Zoë S. Roy, born in China and an ardent reader even during the Cultural Revolution, channels her passion for women’s cross-cultural experiences into her literary fiction. She has published four works of fiction with Inanna Publications: the novels Spinster Kang, which was featured at the Toronto International Festival of Authors in 2019, Calls Across the Pacific (2015), The Long March Home (2011), and the short story collection Butterfly Tears (2009). She holds an M.A. in Atlantic Canada Studies from Saint Mary’s University and an M.Ed. in Adult Education from the University of New Brunswick. A former teacher, she is also a member of The Writers’ Union of Canada.
The presentation includes an introduction to the setting, the storyline, and the protagonist, as well as reading parts of one of my novels or stories. The last part is a question-and-answer interaction with the audience.
