News

  • CALA 2013 Annual Best Book Award. YALSA Book finder: CALA 2013 Award
  • Launch of co-authored book for Province of BC’s “Celebration BC“, June 11, 2018
  • German Edition Book Launch at 2016 Frankfurt Book Fair, “Flucht zum Goldenen Berg“
  • z672 Seminar on Literature for Youth. Cross-cultural Narratives: Escape to Gold Mountain
    by Lei Davis. April 17, 2014
  • Kevin’s Meandering Mind. Graphic Novel Review: Escape to Gold Mountain. May 23, 2014
  • The Source. Vancouver Graphic Novelist featured at ExplorAsian, by Francine Sole-Mauri. April 29, 2014
  • University of Miami. “Origins and Influence Commemorates Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage” by Sarah Block, Library Communications.  April 11, 2014
  • Ethnocultural Art Histories Research. “Looking at American Lynching Photographs: Canadian Perspectives”  Judith A. Nicholson. Department of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University.  January 6, 2014
  • Project Muse. ”Illustrating Racism: Challenging Canada’s Racial Amnesia with Comics“. by Sean Carleton. Histoire sociale/Social history, Volume 46, Number 92, Novembre/November 2013, pp. 509-522 (Article) November, 2013
  • Vancouver Courier. Graphic novels and storytelling explored at inaugural literASIAN: A Festival of Pacific Rim Asian Canadian Writing. November 19, 2013
  • Plain Language Association International. “How I Completely Changed My Mind”.Plain 2013. November 4, 2013
  • Northwest Asian Weekly. “Stories from a second home“. Vol 32 No 32 | August 3 – August 9, 2013
  • Geek Dad. “Serious Comics, Part 7: Making History“. August 5, 2013
  • APALA (Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association). Author interview. Volume 31:3 Spring 2013 (pages 8 – 9)
  • The Tyee. “Escape to Gold Mountain: an Immigrant story“. July 6, 2013
  • Seattle Times Pacific Northwest Magazine. “ Next generations tell the buried tales of Chinese Northwesterners. June 21, 2013
  • Cumberland Echo. ”Cumberland Museum presents author David Wong“. June 18, 2013
  • Chinese American Forum Magazine. “A Graphic History“. Volume XXVIII – No. 4 (112th issue) April 2013
  • The Coastal Spectator. “Wong’s ambitious journey in Escape to Gold Mountain“. March 18, 2013
  • Quill and Quire. “Review of Escape to Gold Mountain“. February, 2013
  • British Columbian Quarterly. “Book review: Escape to Gold Mountain“. February, 2013
  • Bookslut.  ”Graphic in Nature“. January, 2013
  • CM Magazine. “Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America. “ CM Volume XIX  No. 18. January 11, 2013
  • Journal of UBC Science. “Green architect, friend of frogs, awarded Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal“. Synergy Issue 2, 2012 (page 22)
  • Georgia Straight. “10 Books Worth Reading“. December 31, 2012
  • AsianAmLitFans. “David H.T. Wong’s Escape to Gold Mountain“. December 29, 2012
  • Schema Magazine. “Chinese Canadian History Gets the Comic Book Treatment“. December 22, 2012
  • Vancouver is Awesome – Holiday Lit List : “Escape to Gold Mountain”. December 20, 2012
  • Huffington Post (BC) “(BC NDP Leader) Adrian Dix Christmas Book List: Happy Reading!” December 20, 2012
  • Janie’s Blog “Author interview: David Wong“. December 15, 2012
  • Smithsonian BookDragon “ Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America by David H.T. Wong“. November 30, 2012
  • CBC Radio One – North by Northwest: Feature interview with David H.T. Wong “ Podcast (starts at minute 29:22)“. November 23, 2012
  • CBC Radio One – North by Northwest: Feature interview with David H.T. Wong ” November 23, 2012
  • BC Bookworld ” From Cruelty to Apology” (PDF) Winter 2012 Issue (Volume 26 no. 4)
  • Milwaukee Journal Sentinel - “Books for gift giving: Graphic Novels, Comics and Nonfiction“. November 21, 2012
  • Gung Haggis Fat Choy - David Wong book launch for “Escape to Gold Mountain”. November 19, 2012
  • Asian Canadian Writers Workshop Society – “Escape to Gold Mountain Book Launch“. November 18, 2012
  • Asian Review of Books – “Children’s fiction: Escape to Gold Mountain by David H.T. Wong“. November 13, 2012
  • Broken Frontier - Exploring the Comic Universe: “Escape to Gold Mountain Review“. November 13, 2012
  • Portland State University – Vanguard: “A Life in Pictures“. November 9, 2012
  • San Francisco Bay Guardian ‘The comic formerly known as “The Iron Chink”. November 8, 2012
  • Vancouver is Awesome ‘Read All Over: David H.T. Wong‘. November 7, 2012
  • Ann’s Reading Blog – ‘Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America‘. October 31, 2012
  • BlogCritics.org ‘Graphic Novel Review: Escape to Gold Mountain: A Graphic History of the Chinese in North America‘. October 29, 2012
  • Huffington Post ‘My Journey From Blue Crayon Scribbles To Published Graphic Novel‘. October 23, 2012
  • Georgia Straight ‘David H. T. Wong illustrates Chinese history in North America with Escape to Gold Mountain‘. October 17, 2012
  • Weird Westerns ‘Escape To Gold Mountain: Graphic Novel Review‘. October 16, 2012
  • 45th Parallel Communications ‘Graphic novelist David H.T. Wong goes on tour‘. October 15, 2012
  • Nerdy Book Club ‘Inspiration by David H. T. Wong‘. October 15, 2012
  • CBC’s George Stroumboulopoulos ‘Turn over a New Leaf: Some Books to Kick of the School Year Right‘. September 3, 2012
  • AA Limelight ‘David H. T. Wong, author of Escape to Gold Mountain‘. September 3, 2012