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	Wayson Choy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wayson Choy (崔維新 Pinyin: Cuī Wéixīn ; Jyutping: Ceoi1 Wai4-san1) (born April 20, 1939) is a Vancouver-born Canadian writer of Chinese ancestry who spent his childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown.
		Choy attended the University of British Columbia, where he studied creative writing.
		Moving to Toronto in 1962, Choy taught at Toronto's Humber College and the Humber School for Writers from 1967 to 2004.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Wayson_Choy (173 words)

	Y-File (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wayson Choy, author of prize-winning novel The Jade Peony (1995), spoke for a fascinating hour about storytelling, and the important part it can play in creating understanding among people of different ages, backgrounds, levels of education, ethnicity, gender and sexual preference.
		Choy explained that after these "bachelor men" died and were buried here, their bones were disinterred, packaged, labelled and shipped back in large consignments to China to be given traditional burial in their places of origin.
		Choy, who was born in Vancouver, has spent much of his life engaged in teaching and writing in Toronto.
	www.yorku.ca /yfile/archive/index.asp?Article=2590 (457 words)

	Gauntlet Features - Wayson Choy
		Wayson Choy grew up the son of Chinese immigrants in 1940's Vancouver.
		Choy wrote as a teenager and in university, but stopped because he felt he had nothing to say.
		Choy believes the emergence of minority literature is happening around the world.
	gauntlet.ucalgary.ca /story/3495 (936 words)

	Imprint Online: Arts - Choy, baby (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Choy, author of The Jade Peony (a fictitious novel about growing up in Vancouver’s Chinatown) and Paper Shadows (a creative nonfiction along the same lines), spoke frankly about growing up yellow on the outside and white on the inside — a banana.
		Although Choy spent the majority of his time recounting anecdotes about growing up and his initial and current attempts to be a writer, he also read from his newest work, Paper Shadows, which won the Edna Staebler Award for Creative Nonfiction.
		Choy confided that he can now "connect the dots" in his own life, although he did not see the signs at the time.
	imprint.uwaterloo.ca /issues/110300/6Arts/arts04.shtml (380 words)

	All That Matters by Wayson Choy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Choy sustains the balance even as he touches on heavier issues — war, cultural divisions, a mixed-race love triangle.
		Choy is a master of evoking the exotic and seedy sights, the clamour and the pungent smells, of a crowded immigrant neighbourhood.
		Choy says, “I began writing the book as if it was going to be a light, entertaining read because I had a happy childhood, but the more I delved into the past, I realized that dark path of the ghetto, the racism, and the family sex life, and so on.
	www.randomhouse.ca /catalog/display.pperl?0385257597&view=print (1872 words)

	ASIAN CANADIAN: Interview with Wayson Choy
		Born in Vancouver in 1939, Wayson Choy has spent much of his life engaged in teaching at and writing in Toronto.
		Choy is presently writing the sequel to his best selling book, The Jade Peony.
		Wayson Choy: I definitely depend on my computer most of all for my writing.
	www.asiancanadian.net /waysonchoy_interview.html (2130 words)

	SEE Magazine: December 9, 2004
		At the heart of Wayson Choy’s Giller-nominated novel All that Matters are the elusive nature of truth, simple acts of decency, and the healing power of forgiveness.
		Choy says the novel is a companion book to his 1995s best seller.
		Choy says it wasn’t until his first novel was published that he found out the truth of his existence.
	www.seemagazine.com /Issues/2004/1209/print.htm (567 words)

	Imprint: February 25, 2005
		In his talk, Choy discussed the importance of building bridges rather than walls between groups because being among different cultures is a blessing that gives people the opportunity to feast at a huge banquet table.
		Like the 10 year-old Wayson in Paper Shadows who, to the chagrin of his elders, idolized cowboys, the Wayson of today muses that he is often seen as a banana — yellow, or Chinese, on the outside and white inside.
		As time progresses, people can look to the past to reflect on their life and actions to "connect the dots" and arrive back at their present position, which is vital in assigning meaning to people's actions.
	imprint.uwaterloo.ca /story.php?story=6753 (557 words)

	CFUW-HAMILTON, ONTARIO, CANADA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Choy uses a series of symbols effectively through the story, such as a pet snapping turtle and a young girl's scarf.
		When the book is closed, the impression that lingers is of a precious Chinese family in their adopted country, Canada, poor by our standards, whose children must always wear clothes and shoes from rummage sales, and whose parents must work long hours at several different jobs to keep groceries on the table.
		Wayson Choy is currently working on his second novel, which he says will show that the Chinese do have another, more selfish side to their nature, and his next book will show divisions within the Chinese community.
	home.cogeco.ca /~mczerneda/book1.htm (903 words)

	Booklist--Choy, Wayson. Paper Shadows.
		In 1995 acclaimed Canadian novelist Choy received a phone call from a woman who announced that she had just seen Choy's mother on a bus.
		Choy's account of his gradual unraveling of parental deception brings forth a flood of memories of his childhood in Vancouver's Chinatown.
		Choy's discovery of his father's cultural and psychological sacrifices to ensure his family's future stands as one of the most affecting moments in the memoir.
	archive.ala.org /booklist/v97/adult/oc2/24choy.html (221 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: Paper Shadows: Memoir of a Past Lost and Found (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Although this revelation prefaces Choy's memoir and cannot help but color it for the reader, his book is less a search for his birth parents than a loving and tender reconstruction of his childhood with his true, adoptive family.
		Choy, while on a promotional book tour in 1995, received a call from a woman who says that she just saw his mother.
		Choy returns as an adult to the mystery of his and explores the hidden secrets of his family.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312262183?v=glance (1518 words)

	Wayson Choy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wayson Choy -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article
		Choy studied (Click link for more info and facts about creative writing) creative writing at the (Click link for more info and facts about University of British Columbia) University of British Columbia.
		Choy taught at (The provincial capital and largest city in Ontario (and the largest city in Canada)) Toronto's (Click link for more info and facts about Humber College) Humber College and the Humber School for Writers from 1967 to 2004, before retiring as a professor cum laude.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/w/wa/wayson_choy.htm (120 words)

	Powell's Books - Jade Peony (95 Edition) by Wayson Choy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Three weeks before his 57th birthday, novelist Wayson Choy received a surprising phone call during his publicity tour: a mysterious woman told him that he had been adopted.
		WAYSON CHOY's novel The Jade Peony was selected as an American Library Association Notable Book of 1998 and shared the Trillium Book Award with Margaret Atwood.
		Choy is a full-time professor at Humber College in Toronto.
	www.powells.com /cgi-bin/biblio?inkey=65-0312186924-2 (315 words)

	The Bukowski Agency - Wayson Choy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		“Choy makes Vancouver’s Chinatown seem a microcosm of the world, and his exploration of his own particular family history allows us to reflect on large themes like home, place and our own intergenerational secrets.
		Wayson Choy’s first novel, The Jade Peony, spent 26 weeks on the Toronto Globe and Mail bestseller list and placed Number 6 on its 1996 Year End National Bestseller List for Fiction.
		Choy is currently at work on a sequel to The Jade Peony called All That Matters.
	www.thebukowskiagency.com /PaperShadows.htm (766 words)

	Wayson Choy- Vancouver International Writers Festival
		Wayson Choy’s first novel, The Jade Peony, won the City of Vancouver Book Award in 1996 and was the inaugural winner of the Vancouver Public Library’s “One Book, One Vancouver” competition in 2002.
		During a promotional tour for the novel, Choy learned that he had been adopted, a discovery that informs his second book, a memoir called Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood.
		Wayson Choy was recently nominated for a Giller Prize for his new novel, All That Matters.
	www.writersfest.bc.ca /2004festival/author.php?author=12 (91 words)

	Amazon.com: Books: The Jade Peony: A Novel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wayson Choy's "The Jade Peony," deals with the lives of three sibblings living in Chinatown, Vancouver, during the depression period through to World War II.
		Choy explores issues and personalities that are distinct from the more average and classic types you might find in other books that try only to bring attention to Asian identity.
		Choy's talent is evident in the fact that he manages to teach without preaching and move without being overly sentimental.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0312186924?v=glance (1871 words)

	Frontier College - Learner Writings - A Brief History and Appreciation - Author: Wayson Choy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wayson Choy was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
		Wayson is currently working on two more books.
		May all the bad words be challenged, and all the good words continue to bless you.
	www.frontiercollege.ca /English/lwrit/begin/choy.htm (384 words)

	Penguin Books Australia - What's New
		Wayson Choy was born in Chinatown in Vancouver, Canada, the only son of two working parents.
		However, Wayson initially chose to work in advertising and then to teach English over a career in writing.
		Wayson teaches English at Humber College in Toronto.
	penguin.com.au /authors/author-author-profile.cfm?AuthorId=0000000315 (164 words)

	Kitchener Public Library - Program Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Currently living in Toronto, Wayson Choy is a Vancouver-born writer of Chinese ancestry, and the recipient of several notable literary awards.
		Wayson Choy’s second book, Paper Shadows, won the Edna Staebler Creative Non-Fiction Award and was also nominated for a Governor General’s Award.
		Choy’s most recent work, All That Matters, has just been named the winner of the Ontario Government’s $20,000 Trillium Award – a second win of this distinguished prize for Wayson.
	www.kpl.org /npe_program.shtml (4029 words)

	Canadian girl out and aboot - Words of wisdom from the author Wayson Choy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I tell my students," says Choy, reverting to teacher mode, "don't write what you know, but write about what resides in you.
		And you won't know that until you become introspective." Many people want to avoid introspection, he says, because it means confronting demons and pain as well as the chain of joys and good cheer that we bring up from that "bottom drawer" when we reminisce about the past.
		Wayson Choy is my idol, I love him.
	www.livejournal.com /users/blue_lotus/436380.html (309 words)

	jade peony (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Customers who bought The Jade Peony also bought: All That Matters by Wayson Choy (Author) Paper shadows: A Chinatown childhood by Wayson Choy (Author) Headhunter by Timothy Findley (Author) Explore...
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		Wayson Choy's The Jade Peony is about growing up in Vancouver's Chinatown.
	www.paegert.com /7709-jadepeony-32984.htm (261 words)

	Library News
		Meet the author Wayson Choy and hear him read from The Jade Peony and other selections.
		On May 9, 11 a.m., Wayson Choy drops by one of his old haunts, the Carnegie Reading Room, 401 Main Street, for another author reading.
		Savour the delectable tastes of Chinatown while feasting on stories from the author's life as told by his friends, people from his past, and from Wayson Choy himself.
	www.vpl.vancouver.bc.ca /MDC/news02/wayson.html (500 words)

	GungHaggisFatChoy :: Wayson Choy at Vancouver Writer's Festival (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Wayson Choy appears at the Vancouver International Writers and Readers Festival for two events.
		Tonight’s event was a graceful conversation between writers Wayson Choy and Isabel Huggan.
		Wayson discussed the nature of drawing out the truth, and the variations of truths, when contexted in memory, as the truth is often different for individuals as their realities are most often always perceived differently.
	www.gunghaggisfatchoy.com /blog/_archives/2004/10/24/165958.html (1232 words)

	Moviefone: Wayson Choy Movie
		The NY Times review of Wayson Choy, a film starring and.
		Wayson Choy movie trailer, showtimes, tickets and reader reviews are also available.
		I recently sat down with Wayson Choy to talk about his latest work, as well as a number of...
	movies.aol.com /movie/main.adp?mid=1191574 (249 words)

	Mr. Wayson Choy Lecture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Choy has spent much of his life engaged in teaching and writing in Toronto.
		Choy is presently writing the sequel to his best selling book,
		Includes announcement of a reading by Wayson Choy in Vancouver in May 1998.
	psg.com /~ted/vaninst/VbChoy.html (173 words)

	Wayson Choy, Contributor - Banff Centre Press
		Wayson Choy was born in Vancouver and was the first Chinese person to enroll in the University of British Columbia's creative writing course.
		He moved to Toronto and, since 1967, has been a professor at Humber College and a faculty member of the Humber School for Writers.
		His award-winning works include The Jade Peony (Douglas and McIntyre 1995), which was co-winner of the Trillium Book Award, and Paper Shadows: A Chinatown Childhood (Penguin 1999), which was short-listed for both the Governor General's Literary Award for non-fiction and the Drainie-Taylor Biography Prize, and won the Edna Staebler Creative Non-Fiction Award.
	www.banffcentre.ca /press/contributors/abc/choy_w (99 words)

	Media Release: FEBRUARY WRITERS’ CIRCLE TO FEATURE WAYSON CHOY AND DON SEDGWICK - Humber College Institute of ...
		– Best-selling Canadian author Wayson Choy and Don Sedgwick, President, Transatlantic Literary Agency, will be featured at the upcoming Writers’ Circle session being held at 10:00 a.m.
		Wayson Choy is the author of the critically-acclaimed The Jade Peony and the equally admired Paper Shadows.
		J is located at the Lakeshore Campus, south of Lake Shore Blvd. West on Colonel Samuel Smith Park Drive (foot of Kipling Avenue).
	www.humber.ca /releases/050124.htm (272 words)

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