APRIL 5: Gene Yang speaks at Toronto Reference Library

Gene Yang: National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Special talk and presentation
Toronto Reference Library, Atrium, 789 Yonge Street
Wednesday, April 5th, 6:30pm-7:30pm
Free to attend

Award winning graphic novelist and literacy advocate Gene Luen Yang will appear at the Toronto Reference Library. On January 4, 2016, the Library of Congress, Every Child A Reader, and The Children?s Book Council, appointed Gene the fifth National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature (2016-2017).

Throughout his career, Gene has advocated for the role of comics and graphic novels in promoting literacy and learning. On April 5, Gene will speak about his Reading Without Walls platform in this Toronto Public Library and Toronto Comic Arts Festival co-presentation.

About Gene Yang:

Gene Yang is the cartoonist behind books including the Printz-Award-winning American Born Chinese, as well as The Eternal Smile, Prime Baby, and Animal Crackers. He is the co-creator of The Shadow Hero with Sonny Liew, and Secret Coders with Mike Holmes, and has written for the hit comics Avatar: The Last Airbender and Superman. Gene Yang lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.