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 explo ration of race\, womanhood\, belonging\, ambition\, body image\, family\, and the pressure many women of colour feel to make themselves smaller in s paces never built for them. With unflinching honesty and deeply personal s torytelling\, That Asian Girl Is a Problem examines what it means to navig ate a world that often asks women\, especially racialized women\, to be qu ieter\, easier\, and less complicated.
\nRachel Phan (she/her/hers) is an award-winning and bestselling Chinese Canadian auth or. A graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University&rsquo\;s Master of Journ alism program\, she and her work have been featured on CBC\, The Wall Stre et Journal\, Washington Post\, Toronto Star\, Chatelaine\, and Maclean&rsq uo\;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&rsquo\; Best Books of 2025. Her second book\, Tha t Asian Girl Is a Problem\, will be released in Oct. 2026.
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