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Arts East-West presents our in-person BOOK DONGNE event, a cultural gathering that celebrates Asian-Canadian voices and media arts on March 6, 2026. In partnership with Goethe-Institut Montreal and with funding from the Department of Canadian Heritage, Book Dongne will be led by over 25 multidisciplinary Asian-Canadian artists and community leaders. Our event will connect artists, writers, filmmakers, and community members across Montreal. We will amplify Montreal's rich and diverse intercultural discourse through the lenses of film and literature via panel discussions, workshops, screenings, and networking opportunities, bringing together established community leaders and the new generation.
Whether you are a film or literature enthusiast, artist, author, student, or someone who is curious about diaspora stories and films created by independent artists, this event offers a meaningful and inclusive space to connect with the Asian-Canadian community in Montreal.
JINWOO PARK
DIRECTOR OF BOOK DONGNE
Jinwoo Park is a Korean Canadian writer and literary translator based in Montreal. He obtained his master’s in creative writing at the University of Oxford in 2015. In 2021 he won the Jim Wong-Chu Emerging Writers’ Award. He has also been actively working as a literary translator after winning the Emerging Translator Award from the Literature Translation Institute of Korea in late 2023. Oxford Soju Club is his first novel.
Jinwoo is also the newly-appointed Director of Book Dongne at Arts East-West. In addition to moderating our in-person Book Dongne event, he hosts monthly online book club meetings as part of AEW's Asian Diaspora Book Dongne project.
11h00 - 12h00: opening ceremony
12h00 - 13h30: NETWORKING LUNCH
13h30 - 14h40: Panel discussion
Asian-Canadian Artists in Montreal’s Cross-Cultural Landscape: Series I
