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Allan Cho

2020-09-28T14:34:48Z

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== Allan Cho ==

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Born and raised in Vancouver, Allan Cho is Canadian of Chinese heritage, whose research interests are in Asian Canadian history and culture. Allan has been involved in several community organizations including the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society, Vancouver Asian Film Festival, Chinese Canadian Historical Society of British Columbia, the Roedde House Museum, and the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. After the sudden passing of his friend and mentor, [https://www.asiancanadianwiki.org/w/Jim_Wong_Chu Jim Wong-Chu] in 2017, Allan has assumed the interim role of Executive Director of the [http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop], Festival Director of [http://www.literasian.com LiterASIAN Writers Festival], and Editor-in-Chief of [http://www.ricepapermagazine.ca ''Ricepaper Magazine''].

Allan has published his work in the ''Georgie Straight'', ''Ricepaper Magazine'', ''Diverse Magazine'', and short stories in the anthologies ''The Strangers and Eating Stories', A Chinese Canadian & Aboriginal Potluck''. Having discovered in his genealogical research that his great-great-grandfather had arrived in Vancouver on [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-china-1885-1949/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=28520& March 11, 1899] at age 30 and great-grandfather in Vancouver on [https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/immigration/immigration-records/immigrants-china-1885-1949/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=70544& April 12, 1912] at age 24, Allan is currently working on a book project on the transnational journey of his family within the context of global migration in the 19th and 20th centuries. During the day when he is at work, he is an academic librarian at the University of British Columbia [http://directory.library.ubc.ca/people/view/716 Library], where he specializes in research support for the Digital Humanities and Asian Studies, and manages UBC Library' Research Commons. He maintains [http://www.allancho.com/ Allan's Catalogue].

=Community Contributions=
He has served on the Board of the Chinese Canadian Historical Society and the Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society. In addition to being the Executive Director of the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop, he is a published writer and nurtures youth writers through the national Ricepaper Magazine which recently has morphed into a more dynamic digital publication. Allan spearheads the annual LiterASIAN festival, which is the only Asian Canadian Writers’ Festival in North America. He consults on a variety of projects, and one called the Early Hong Kong-Canada Connections: An Exhibition-Oriented research Project to Uncover Historical Facts and Artefacts on Chinese Migration to the "New Gold Mountain" of Canada. He volunteers in the museum sector, serving as a tour docent at the [http://vancouverchinesegarden.com/ Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden] and at the [https://www.roeddehouse.org/website/index.php/en/ Roedde House Museum].

==Bibliography==

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JF Garrard

2020-09-28T14:33:53Z

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==JF Garrard==

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J F Garrard is a Chinese Canadian editor, novelist, writer of speculative fiction and founder of [http://www.darkhelixpress.com Dark Helix Press], an indie publisher that specializes in multicultural fantasy, science fiction, and “raw non-fiction.” She is interested in increasing awareness of diversity issues and breaking down cultural stereotypes through her dark stories. Garrard was born in Toronto and earned a bachelor degree in Nuclear medicine (University of Toronto) prior to earning an MBA in Marketing and Strategy at York University. She is currently working on a Creative Writing certificate from Ryerson University.

Garrard currently serves as the Co-President of the [http://www.canauthorstoronto.org/ Canadian Authors Association's Toronto Branch], Deputy Editor for [http://www.ricepapermagazine.ca/ Ricepaper Magazine], Editor in chief for the [http://www.darkhelixpress.com/ezine/ Dark Helix Ezine], and Assistant Editor for [https://amazingstories.com/ Amazing Stories Magazine]. For the [http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/ Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop] she works as a Festival Coordinator for the annual [https://literasian.com/toronto/ LiterASIAN Toronto], an extension of the existing LiterASIAN festival in Vancouver which celebrates the best in Asian Canadian arts. She organizes many events for writers and editors on behalf of both the Canadian Authors Association and Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop.

'''Short Fiction'''

• "The Blue Son", Winner of Channillo Short Story Contest (2020)
• “The Intruder”, Strange Constellations, Asterism Press (2019)
• “The Curse”, Brave New Girls: Adventures of Gals and Gizmos anthology (2019)
• “The Metamorphosis of Nova”, Blood Is Thicker: An Anthology of Twisted
Family Traditions, Iguana Books (2018)
• “The Perfect Husband”, We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Two Centuries On, Renaissance Press (2018)
• “My Girl”, Sirens Call Publications’ E-zine Issue 37 Women In Horror
Month, Sirens Call Publications (2018)
• “Designing Fate”, Ricepaper (2014)

'''Books'''

• Immersion: An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop & Dark Helix Press (2019) (Editor)
• Currents: A Ricepaper Anthology, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (2017)
• Trump: Utopia or Dystopia Anthology, Dark Helix Press (2017) (Editor)
• Feeding The Kraken!: Parent Tested Recipes To Feed What Some Call
Children!, Dark Helix Press (2016)
• The Literary Elephant, Dark Helix Press (2015)
• The Undead Sorceress, Dark Helix Press (2014)

'''Selected Articles'''

• “Interview with Comedy Legend Margaret Cho”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with Canadian Film Director Sherren Lee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with kawaii entrepreneur Jasmine Mowgen”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Angelic Pretty: Lolita Fashion”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Simu Liu and Tina Jung, Behind the Scenes of Meeting Mommy”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview: FOONYAP, musician, Polaris 2017 Award nominee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Stand Up Man”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Bad Genius”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “INTERVIEW: Simu Liu, Kim’s Convenience Actor”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “The Year Christmas Got Canceled”, Renaissance Press (2017)
• “Save a Life, Stop Being Asian”, Ricepaper (2016)
• “Royalties – JF Garrard Breaks it Down”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “Picking an eBook Distributor”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “How To Make A Book Trailer For Free”, Indie Pubchat (2014)
• “Tips for Running a Crowd Funding Campaign”, Authors Helping Authors (2013)

JF Garrard

2020-09-28T03:21:53Z

Netizen888:

==JF Garrard==

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J F Garrard is a Chinese Canadian editor, novelist, writer of speculative fiction and founder of [http://www.darkhelixpress.com Dark Helix Press], an indie publisher that specializes in multicultural fantasy, science fiction, and “raw non-fiction.” She is interested in increasing awareness of diversity issues and breaking down cultural stereotypes through her dark stories. Garrard was born in Toronto and earned a bachelor degree in Nuclear medicine (University of Toronto) prior to earning an MBA in Marketing and Strategy at York University. She is currently working on a Creative Writing certificate from Ryerson University.

Garrard currently serves as the Co-President of the [http://www.canauthorstoronto.org/ Canadian Authors Association's Toronto Branch], Deputy Editor for [http://www.ricepapermagazine.ca/ Ricepaper Magazine], Editor in chief for the [http://www.darkhelixpress.com/ezine/ Dark Helix Ezine], and Assistant Editor for [https://amazingstories.com/ Amazing Stories Magazine]. For the [http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/ Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop] she works as a Festival Coordinator for the annual [https://literasian.com/toronto/ LiterASIAN Toronto], an extension of the existing LiterASIAN festival in Vancouver which celebrates the best in Asian Canadian arts. She organizes many events for writers and editors on behalf of both the Canadian Authors Association and Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop.

'''Short Fiction'''

• "The Blue Son", Winner of Channillo Short Story Contest (2020)
• “The Intruder”, Strange Constellations, Asterism Press (2019)
• “The Curse”, Brave New Girls: Adventures of Gals and Gizmos anthology (2019)
• “The Metamorphosis of Nova”, Blood Is Thicker: An Anthology of Twisted
Family Traditions, Iguana Books (2018)
• “The Perfect Husband”, We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Two Centuries On, Renaissance Press (2018)
• “My Girl”, Sirens Call Publications’ E-zine Issue 37 Women In Horror
Month, Sirens Call Publications (2018)
• “Designing Fate”, Ricepaper (2014)

'''Books'''

• Immersion: An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop & Dark Helix Press (2019) (Editor)
• Currents: A Ricepaper Anthology, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (2017)
• Trump: Utopia or Dystopia Anthology, Dark Helix Press (2017) (Editor)
• Feeding The Kraken!: Parent Tested Recipes To Feed What Some Call
Children!, Dark Helix Press (2016)
• The Literary Elephant, Dark Helix Press (2015)
• The Undead Sorceress, Dark Helix Press (2014)

'''Selected Articles'''

• “Interview with Comedy Legend Margaret Cho”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with Canadian Film Director Sherren Lee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with kawaii entrepreneur Jasmine Mowgen”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Angelic Pretty: Lolita Fashion”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Simu Liu and Tina Jung, Behind the Scenes of Meeting Mommy”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview: FOONYAP, musician, Polaris 2017 Award nominee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Stand Up Man”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Bad Genius”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “INTERVIEW: Simu Liu, Kim’s Convenience Actor”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “The Year Christmas Got Canceled”, Renaissance Press (2017)
• “Save a Life, Stop Being Asian”, Ricepaper (2016)
• “Royalties – JF Garrard Breaks it Down”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “Picking an eBook Distributor”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “How To Make A Book Trailer For Free”, Indie Pubchat (2014)
• “Tips for Running a Crowd Funding Campaign”, Authors Helping Authors (2013)

JF Garrard

2019-09-23T02:20:58Z

Netizen888:

==JF Garrard==

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J F Garrard is a Chinese Canadian editor, novelist, writer of speculative fiction and founder of [http://www.darkhelixpress.com Dark Helix Press], an indie publisher that specializes in multicultural fantasy, science fiction, and “raw non-fiction.” She is interested in increasing awareness of diversity issues and breaking down cultural stereotypes through her dark stories. Garrard was born in Toronto and earned a bachelor degree in Nuclear medicine (University of Toronto) prior to earning an MBA in Marketing and Strategy at York University. She is currently working on a Creative Writing certificate from Ryerson University.

Garrard currently serves as the Co-President of the [http://www.canauthorstoronto.org/ Canadian Authors Association's Toronto Branch], Deputy Editor for [http://www.ricepapermagazine.ca/ Ricepaper Magazine], Editor in chief for the [http://www.darkhelixpress.com/ezine/ Dark Helix Ezine], and Assistant Editor for [https://amazingstories.com/ Amazing Stories Magazine]. For the [http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/ Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop] she works as a Festival Coordinator for the annual [https://literasian.com/toronto/ LiterASIAN Toronto], an extension of the existing LiterASIAN festival in Vancouver which celebrates the best in Asian Canadian arts. She organizes many events for writers and editors on behalf of both the Canadian Authors Association and Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop.

'''Short Fiction'''

• “The Intruder”, Strange Constellations, Asterism Press (forthcoming 2019)
• “The Curse”, Brave New Girls: Adventures of Gals and Gizmos anthology (2019)
• “The Metamorphosis of Nova”, Blood Is Thicker: An Anthology of Twisted
Family Traditions, Iguana Books (2018)
• “The Perfect Husband”, We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Two Centuries On, Renaissance Press (2018)
• “My Girl”, Sirens Call Publications’ E-zine Issue 37 Women In Horror
Month, Sirens Call Publications (2018)
• “Designing Fate”, Ricepaper (2014)

'''Books'''

• Immersion: An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop & Dark Helix Press (2019) (Editor)
• Currents: A Ricepaper Anthology, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (2017)
• Trump: Utopia or Dystopia Anthology, Dark Helix Press (2017) (Editor)
• Feeding The Kraken!: Parent Tested Recipes To Feed What Some Call
Children!, Dark Helix Press (2016)
• The Literary Elephant, Dark Helix Press (2015)
• The Undead Sorceress, Dark Helix Press (2014)

'''Selected Articles'''

• “Interview with Comedy Legend Margaret Cho”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with Canadian Film Director Sherren Lee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with kawaii entrepreneur Jasmine Mowgen”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Angelic Pretty: Lolita Fashion”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Simu Liu and Tina Jung, Behind the Scenes of Meeting Mommy”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview: FOONYAP, musician, Polaris 2017 Award nominee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Stand Up Man”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Bad Genius”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “INTERVIEW: Simu Liu, Kim’s Convenience Actor”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “The Year Christmas Got Canceled”, Renaissance Press (2017)
• “Save a Life, Stop Being Asian”, Ricepaper (2016)
• “Royalties – JF Garrard Breaks it Down”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “Picking an eBook Distributor”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “How To Make A Book Trailer For Free”, Indie Pubchat (2014)
• “Tips for Running a Crowd Funding Campaign”, Authors Helping Authors (2013)

JF Garrard

2018-11-14T18:18:16Z

Netizen888:

==JF Garrard==

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J F Garrard is a Chinese Canadian editor, novelist, writer of speculative fiction and founder of [http://www.darkhelixpress.com Dark Helix Press], an indie publisher that specializes in multicultural fantasy, science fiction, and “raw non-fiction.” She is interested in increasing awareness of diversity issues and breaking down cultural stereotypes through her dark stories. Garrard was born in Toronto and earned a bachelor degree in Nuclear medicine (University of Toronto) prior to earning an MBA in Marketing and Strategy at York University. She is currently working on a Creative Writing certificate from Ryerson University.

Garrard currently serves as a Senior Editor for [http://www.ricepapermagazine.ca/ Ricepaper Magazine], Editor in chief for the [http://www.darkhelixpress.com/ezine/ Dark Helix Ezine], and Assistant Editor for [https://amazingstories.com/ Amazing Stories Magazine]. For the [http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/ Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop] she works as a Festival Coordinator for the annual [https://literasian.com/toronto/ LiterASIAN Toronto], an extension of the existing LiterASIAN festival in Vancouver which celebrates the best in Asian Canadian arts. Recently she was made Co-President of the [http://www.canauthorstoronto.org/ Canadian Authors Association's Toronto Branch] and organizes events for writers and editors on behalf of the association.

Her latest project is “Immersion: Love, Fantasy, Science” an anthology of speculative fiction stories to be published in the summer of 2019 which she will be editing with fellow Ricepaper Magazine staff Allan Cho and William Tham.

'''Short Fiction'''

• “The Intruder”, Strange Constellations, Asterism Press (forthcoming 2019)
• “The Metamorphosis of Nova”, Blood Is Thicker: An Anthology of Twisted
Family Traditions, Iguana Books (2018)
• “The Perfect Husband”, We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Two Centuries On, Renaissance Press (2018)
• “My Girl”, Sirens Call Publications’ E-zine Issue 37 Women In Horror
Month, Sirens Call Publications (2018)
• “Designing Fate”, Ricepaper (2014)

'''Books'''

• Currents: A Ricepaper Anthology, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (2017)
• Trump: Utopia or Dystopia Anthology, Dark Helix Press (2017) (Editor)
• Feeding The Kraken!: Parent Tested Recipes To Feed What Some Call
Children!, Dark Helix Press (2016)
• The Literary Elephant, Dark Helix Press (2015)
• The Undead Sorceress, Dark Helix Press (2014)

'''Selected Articles'''

• “Interview with Comedy Legend Margaret Cho”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with Canadian Film Director Sherren Lee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with kawaii entrepreneur Jasmine Mowgen”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Angelic Pretty: Lolita Fashion”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Simu Liu and Tina Jung, Behind the Scenes of Meeting Mommy”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview: FOONYAP, musician, Polaris 2017 Award nominee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Stand Up Man”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Bad Genius”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “INTERVIEW: Simu Liu, Kim’s Convenience Actor”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “The Year Christmas Got Canceled”, Renaissance Press (2017)
• “Save a Life, Stop Being Asian”, Ricepaper (2016)
• “Royalties – JF Garrard Breaks it Down”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “Picking an eBook Distributor”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “How To Make A Book Trailer For Free”, Indie Pubchat (2014)
• “Tips for Running a Crowd Funding Campaign”, Authors Helping Authors (2013)

JF Garrard

2018-11-14T18:17:41Z

Netizen888:

==JF Garrard==

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J F Garrard is a Chinese Canadian editor, novelist, writer of speculative fiction and founder of [http://www.darkhelixpress.com Dark Helix Press], an indie publisher that specializes in multicultural fantasy, science fiction, and “raw non-fiction.” She is interested in increasing awareness of diversity issues and breaking down cultural stereotypes through her dark stories. Garrard was born in Toronto and earned a bachelor degree in Nuclear medicine (University of Toronto) prior to earning an MBA in Marketing and Strategy at York University. She is currently working on a Creative Writing certificate from Ryerson University.

Garrard currently serves as a Senior Editor for [http://www.ricepapermagazine.ca/ Ricepaper Magazine], Editor in chief for the [http://www.darkhelixpress.com/ezine/ Dark Helix Ezine], and Assistant Editor for [https://amazingstories.com/ Amazing Stories Magazine]. For the [http://www.asiancanadianwriters.ca/ Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop] she works as a Festival Coordinator for the annual [https://literasian.com/toronto/ LiterASIAN Toronto], an extension of the existing LiterASIAN festival in Vancouver which celebrates the best in Asian Canadian arts. Recently she was made Co-President of the [http://www.canauthorstoronto.org/ Canadian Authors Association's Toronto Branch] and organizes events for writers and editors on behalf of the association.

Her latest project is the r “Immersion: Love, Fantasy, Science” an anthology of speculative fiction stories to be published in the summer of 2019 which she will be editing with fellow Ricepaper Magazine staff Allan Cho and William Tham.

'''Short Fiction'''

• “The Intruder”, Strange Constellations, Asterism Press (forthcoming 2019)
• “The Metamorphosis of Nova”, Blood Is Thicker: An Anthology of Twisted
Family Traditions, Iguana Books (2018)
• “The Perfect Husband”, We Shall Be Monsters: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
Two Centuries On, Renaissance Press (2018)
• “My Girl”, Sirens Call Publications’ E-zine Issue 37 Women In Horror
Month, Sirens Call Publications (2018)
• “Designing Fate”, Ricepaper (2014)

'''Books'''

• Currents: A Ricepaper Anthology, Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop (2017)
• Trump: Utopia or Dystopia Anthology, Dark Helix Press (2017) (Editor)
• Feeding The Kraken!: Parent Tested Recipes To Feed What Some Call
Children!, Dark Helix Press (2016)
• The Literary Elephant, Dark Helix Press (2015)
• The Undead Sorceress, Dark Helix Press (2014)

'''Selected Articles'''

• “Interview with Comedy Legend Margaret Cho”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with Canadian Film Director Sherren Lee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview with kawaii entrepreneur Jasmine Mowgen”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Angelic Pretty: Lolita Fashion”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Simu Liu and Tina Jung, Behind the Scenes of Meeting Mommy”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Interview: FOONYAP, musician, Polaris 2017 Award nominee”, Ricepaper (2018)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Stand Up Man”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “Reel Asian Dispatch: Bad Genius”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “INTERVIEW: Simu Liu, Kim’s Convenience Actor”, Ricepaper (2017)
• “The Year Christmas Got Canceled”, Renaissance Press (2017)
• “Save a Life, Stop Being Asian”, Ricepaper (2016)
• “Royalties – JF Garrard Breaks it Down”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “Picking an eBook Distributor”, Authors Helping Authors (2014)
• “How To Make A Book Trailer For Free”, Indie Pubchat (2014)
• “Tips for Running a Crowd Funding Campaign”, Authors Helping Authors (2013)