Junction Reads with Sarah Louise Butler

Join us for a virtual reading and conversation with Sarah Louise Butler, author of RUFOUS AND CALLIOPE.

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Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho shares insights into hidden world of astronaut children in riveting page-turning memoir published by @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social. Learn more @pancouver.bsky.social: pancouver.ca/wiley-wei-ch...

Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho shares insights into hidden world of astronaut children in page-turning memoir - Pancouver

The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street shines a light on kids who've been largely overlooked by the Canadian literary world.

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In this excerpt from The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir, out today, April 1, from Douglas & McIntyre, the author, Wiley Ho, returns to Taiwan to visit her parents after graduating from high school.

Can a Fortune Teller Answer the Questions My Parents Won’t? | The Tyee

An excerpt from ‘The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir.’

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In a conversation with Margaret Gallagher, Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho shares details about her memoir, The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street, which chronicles her experience growing up in Vancouver after her parents returned to work in Taiwan. www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

© CBC/Radio-Canada 2026. All rights reserved.

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Wiley Ho interviewed — in Mandarin! — on Omni Television, and shared on YouTube! So exciting to see this conversation about "astronaut children" reaching a wider audience youtu.be/ImJcBZUT_n4?...

《在Dunbar街的太空孩子們》新書發佈

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Journey to London’s high society in the 1960s in the fifth addition to the Priscilla Tempest Mystery series! 🔎🇬🇧 Out now from @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social!

Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, author of The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street, discusses family, betrayal, and redemption in a new memoir about growing up in a foreign country while your parents lived and worked on the other side of the ocean.

Lost in Space: a former astronaut child talks family, betrayal, and redemption in a new memoir

John Ackermann speaks to Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, author of The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street: A Memoir.

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Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho’s memoir The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street arrives in March. In an interview with Trevor Marc Hughes for The British Columbia Review, she shares her writing journey and her role as a "literary citizen" in Vancouver.

Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho - Finding the right genre and participating in a writing community

YouTube video by The British Columbia Review

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Tune in today at 5:05 PM to hear Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, author of the new memoir The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street, on The Jas Johal Show!

Never a bad time to read a book about curling that’s meant to be enjoyed by curlers and non-curlers alike!

Dan@cultureoflosing.bsky.social · 7mo ago

I picked the right time to grab this, by @johncullen.bsky.social

This is bigger and more important to me than anything else in the world

John Cullen@cullenoncurling.bsky.social · 7mo ago

THE PANTS HAVE RETURNED NORWAY HAS BROUGHT BACK THE PANTS TO HEAL THE SPORT IN A TIME OF NEED

Sun. February 1. 6:30pm ET. TYPE BOOKS JUNCTION 2887 Dundas St. W. Livestreamed Readings from Sadiqa de Maijer, Ben Ladouceur & Robert Hough, hosted by Damian Tarnopolsky. @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @bookhugpress.bsky.social @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social www.eventbrite.ca/e/1596208646...

At TYPE: Ben Ladouceur, Sadiqa de Meijer, Robert Hough (Livestreaming)

Damian Tarnopolsky guest hosts: Ben Ladouceur, Sadiqa de Meijer, Robert Hough. Register for live-stream or pay at the door.

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Countless “astronaut children” and “parachute kids” have grown up across borders, their stories rarely told. The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho is an intimate memoir of family separation between Taiwan and Canada. Available March 2026. youtu.be/DVBBMaeO-F4

The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street - Book Trailer

YouTube video by Douglas & McIntyre

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BC Bestsellers of the last week just dropped 👀 with a new book from @douglasmcintyre.bsky.social that might just become the Vancouverites new bible explore: www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle... #BCBestsellers #IndieBestsellers

BC Bestsellers - Read Local BC

For the week ending January 10, 2025 Our weekly BC Bestseller list highlights the titles of independent, BC-owned publishers sold in independent BC bookstores. Print The List Go to full post ...read m...

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✨ Cover reveal ✨ The Astronaut Children of Dunbar Street by Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho is an intimate geopolitical memoir about a family separated by distance and borders, split between Taiwan and Canada in the wake of shifting global powers. Available March 2026! #CoverReveal #memoir #newbooks2026 #DMBooks

First BC Bestseller list of 2026 is here 🎉 Explore: www.readlocalbc.ca/bc-bestselle... #BCBestsellerList #BCBooks #IndieBCBooks