Wonderland Road: Carrianne Leung in Conversation with Isabella Wang

Join Massy Books, Isabella Wang, and Carrianne Leung for the launch of "Wonderland Road" - An absorbing and heartfelt new novel about three people looking for a future when the world hangs by a thread, for readers of Moon on the Crusted Snow and The Future

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Book:

Pauline has not spoken to her sister, Mei, in two decades, not since before the world changed. A rare letter arrives asking Pauline to return to their old neighbourhood to care for Mei’s young daughter while Mei goes to find work.

Twelve-year-old Jing is living in the Children’s House, where all the parentless children stay while their parents work at the Farms. She hasn’t heard from her mother in months and the food deliveries they were promised have dwindled. Her only friends in the neighbourhood are a crow named Iris, an older boy named Julian, and the ghosts of her ancestors in their abandoned apartment.

Julian, once a star athlete and student with a bright future, is one of the only young men left on Wonderland Road. He can’t leave his parents, and he knows there is nowhere left to go. But Julian dreams of a boy he met and a kiss shared in what feels like another lifetime.

These three people will cross paths on Wonderland Road, a community trying to survive in a world of massive disruption and uncertainty. When the future feels poised on a knife’s edge, they must find a way forward.

Author:

Carrianne Leung is a fiction writer and educator. Her debut novel, The Wondrous Woo was shortlisted for the 2014 Toronto Book Awards. Her collection of linked stories, That Time I Loved You was named one of the Best Books of 2018 by CBC, shortlisted for the Toronto Book Awards 2019, long listed for Canada Reads 2019 and awarded the Danuta Gleed Literary Award 2019. Her new novel, Wonderland Road was released in April 2026 by Harper Collins Canada. She holds a PhD in Sociology and Equity Studies from OISE/University of Toronto and is an Associate Professor at the University of Guelph.

Moderator:

Isabella Wang and creaky doors have a lot in common: they are both unhinged. Her published writing can be decoded for real witchcraft spells. She has conned countless literary journals into publishing her stuff, and only around 10 of those involved briberies. Her hobbies include looking at shiny toasters. She loves the idea of cows but thinks their existence is very flawed. Her books are actually done by a ghost writer. She is named one of the Writers Trust 2025 Rising Stars, and will be donating $10 of the award money to support cows.

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