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Ann Y.K. Choi

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Author & Educator at Simon & Schuster Canada, Orca Book Publishers & YRDSB, UofT SCS | Korean Canadian I coffee & fonts (garamond) | annykchoi.com

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Looking forward to this event!

26.01.2026 19:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Friends our holiday sale is running from now until Dec 15th. All our titles are 30% off and we're offering free shipping on orders over $50. I know we have brilliant books, sure to please the readers on your gift giving list, or for you to enjoy! www.wolsakandwynn.ca

28.11.2025 20:29 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

Thank you so much @janetsomerville.bsky.social β€οΈπŸ“š

30.11.2025 18:11 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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My #HistoricalFiction roundup includes titles by 4 Canadian women novelists: Donna Jones Alward, @annykchoi.bsky.social, @cestima.bsky.social & Natalie Jenner.

Find your next fab read among them. #ReadWomen #Kafka #Austen #Titanic #Korea #1920s

29.11.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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JOIN US FOR AN AUTHOR SOCIAL WITH ANN Y.K. CHOI AND SAAD OMAR KHAN | Flying Books

Join me and @annykchoi.bsky.social for an Author Social at Flying Books at Neverland (371 Queen Street West) on November 26 (6:30pm). Would love to see you there! flyingbooks.ca/events/39313...

05.11.2025 02:19 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Wonderful to see Oct's full Harvest Moon during Chuseok, Korean Thanksgiving/autumn harvest celebrations (Oct 6-8, 2025). My family and I practice gratitude, honour our ancestors, and engage in self-reflection. πŸŒ•πŸ‚ #Chuseok #KoreanHeritage #HarvestMoon #Korean #KoreanCanadian

07.10.2025 02:32 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Started teaching a new Intro to Novel Writing class at @uoftscs.bsky.social. We explored what a strong opening paragraph might look like. One of my favourites is from Miriam Toews' A Complicated Kindness. It immediately draws readers in with its tone & narrative voice. #WritingFiction

01.10.2025 17:35 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight's moon - first quarter

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

30.09.2025 04:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight's moon - waxing crescent

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

29.09.2025 03:34 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Do you want to write a novel but don't know how to get started? In this @uoftscs.bsky.social writing course, there are no grades - just a lot feedback from me & your peers to help shape the story you want to tell. Plus, the intro to novel writing class is online.
learn.utoronto.ca/programs-cou...

25.09.2025 03:16 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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I had such a wonderful time being interviewed by Jean Marc Ah Sen for The Toronto Star πŸ“šπŸŽ‰ www.thestar.com/entertainmen...

21.09.2025 15:54 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How the Moon is making days longer on Earth Billions of years ago the average Earth day lasted less than 13 hours and it is continuing to lengthen. The reason lies in our relationship to the Moon.

"The Moon is edging away at a rate of 1.5 inches (3.8cm) every year. And as it does so, our days are getting ever so slightly longer." www.bbc.com/future/artic...

19.09.2025 02:27 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Congratulations Danila!

19.09.2025 02:22 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight's moon is gorgeous.

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

10.09.2025 01:42 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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We're thrilled to share that Tom King is Indigo’s AUTHOR OF THE MONTH for September!

09.09.2025 19:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for emerging BIPOC writers in Canada: an opportunity to work with Lindsay Wong Arsenal Pulp Press is a book publisher in Vancouver, Canada with over 300 titles currently in print, which include literary fiction and nonfiction; cultural and gender studies; LGBT and multicultural ...

Call for Submissions: @arsenalpulp.bsky.social's BIPOC mentorship program. An opportunity for emerging BIPOC writers to work with Lindsey Wong! arsenalpulp.com/News/2025/CA...

03.09.2025 22:26 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 8 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

There's still time to meet your 2025 personal and professional goals! Here are 10 ways the U of T School of Continuing Studies can help: ow.ly/1i8750WS3hc

09.09.2025 00:21 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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The Majesty of Sign Languages: Butterfly on the Wind Join Adam Pottle for a powerful and immersive Main Stage experience. Before bringing the story Butterfly on the Wind to life in American Sign Language, Pottle will guide the audience through a brief a...

On October 4th, I’m going to be at the Telling Tales Festival in Burlington, Ontario performing BUTTERFLY ON THE WIND! I hope to see a lot of people there!πŸ€ŸπŸΌπŸ¦‹

tellingtales.org/presentation...

07.09.2025 17:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Tonight's full moon, nicknamed the corn moon.

(Photo taken on my Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra)

08.09.2025 04:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Toronto Book Awards honour books of literary merit that are evocative of Toronto. Check out the 2025 shortlisted titles
www.torontopubliclibrary.ca/tba/

03.09.2025 03:10 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! Grateful to UofT SCS for helping to jumpstart my writing career!

03.09.2025 01:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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My new novel, #AllThingsUndertheMoon, was released today!

Na-Young, my protagonist, was inspired by my great-grandmother. I hope you enjoy her story.

A huge thanks to my incredible team at @simonschusterca.bsky.social and my agent Jackie Kaiser at @westwoodcreative.bsky.social ❀️

02.09.2025 21:36 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Richard Van Camp on his novel, The Lesser Blessed I remember the day I held my author’s copy ofΒ The Lesser Blessed in my hands. 1996. Victoria student housing. Rain. There were 117 pages of Larry Sole’s confession. There were the last five years of m...

One of the novels on Alberta's banned book list is The Lesser Blessed by @richardvancamp.bsky.social. We've shared some of Richard's words about what this book has meant to him, and we hope that they will be cause for reflection about what is going on in the province.

30.08.2025 01:33 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Sabyasachi Nag's writing is beautiful. Excited for this new book.

29.08.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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45 Canadian nonfiction books to read this fall | CBC Books Check out these Canadian nonfiction titles coming out in fall 2025.

CBC Books: 45 Canadian nonfiction books to read this fall #CanLit
www.cbc.ca/books/45-can...

28.08.2025 14:20 πŸ‘ 7 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Q&A with Ann Y. K. Choi Ann Y. K. Choi is a Toronto-based author and educator. Her novel,Β Kay’s Lucky Coin Variety, was shortlisted for the Toronto Book Award. She teaches creative writing at the University of Toronto, Sc…

My first interview for All Things Under the Moon! Thanks Victoria Festival of Authors for the chance to share why I wrote this new novel and more ❀️ victoriafestivalofauthors.ca/2025/08/18/q...
#AllThingsUnderTheMoon
@westwoodcreative.bsky.social

26.08.2025 00:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Dispatches from the Submissions Process by Leah Duarte I’ve been submitting my work again. After two years where my focus was on writing, then editing, my own manuscript as well as the WiT Forest Floor anthology, I was accepted into a po…

"Dispatches from the Submission Process" by Leah Duarte writersintrees.com/2025/08/05/d...

#Writing #WritingCommunity #WritingAdvice #WritingTips #WritingProcess

24.08.2025 03:41 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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About choa Β is an independent online platform devoted to recognizing, examining, and understanding the nuances and complexities of the Korean female diasporic experiences. Bringing together the voices of...

choa | α„Žα…©α„‹α…‘ Magazine is an online platform sharing diverse voices of the #Korean female diaspora www.choamagazine.com/about.html

24.08.2025 02:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It's the second-to-last weekend to submit to our 2025 Fiction Contest!

22.08.2025 16:15 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
5-star review of Apparitions saying β€œThis is not just a book. It''s an eye opening journey into the internal thoughts and experiences of the main character who is non hearing. He is deaf and has been Severely Abused. The author does an excellent job guiding the reader through the eyes and hands of the main character. The writing flows like a poem. The book will make you sad, happy, shameful (for not knowing more about this community), hopeful, afraid. No hearing person could write a book like this. Indeed the author is non hearing (I looked it up) There are hard parts in the book. Severe abuse, sex etc., but there is a strong story of growth as well. The book prize people must have been sleeping when this book was published.”

5-star review of Apparitions saying β€œThis is not just a book. It''s an eye opening journey into the internal thoughts and experiences of the main character who is non hearing. He is deaf and has been Severely Abused. The author does an excellent job guiding the reader through the eyes and hands of the main character. The writing flows like a poem. The book will make you sad, happy, shameful (for not knowing more about this community), hopeful, afraid. No hearing person could write a book like this. Indeed the author is non hearing (I looked it up) There are hard parts in the book. Severe abuse, sex etc., but there is a strong story of growth as well. The book prize people must have been sleeping when this book was published.”

Review of APPARITIONS. I wholeheartedly agree, especially with that last bit. A lot of people have slept on this book, dismissing it because it’s written by a Deaf author and features Deaf characters. I’ll keep promoting it until it gets the attention it deserves.

22.08.2025 18:56 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0