Profile:
born 1994, Vancouver, bc, Canada | writer
About
Sheung-King, Aaron Tang is an author and educator. His debut novel, You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked (Book*hug Press, 2020), is a finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Award, a finalist for the 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award, longlisted for CBC’s Canada Reads 2021, named one of the best book debuts of 2020 by the Globe and Mail, and is optioned to be developed into a feature-length film by Fluent Films (Montreal). Sheung-King is also named one of 20 Canadian writers to watch in 2022 by the CBC. Born in Vancouver, Sheung-King grew up in Hong Kong. His work examines “the interior lives of the transnational Asian diaspora” (Thea Lim, The Nation). He held lecturer positions, teaching creative writing and media studies at the University of Guelph, Sheridan College, and The University of Guelph-Humber. He currently teaches humanities and creative writing at Avenues: The World School, Shenzhen. His next novel, BATSHIT SEVEN, will be published by Penguin Random House Canada in 2024. Sheung-King holds a Bachelor of Arts (honours) from Queen’s University and a Magistrates of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Guelph.
Education
Master of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, University of Guelph, Toronto, ON, Canada. 2016 – 2018
Graduate Research Scholarship, 2018, The Constance Rooke Scholarship, 2016
Bachelor of Arts, Film and Media Studies, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada. 2012 – 2016
Dean’s Honour List: 2015-2016, 2014-2015
Employment History
2021 – present: Upper-Grade Humanities Teacher: Avenue: The World School, Shenzhen, Guangdong, Mainland China.
2019 – 2021: University Lecturer, School of English and Theatre Studies, University of Guelph, Guelph, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2020 – 2021: ADA-DADA Artist in Residence, SAVAC (South Asian Visual Arts Centre)
2019 – 2021: English Teacher, Grade 10, Olympiads School, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2018 – 2020: Professor of Creative Writing and Publishing, Sheridan College, Mississauga, ON, Canada.
2018 – 2020: Professor of English, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences and Innovative Learning, Humber College, Etobicoke, ON, Canada.
2017 – 2020: Writing Consultant, Guelph-Humber University, Etobicoke, ON, Canada.
2018 – 2019: Workshop Facilitator, INKWELL Workshops X SKETCH Working Arts, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2017: Drama Teacher, Parkdale Collegiate Institute, 209 Jameson Ave, Toronto, ON M6K 2Y3, Canada
2016: Writing Instructor, The American School in Japan, Tamacho, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan.
2015 – 2016: Research Assistant, Language, Department of Language, Literature, Culture and Film, Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, Canada.
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All works published are under the name Sheung-King
Book(s):
2024: Batshit Seven, Penguin Random House Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2020: You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked., Book*hug Press, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Selected Publications *
2022: Cat Skin, Blue Metropolis Literary Festival, Montreal, QB, Canada
2022: Guest Editor + Introduction: Minority Vibrations, The Puritan Magazine, Toronto, ON, Canada
2022: Review: In Ghost Forest’s Silence, We are at Peace, The Puritan Magazine, Toronto, ON, Canada
2021: Ocean $hit, Singapore Unbound, SP blog, New York City, NY, USA
2021: In July we are All Children, filling Station - Issue 76, Calgary, AB, Canada.
2021: July Has Nothing to do with God, Fatal Flaw Magazine, New York City, NY, USA
2021: Language Learners, Imagining Climates, Guelph Institute for Environmental Research, Guelph, ON, Canada.
2021: You are Eating an Orange. You are Naked., Exile Quarterly (Food for my People, an anthology), Toronto,
ON, Canada. Nominated for the 2020 Pushcart Literary Prize by Exile Quarterly.
2020: Deeping Yellows, Summer Issue, The Capilano Review, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2018: I Am Writing About a Hole, Issue 4, The Shanghai Literary Review, Shanghai, China.
Nominated for the 2019 Pushcart Literary Prize and required reading in ENGL*3870DE W19, a Cultural Studies Course offered at The University of Guelph
2018: Pineapple Story, Puritan Magazine (as part of Nostalgia the Nefarious: A Series), Toronto, ON, Canada.
2018: Kitchen God, Leopardskin & Lime, Berlin, Germany.
2017: Italo Calvino’s Quickness and the Cactus on my Desk, Ricepaper Magazine, Vancouver BC, Canada.
2018: Grocery Shopping in the Desert, Ricepaper Magazine, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2017: Memory Piece: Macau, The Humber Literary Review, Winter Issue, Etobicoke, ON, Canada.
2017: Lantern & Letters, PRISM International, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2017: De Vivre Sa Vire, Currents: A Ricepaper Magazine Anthology, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Academic Publications:
2020: Co-Investigator, in collaboration with Dr. Li Siu Kit, “Double Absence and binary thinking—The phenomenon and new content in pre- and post-97 films”, Journal of Chinese Cinemas, Hong Kong, SAR, China.
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Residencies/Fellowships
2023: Summer Writers Residency 2023, Banff Center for Arts and Creativity
2020-2021: ADA-DADA Artist Residency: a collaborative production residency and learning community asking how artists can reclaim and reposition data as a form of counter-culture.
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Public Engagements
2022: Guest Lecturer, Canadian Writers in Person Lecture Series, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2022: Judge, 2022 Short Story Prize, Canadian Writer’s Association, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2022: Judge, 2022 CBC Short Story Prize, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2022: Guest Lecturer, Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge and Resource Centre, University of British Colombia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
2021: Panelist, Beyond the Books, Western University, London, ON, Canada.
2021: Reader, Toronto International Festival of Authors, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2021: Panelist, CanWrite!, Canadian Authors Association, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2021: Panelist, Writers on Place and Belonging, Festival of Literary Diversity, Brampton, ON, Canada.
2021: Visiting Author, Brampton Public Library, Brampton, ON, Canada.
2021: Visiting Instructor, Writing Futures, Brampton Public Library, Brampton, ON, Canada.
2020: Guest Speaker, In Conversation with Authors, Markham Public Library, Markham, ON, Canada.
2020: Guest Speaker, Word on the Street X Diaspora Dialogue, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2020: Guest Speaker, Another Story Bookshop, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2020: Presenter at OCAD University’s Global Asia Cultural Studies Forum, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Scholarships and Awards
2022: 30 Writers to Watch in 2022, CBC Books, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2022: Finalist for the Alberta Magazine Award, Alberta Magazine Publishers Association, Alberta, Canada.
2022: Writer’s Trust Canada, Amplified Voices, Toronto, ON, Canada
2021: Finalist for the 2021 Governor General's Award for English Language Fiction, Ottawa, ON, Canada
2021: 2021 Amazon Canada First Novel Award, Toronto, ON, Canada.
2021: 2021 Canada Reads Longlist, CBC, Canada.
2021: National Magazine Award Nomination, Short Fiction, nomination submitted by Exile Quarterly
2020: Best Book Debuts of 2020, The Globe and Mail.
2020: Amazon First Novel Prize Nomination, Adult Novel, nomination submitted by Book*hug Press.
2020: Pushcart Literary Prize Nomination for Fiction, nomination submitted by Exile Quarterly.
2019: Pushcart Literary Prize Nomination for Nonfiction, nomination submitted by the Shanghai Literary Review.
2018: Graduate Research Scholarship, The University of Guelph.
2016: The Constance Rooke Scholarship, The University of Guelph.