The Unreliability of Memory: A Writer’s Perspective
Schedule
Sun Apr 12 2026 at 04:00 pm to 05:00 pm
UTC-07:00Location
Chinatown Storytelling Centre | Vancouver, BC
About this Event
Join author Denise Chong, best known for her family memoir, The Concubine’s Children, for a conversation on the writer’s use of the tool of memory: powerful, but also fickle and unreliable.
Denise will discuss how we feel compelled to rummage in our pasts, hoping to bring to life, if only for a moment, what we remember. She’ll share how the writer relies on the tool of memory, and also has to grapple with how fickle and flawed it can be.
Moderated by Lucie McNeill, former CBC Radio current affairs host in Vancouver, and freelance journalist in China.
Schedule
4:00 pm -4:40 pm : Welcome & Presentation
4:40 pm - 5:00 pm : Q&A
5:00 pm - 5:30 pm: Book signings
Ticket pricing
$15 general admission ($10 for Members)
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Denise Chong's books will be available for sale in person and online at Foo Hung Curios.
Photo by Monique de St. Croix
Where is it happening?
Chinatown Storytelling Centre, 168 East Pender Street, Vancouver, CanadaEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
CAD 17.31



















