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Author Event - Rachel Phan
2026-11-10 18:00:00 2026-11-10 19:00:00 America/New_York Author Event - Rachel Phan A Community Partner Program. For adults. Registration required. Kingsville - Highline Branch -

Tuesday, November 10
6:00pm - 7:00pm

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A Community Partner Program. For adults. Registration required.

Join author Rachel Phan for a book reading, signing and discussion of Rachel's new book That Asian Girl Is a Problem.  The book is a bold, uncompromising exploration of race, womanhood, belonging, ambition, body image, family, and the pressure many women of colour feel to make themselves smaller in spaces never built for them. With unflinching honesty and deeply personal storytelling, That Asian Girl Is a Problem examines what it means to navigate a world that often asks women, especially racialized women, to be quieter, easier, and less complicated.

Rachel Phan (she/her/hers) is an award-winning and bestselling Chinese Canadian author. A graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University’s Master of Journalism program, she and her work have been featured on CBC, The Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, Toronto Star, Chatelaine, and Maclean’s. Her instant national bestselling book, Restaurant Kid: A Memoir of Family and Belonging, was longlisted for Canada Reads in 2026 and named one of CBC Books’ Best Books of 2025. Her second book, That Asian Girl Is a Problem, will be released in Oct. 2026.

Books will be available for purchase.

AGE GROUP: | Teen | Adult |

EVENT TYPE: | Community Event | Author Event |

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