The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family
Notable awards
Hubert Evans Non-Fiction 2019
Website
lindsaywongwriter.com
Lindsay Wong is a Canadian writer, whose memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family was published in 2018.[1] The book, a humorous memoir about her Chinese Canadian family's history of mental illness,[2] won the 2019 Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize[3] and was a shortlisted finalist for the 2019 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction.[4]
Originally from Vancouver, British Columbia,[5] Wong wrote the book while pursuing graduate studies at Columbia University in New York City.[1][6]
The Woo-Woo was selected for the 2019 edition of Canada Reads, where it was defended by Joe Zee,[7] and was longlisted for the 2019 Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal for Humour.[8]
Wong's latest book, Tell Me Pleasant Things About Immortality: Stories, came out in 2023 to great acclaim.[9]
^ ab"Lindsay Wong uses humour to examine her family’s history of mental illness and supernatural beliefs". Toronto Star, October 6, 2018.
^"Why Lindsay Wong wrote a memoir about her family's mental health struggles". CBC Books, January 31, 2019.
^Janis Cleugh, "National praise for The Woo-Woo". The Tri-City News, May 17, 2019.
^"Elizabeth Hay, Terese Marie Mailhot, Lindsay Wong among Weston Prize finalists". Quill & Quire, September 19, 2018.
^"The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family". Quill & Quire, October 2018.
^"Read an excerpt from The Woo-Woo by Lindsay Wong". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. 2019-01-31. Archived from the original on 2022-08-10.
^"Chuck Comeau, Joe Zee, Lisa Ray take on Canada Reads battle of the books". CityNews, January 31, 2019.
^Jane van Koeverden, "Eden Robinson, Rick Mercer & Lindsay Wong longlisted for 2019 Leacock Medal for humour". CBC Books, April 23, 2019.
^"Review | Canadian writer Lindsay Wong's book 'Tell me Pleasant Things About Immortality' features ghosts, demons and the mysterious Deathlily". thestar.com. 2023-02-21. Retrieved 2023-02-24.
LindsayWong is a Canadian writer, whose memoir The Woo-Woo: How I Survived Ice Hockey, Drug Raids, Demons, and My Crazy Chinese Family was published in...
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contacting Wong. As of 2016[update], Pan was incarcerated at the Grand Valley Institution for Women in Kitchener. Wong, previously held in Lindsay, was at...
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steel, aluminum — and snipes at Trump". AP News. Retrieved May 16, 2024. Wong, Edward; Mazzetti, Mark; Nereim, Vivian (October 9, 2023). "U.S. Continues...
Mr. Wong may have given away his rights as a photographer, he did not, and could not, give away Alison's rights. In the lawsuit, which Mr. Wong is also...
He currently stars as Franklin Shepard opposite Daniel Radcliffe and Lindsay Mendez in the first Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim's Merrily We Roll...
Myanmar Institute of Strategic and International Studies (MISIS) Report. p. 8. Wong, John (March 1997). "Why Has Myanmar not Developed Like East Asia?". ASEAN...
Leigh (1993) Nanni Moretti (1994) Mathieu Kassovitz (1995) Joel Coen (1996) Wong Kar-wai (1997) John Boorman (1998) Pedro Almodóvar (1999) Edward Yang (2000)...
before Blade Runner 2049 directed by Luke Scott and co-starring Benedict Wong. From May to September 2017, Thirty Seconds to Mars embarked on a North American...
happening all over the world, and it's accelerating quickly". The Verge. Wong, Matteo (December 11, 2023). "Science Is Becoming Less Human". The Atlantic...
Wong Tung Jim, A.S.C. (Chinese: 黃宗霑; August 28, 1899 – July 12, 1976), known professionally as James Wong Howe (Houghto), was a Chinese-born American...
star Asia Argento". Fox News. May 16, 2017. Retrieved December 10, 2020. Wong, Brittany (May 17, 2017). "Anthony Bourdain And Girlfriend Asia Argento Make...
46 (12): 1081–7. doi:10.1007/s001010050510. PMID 9451493. S2CID 36323023. Wong JJ, Lee JH, Turner DA, Rehder KJ (August 2014). "A review of the use of adjunctive...
April 2014. "Artists – Artists Against Racism". Retrieved 25 April 2019. Wong, Curtis M. (14 November 2018). "Céline Dion Launches a Gender-Neutral Clothing...
feels busier. This is evidenced by the scenes in the wayang kulit and wayang wong performances such as scenes of war and marching that accompanied by slendro...
(Ted) Kerry King (Coretta) King Jr. La Follette La Guardia Lewis Lincoln Lindsay Madison Markey McCarthy McGovern Milk Mondale Murphy Murray Nelson Newsom...
HuffPost. Archived from the original on May 5, 2021. Retrieved June 26, 2021. Wong, Julia Carrie (September 10, 2020). "'Rumors spread like wildfire': false...
Matthew Meyer Kirsten Lodal, Brian Kreiter Benjamin Shuldiner Peyton Manning Lindsay Hyde Ocean Robbins Jennifer Staple Tad Skylar Agoglia Brittany Bergquist...
were released by Rolling Thunder Pictures: Chungking Express (1994, dir. Wong Kar-wai), Switchblade Sisters (1975, dir. Jack Hill), Sonatine (1993, dir...
Debra Monk, Joanna Gleason, Maria Friedman, Mark Jacoby, Len Cariou, BD Wong, Claybourne Elder, Alexander Hanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Raúl Esparza,...
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