About

The Korea-Canada Exchange Program: Anthology Project which has invited Korean and Canadian writers such as Yann Martel, Kim Thuy, Kim Ae-ran and Yun Ko-eun to discover the value of transcending borders and explore the common themes of diversity and inclusion. The culmination of this multinational project will be an anthology of eight newly written short stories, available in both Korean and English, to be published in 2025. Join us for a fascinating discussion with two of the contributing authors, Bora Chung, Korean writer and translator whose collection of short stories, Cursed Bunny, was shortlisted for the 2022 International Booker Prize, and Lisa Bird-Wilson, a Saskatchewan Métis and Cree poet, short story writer and novelist whose last novel Probably Ruby, was a finalist for the Governor General’s Literary Award and shortlisted for the Amazon First Novel Award.

Moderator: Roland Gulliver

The exchange program is presented in partnership with WOW Culture Lab, Seoul and KOFICE.

Bora Chung

Bora Chung translates modern literary works from Russian and Polish into Korean and writes generally unrealistic stories. Among her works, Cursed Bunny, a collection of short stories, was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize in 2022 and was a finalist for National Book Awards in 2023.

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Photo credit: Hyeyoung.

Lisa Bird-Wilson

Lisa Bird-Wilson is a Saskatchewan Métis and Cree writer whose work appears in literary magazines, newspapers and anthologies across Canada. Her most recent book, Probably Ruby (2021), is published internationally and was shortlisted for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction, for the Amazon First Novel Award, and won two Saskatchewan Book Awards including Book of the Year.

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