Jia Qing Wilson-Yang
Jia Qing Wilson-Yang | |
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Language | English |
Nationality | Canadian |
Alma mater | York University[1] |
Notable works | Small Beauty |
Notable awards | Dayne Ogilvie Prize |
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Jia Qing Wilson-Yang is a Canadian writer and musician. Her debut novel Small Beauty was published in 2016.[2]
She was awarded an honour of distinction from the Dayne Ogilvie Prize in 2016,[3][4] and won the Lambda Literary Award for Transgender Fiction at the 29th Lambda Literary Awards in 2017.[5] Her writing has also appeared in the anthologies Bound to Struggle: Where Kink and Radical Politics Meet and Letters Lived: Radical Reflections, Revolutionary Paths, and in the literary magazine Room.[6]
Wilson-Yang was a member of the Guelph-based Burnt Oak collective and record label.[7][8] She co-founded the group in 2005 with Ryan Newell and Brad MacInerny.[8][7] In 2007 she released May All Yr Children Be Dragons which featured songs written while living in Beijing learning Mandarin.[7] The same year Wilson-Yang released the split EP Hands and Feats with Burnt Oak member Richard Laviolette.[9] They supported the release with a seven-week tour of the United States and Canada.[9]
Discography
- may all yr children be dragons (2007)
- Hands and Feats (with Richard Laviolette) (2007)
- changes of state (2008)
- Eleven Songs (2009)
- eight steps in the recent moves of (2013)
References
- ^ "Jiaqing Wilson Yang". ryerson.ca. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "‘Small Beauty’ by Jia Qing Wilson-Yang" Archived 2016-11-28 at the Wayback Machine. The Winnipeg Review, July 18, 2016.
- ^ "Horlick wins writing prize". Ottawa Citizen, June 8, 2016.
- ^ "Writers & Books | Writers' Trust of Canada". Writers & Books | Writers' Trust of Canada. Archived from the original on 2019-11-28. Retrieved 2019-11-28.
- ^ "29th Annual Lambda Literary Award winners announced" Archived 2018-06-10 at the Wayback Machine. LGBT Weekly, June 13, 2017.
- ^ "“To Reflect and Refract the World Around Us”: An Interview with Jia Qing Wilson-Yang" Archived 2017-08-21 at the Wayback Machine. Plenitude, April 6, 2016.
- ^ a b c Raham, Lauren (25 September 2007). "Laviolette takes a chance, makes friends and music". The Queen's Journal. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b Khanna, Vish (26 November 2007). "Burnt Oak Records". Exclaim!. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
- ^ a b "Richard A. Laviolette". Wall-Custance Funeral Home & Chapel. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
External links
- Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived October 5, 2016)
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