Storytelling and personal narrative are how we connect and form an even deeper understanding of ourselves as individuals. Based in Vancouver, she combines her sense of humour and fearless writing style to share her experiences in both her own writing and with aspiring writers via editing and workshops. She holds a BFA in creative writing from the University of British Columbia and an MFA in literary nonfiction from Columbia University. Lindsay Wong is the best-selling, award-winning author of the memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug-Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family, which won the 2019 Hubert-Evans Prize for Nonfiction, was a finalist for the 2018 Hilary Weston Prize for Nonfiction and was defended by Joe Zee on Canada Reads 2019. Wong will work with students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public from September to December 2020. Lindsay Wong is the newest Writer-In-Residence at The Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture (CCWOC) at the University of Manitoba.
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