Bios
Fiona Tinwei Lam
Fiona Tinwei Lam was born in Paisley, Scotland, and emigrated to Vancouver with her family when she was four years old.
Her first book of poetry, Intimate Distances, was a finalist for the City of Vancouver Book Award, and she published a second book of poetry, Enter the Chrysanthemum, in 2009. Fiona is also a co-editor of and contributor to the literary non-fiction anthology, Double Lives, published by McGill-Queen's University Press.
Last year, Fiona's work was selected for The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2010. She edited The Bright Well, a collection of contemporary Canadian poetry about facing cancer published by Leaf Press in 2011, and Oolichan Books will be publishing The Rainbow Rocket, her first book for children, in 2012.
Reporting Beat: Tyee Books and Life
Website: www.fionalam.net
Stories by Fiona Tinwei Lam
Christmas and Cancer
Grieving for my father each December, I found solace in the gift of poetry.
For All the Targeted Women
Notes, and poems, on the anniversary of the Montreal Massacre.
Poetry for Remembrance
Words shape how we remember war, and the right ones heal. Plus, a poem for today.
'Eating Dirt'
After 20 years of tree-planting, Charlotte Gill was ready to sprout a book as complex and crystalline as the forest itself.
For All the World's Ground Zeroes, Poetry
When the towers fell, St. Paul's Chapel was a nearby refuge. Ten years later, I paid my tribute there with other Canadian poets.
Madeleine Thien on Making Fragments Whole
The author of 'Dogs at the Perimeter' on genocide, its aftermath, and fiction's unique fire. A Tyee interview.
Did He Lie, Mom?
Talking to my son about the scandal over Greg Mortenson's 'Three Cups of Tea'.
Father's Day: Its Origin, Its Meaning
Born of a mining disaster, a day to savour tenderness, or mourn its loss.
Music as Path out of Poverty
Why are we stingy with children's musical education? A miraculous program from Venezuela strikes a chord of hope that could resonate powerfully here.
Mother's Day's Radical Roots
The mom who started it all worked for peace and community activism, saying a firm no to commercialization.
The Hole in the Middle: Gambling, Families and Politicians
Financial wreckage caused by gambling addicts hurts spouses, kids. Why does our government bet on more sad losers?
'Everything Was Good-bye,' a Canadian Romeo and Juliet
BC Book Prize winner Gurjinder Basran on constricted girlhood, arranged marriage, a mother's pride and more.
Education Without Barriers: The 'Hum' Success Story
In Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, students bring rich perspectives to the study of university-level humanities.
Go Ahead, Write a Love Poem
To anyone, or anything. You don't have to be in a blissful relationship to celebrate life.
Fear of Ghosts: Vancouver's Hospice Uproar
Instead of demonizing some Chinese immigrants for how they conceive of death, let's take this opportunity to face mortality together.
My Chinese Mother Was No 'Tiger,' and Yet...
Stepping into the furor stirred by Amy Chua's 'Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother.'
Fifty Drops at a Time
Reflections of a contributor to 'Walk Myself Home: An Anthology to End Violence Against Women.'
For Evelyn Lau, Poetry Is Life and Death
The author of 'Living Under Plastic' talks about mortality and confessional writing. And shares a poem.
Amber Dawn's Sex Worker Underworld
The author of 'Sub Rosa' on empowering the sexually exploited, speculative fiction, Evelyn Lau as hero, and more.
Moving Words: How Poetry Got on the Bus
BC's Poetry in Transit program launches this year's poems for public transit.
Rediscovering Our Parents: Memory and Mystery
Author Judy Fong Bates on the sacrifice of the soul that immigrants make, family mysteries, and going 'home' for the first time.
Discovering the Soul of Chinese New Year
Growing up, the holiday didn't mean much. Now my child helps me see what we're celebrating.
Why is Vancouver So Poetry Shy?
Diary of a random acts of poetry perpetrator.
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