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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 2d

Aw, thanks, Chris!

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Locus Magazine @locusmag.bsky.social · 5d

#TheHungerWePassDown by @JenSookfongLee is featured in yesterday's #newbooks haul on youtube!

watch: youtu.be/M1R-AjU7LZI
buy the books: bookshop.org/lists/n...

#booksky @erewhonbooks

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 6d

I think you'll like it!

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 6d

THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN is now available everywhere you buy your books in the US! American friends, please love my Asian lady demons.

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 6d

Thank you for reading!

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

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Aɴᴅʀᴇᴡ Lɪᴘᴛᴀᴋ @andrewliptak.com · 8d

Authors this round include @mattdinniman.bsky.social, @sarahgailey.bsky.social, @yumewrites.bsky.social, @jensookfonglee.bsky.social, @olgaravn.bsky.social, @eddierobson.bsky.social, @senlinyu.bsky.social, @michaelwehunt.bsky.social, @franwilde.bsky.social, and more!

17 more sci-fi, fantasy, and horror books to close out September with

One last book list for the month

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CandiMan,CandiMan,CandiMan,CandiMan,CandiMan 🐝 @candikat.bsky.social · 10d

In #TheHungerWePassDown, @jensookfonglee.bsky.social has written a terrifying, visceral story of generational trauma and how it is passed down through five generations of women. #BookSky TY to #NetGalley and @kensingtonbooks.bsky.social for the ARC for my honest review here:

The Hunger We Pass Down — CandiKat Horror

There are moments where I felt my stomach drop as I realized what was happening to someone, moments where I felt my stomach tighten in grief as the women lost loved ones, and moments where I felt my s...

candikathorror.com

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 10d

Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you!

Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 11d

Exactly!

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 11d

It's so rare to see real book reviews in Canada anymore, so I really treasure this one from the Winnipeg Free Press by Keith Cadieux. "A novel of excellent literary merit and a pitch-perfect ghost story."
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Generations haunted by traumas of the past in Jen Sookfong Lee’s chilling new novel The Hunger We Pass Down

www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 13d

Not every class needs to be a masterclass. I'm happy with a Mostly Competent Class.

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Aaron Chapman @theaaronchapman.bsky.social · 17d

Some great words & people found at @wordvancouver.bsky.social
Great to meet Gary Jones who hosted @wongski.bsky.social & I on our books about #Vancouver music and venues.

…And honoured to moderate a discussion w/ #scottalexanderhoward & @jensookfonglee.bsky.social on their new books!

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 19d

Also did I celebrate this by ordering progressives? Maybe.

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 19d

Well, look at that. THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN is a Globe bestseller in its first week of life! I had better celebrate this weekend because this may never happen again lol.

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Jackie Wong @jackie-wong.bsky.social · 26d

"I did not scare myself. I *delighted* myself." 🔥

The iconic and delightful @jensookfonglee.bsky.social speaks to @harrisonmooney.bsky.social about her new book, The Hunger We Pass Down. I can't wait to read it. thetyee.ca/Culture/2025...

Jen Sookfong Lee’s New Novel Is Terrifying | The Tyee

The Vancouver author’s latest work explores intergenerational trauma and what it means to live as a racialized immigrant woman.

thetyee.ca

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · 28d

Spooky music for your spooky reading time! You know you want it! music.apple.com/ca/playlist/...

Hunger We Listen To by Jennifer Lee on Apple Music

Playlist · 30 Songs

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · Sep 8

TFW you talk about your long retired therapist on national public radio and she messages you because she heard it and you immediately panic because the one person in the world you do not want to piss off is the mental health practitioner who knows all your secrets.

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · Sep 8

XOXOXOXO

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · Sep 8

It's very on brand for me to talk about the indignities of the female body but did you also know I can talk about GHOSTS? My interview with Q on CBC is online now! www.cbc.ca/arts/q/jen-s...

Jen Sookfong Lee on the ghosts of motherhood | CBC Arts

The Canadian author joins Q guest host Talia Schlanger to talk about her haunting new novel, The Hunger We Pass Down, and how it explores intergenerational trauma in a Chinese Canadian family.

www.cbc.ca

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · Sep 8

Every white guy musician at the MTV VMAs this year looks like Wheels from Degrassi.

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · Sep 7

TFW you find out your university has published a "prominent alumnus" profile about a classmate who was always a super douche and now is very wealthy from investing in things no one likes and is also a straight white man, but have never featured you or your THIRTEEN books in anything at all.

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Jen Sookfong Lee @jensookfonglee.bsky.social · Sep 5

I've been saving this blurb for last because I am the biggest Kelly Link fan ever. KELLY LIKES MY BOOK. What is this dream I am living in?? Anyway, THE HUNGER WE PASS DOWN comes out next Tuesday in Canada, September 30th in the US. I love you, I want to scare you.

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The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary @wordisdiversity.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our September reads, brought to you with love every month! Purchase through @Bookshop_Org & support our programs! bookshop.org/lists/septem... This month features: Shelley Stratton @artsypabster.bsky.social Hika Harada Philip Gabriel @rosedommu.bsky.social @jensookfonglee.bsky.social Jasminne Mendez

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