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Sunday, May 18, 2014

Contact Photography Festival at Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art

I love spring, that smell of renewal in the air. In Toronto, the Contact Photography Festival breathes freshness and creative flair into our busy city life. While checking the photo exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art, I was thrilled to be greeted in the courtyard by this gigantic 17-meter long mural by Jim Naughten.


Thursday, May 01, 2014

The Coral Heart at Toronto's Ellington's Café

My novel is also available in Toronto at Ellington's Café at 805 St. Clair Avenue West, near Winona. I will be there on Monday mornings from 10 am - 1 pm during the month of May.

Thursday, April 24, 2014

The Coral Heart at Toronto's Stella's Lunch Box

My novel is now also available for sale at Stella's Lunch Box, a café at 145 Lauder Avenue, just south of St. Clair. If you want to pick up a book, and have it signed, I will be there on Saturday afternoons from 1 to 4 pm and on Wednesday mornings from 10 to 1 pm in the next month.

And if you want me to sign the book at a more convenient time for you, email me at peggylampotang@yahoo.ca and I will see whether we can arrange a different time.


Tuesday, April 15, 2014

The Coral Heart at Toronto's Book City, Yonge & St. Clair




My novel is now available at Book City Yonge & St. Clair

Book City Yonge & St. Clair

One block south of St. Clair St. on the west side of Yonge Street.
Address: 1430 Yonge Street
Phone #: (416) 926-0749
Parking: Municipal lot just east of Yonge across from store (on Pleasant Blvd.)
TTC: Moments walk from St. Clair Subway Station on the Yonge Line
Hours of Operation: Monday to Saturday 9:30am to 9:00pm;Sunday 11:00am to 6:00pm

Tuesday, April 08, 2014

Book Launch of The Coral Heart in Toronto

March has flashed by with action-packed days revolving around my book launch at Confluences, the international book fair in Mauritius.

The Coral Heart, A shopkeeper's journey is my first novel, and I was thrilled by the positive response, especially when I was invited to discuss my work with students at University of Mauritius, one of the highlights of my visit.

I'm now preparing for my book launch in Toronto on April 22nd at Desotos. You can email me at peggylampotang@yahoo.ca if you want to come to the launch as space is limited.

If you're interested in buying the book in Canada, you email me at address above to buy a copy. For those in Mauritius, you can purchase the book from the publisher L'Atelier d'écriture or at Bookcourt stores and Librairie Le Cygne. If you live in a country other than Mauritius or Canada, you can order from the publisher or the stores above or from me, whichever is more convenient for you.



Monday, February 10, 2014

Great start to 2014: My novel will be out in March





I'm so thrilled that my book is being published by L'Atelier d'écriture in Mauritius.

The launch will take place at Confluences, the island's international book fair from March 6th to 9th. I will be there and I'm very excited about meeting Mauritian friends, readers, writers and publishers at the fair.

For my Canadian friends, I'm having another book launch in Toronto at Desotos on Tuesday April 22nd. Invitations and details will follow.

Synopsis of the novel:

In 1911, impoverished Hakka Chinese immigrants arrive on the tropical island of Mauritius in the Indian Ocean. Among the newcomers, a hungry child. The hard-working boy helps his father, a shopkeeper and surrenders his earnings to him according to Chinese tradition. While he serves the islanders, the young man ingeniously builds the business, negotiates his way through racial divisiveness, and falls in love. But his trust in the old system is put to test … This work of fiction unfolds during the overthrow of the Chinese Emperor, the rise of communism, the Japanese invasion of China, and the First and Second World Wars.