Leslie Shimotakahara

Writer, reader, winner of the Canada-Japan Literary Prize. My new novel SISTERS OF THE SPRUCE will be published in March 2024.

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Had a fabulous time at the Kingston Writers Festival on a panel called "The Unremembered Past," with the wise, irrepressible Marina Nemat and our skillful moderator, Mitch Teich! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @WritersFestYGK

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Had a wonderful time at LiterASIAN! It was a delight to read from THE BREAKWATER while sharing the stage with Wiley Wei-Chiun Ho, Chuqiao Yang & Jamie Chai Yun Liew. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @literASIAN

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Summery weather and a great turnout at Word On The Street yesterday! Enjoyed signing copies of THE BREAKWATER. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @torontoWOTS

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

If you're at Word On The Street this weekend, I'll be signing books at Cormorant's booth! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @torontoWOTS

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Looking forward to this virtual event this Sunday! More info about and registration details for the event can be found here: https://t.co/HG4LNJo3jw @cormorantbooks @TRFNews

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Looking forward to this LiterASIAN event in just a couple weeks! https://t.co/aVMVFxTTdV @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @literASIAN

[Cormorant Books @cormorantbooks]

"Return Trips: A Japanese Canadian Writer Revisits Her Family Past at Vancouver’s Powell Street Festival” by Leslie Shimotakahara
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[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Looking forward to my event about historical fiction with Marina Nemat at the Kingston WritersFest on October 3rd! More info & tickets can be found here: https://t.co/CWz1PwnrEt @WritersFestYGK @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @MarinaNemat

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Thanks Historical Novel Society for this nice ink about my latest novel, THE BREAKWATER! https://t.co/TG5rYbBZgd @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @histnovsoc

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Enjoyed reading from THE BREAKWATER at the Powell Street Festival in Vancouver over the weekend! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @PowellStFest

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Looking forward to reading from THE BREAKWATER at the Powell Street Festival in Vancouver this weekend! My event is on Sunday, August 2nd, 2:00-2:30, at the Vancouver Japanese Language School (487 Alexander Street). @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @PowellStFest

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Warm thanks to The Bookshop 613 for this nice shout-out about THE BREAKWATER! @TRFNews @cormorantbooks https://t.co/wrHzzF3u5O

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

On this week's episode of GET LIT, I enjoyed chatting about my latest novel and its sources of inspiration in family secrets unearthed on a road trip around British Columbia in 1990: https://t.co/ghY4HjjSnp @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @jtennant1020

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Happy to see THE BREAKWATER on this list of the indie books most borrowed from Canadian libraries, along with many other books from my publisher, Cormorant! https://t.co/EBnxMwtIV6 @cormorantbooks @TRFNews

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

A fun literary evening at Flying Books, with Jane Park and Rachel Phan! Warm thanks to Diaspora Dialogues for organizing the event and to Flying Books for hosting it! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @flyingbooks_to

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Had a wonderful time last night at the Drunk Fiction Series! I read from THE BREAKWATER, alongside Alexis Stefanovich-Thomson, Stephanie Wyeld and Ken Murray, whose readings I enjoyed. Plus zingy commentary by host Emily Weedon. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @EmilyWeedon2

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Happy to see this in today's Globe and Mail! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Today is Canadian Independent Bookstore Day! Always happy to discover my novel in one of the many indie bookstores in my neighbourhood, like Another Story Bookshop. @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @AnotherStoryTO #cibd2026

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

It always give me a little moment of delight to see my novel at one of the Toronto Public Library's many branches! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @torontolibrary

[Leslie Shimotakahara @Ex_Lit_Prof]

Warm thanks to everyone who attended the book launch for my new novel, THE BREAKWATER, last night! @cormorantbooks @TRFNews @BenMcNallyBooks