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ACWW began the late sixties – early seventies with a handful of community activists turned writers. The earliest publications featured two anthologies: ''Inalienable Rice: A Chinese and Japanese Canadian Anthology'' (1979) and ''West Coast Line: The Asian Canadian and the Arts'' (1981). | ACWW began the late sixties – early seventies with a handful of community activists turned writers. The earliest publications featured two anthologies: ''Inalienable Rice: A Chinese and Japanese Canadian Anthology'' (1979) and ''West Coast Line: The Asian Canadian and the Arts'' (1981). | ||
Founding members began to publish: Paul | Founding members began to publish: [[Paul Yee]]’s ''Teach Me How to Fly Skyfighter'' (1983) ( illustrated by [[Sky Lee]]); [[Jim Wong-Chu]]’s ''Chinatown Ghosts'' (1986); Paul Yee’s ''Curses of Third Uncle'' (1986), Tales of Gold Mountain (1989); SKY Lee’s ''Disappearing Moon Café'' (1993). These pioneers saw the need to form an organization to promote our history and literary culture. The idea of ACWW was born. The seminal ''Many-Mouthed Birds anthology'' (1991) also served to awaken the mainstream to the richness of Chinese Canadian literature. This was followed by:<br><br> | ||
• Denise | • [[Denise Chong]]’s ''Concubine’s Children'' (1994); <br><br> | ||
• Sky Lee’s ''Bellydancer'' (1994); <br><br> | • Sky Lee’s ''Bellydancer'' (1994); <br><br> | ||
• Lydia Kwa ‘s poetry ''The Colours of Heroines'' (1994); <br><br> | • Lydia Kwa ‘s poetry ''The Colours of Heroines'' (1994); <br><br> | ||
• Wayson | • [[Wayson Choy]]’s ''Jade Peony'' (1995) ; <br><br> | ||
• Larrisa | • [[Larrisa Lai]]’s ''When Fox was a Thousand'' (1995) <br><br> | ||
• Thuong Vuong-Riddick’s ground-breaking bilingual poetry, ''Two Shores / Deux Rives'' (1995). <br><br> | • Thuong Vuong-Riddick’s ground-breaking bilingual poetry, ''Two Shores / Deux Rives'' (1995). <br><br> | ||
1995 saw the incorporation of the ACWW as a society. Many of these pioneer writers began to win prizes. <br><br> | 1995 saw the incorporation of the ACWW as a society. Many of these pioneer writers began to win prizes. <br><br> | ||