Lindsay Wong

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Lindsay Wong
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Lindsay Wong in 2022
OccupationWriter
LanguageEnglish
CitizenshipCanadian
Years active2018–present
Notable worksThe Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family
Notable awards Hubert Evans Non-Fiction
2019
Website
lindsaywongwriter.com

Lindsay Wong is a Canadian writer, whose memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family was published in 2018. [1] The book, a humorous memoir about her Chinese Canadian family's history of mental illness, [2] won the 2019 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize [3] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction. [4]

Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, [5] Wong wrote the book while pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University in New York City. [1] [6]

The Woo-Woo was selected for the 2019 edition of Canada Reads , where it was defended by Joe Zee, [7] and was longlisted for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour. [8]

Wong's book Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality: Stories came out in 2023. [9]

References

  1. 1 2 "Lindsay Wong uses humour to examine her family’s history of mental illness and supernatural beliefs". Toronto Star , October 6, 2018.
  2. "Why Lindsay Wong wrote a memoir about her family's mental health struggles". CBC Books, January 31, 2019.
  3. Janis Cleugh, "National praise for The Woo-Woo". The Tri-City News, May 17, 2019.
  4. "Elizabeth Hay, Terese Marie Mailhot, Lindsay Wong among Weston Prize finalists". Quill & Quire , September 19, 2018.
  5. "The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family". Quill & Quire , October 2018.
  6. "Read an excerpt from The Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation . 2019-01-31. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10.
  7. "Chuck Comeau, Joe Zee, Lisa Ray take on Canada Reads battle of the books". CityNews, January 31, 2019.
  8. Jane van Koeverden, "Eden Robinson, Rick Mercer & Lindsay Wong longlisted for 2019 Leacock Medal for humour". CBC Books, April 23, 2019.
  9. "Review | Canadian writer Lindsay Wong's book 'Tell me Pleasant Things About Immortality' features ghosts, demons and the mysterious Deathlily". thestar.com. 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-24.