Kids' Lit. at SMU, with Jack Wong and Sydney Smith: an evening celebrating visual storytelling as an art for all ages

The SMU Reading Series presents two of Halifax’s premiere children’s authors, author-illustrators, & storytellers for all ages —

JACK WONG & SYDNEY SMITH

Thurs. 21 Nov. 2024, 7 p.m. | Atrium room 101 (SMU Campus)

Admission free. All welcome!

Jack Wong (黃雋喬) was born in Hong Kong and raised in Vancouver. In 2010, he left behind a life as a bridge engineer to pursue his Bachelor of Fine Arts at NSCAD University in Kjipuktuk/Halifax; he has called the east coast of Canada home ever since. Working as a children’s author/illustrator, Jack seeks to share his winding journey with young readers so that they may embrace the unique amalgams of experiences that make up their own lives. Jack’s award-winning picture books include When You Can Swim (Scholastic), The Words We Share (Annick Press), and All that Grows (Groundwood).

Sydney Smith is the author/illustrator of the Kate Greenaway awarded Small in the City (2019), and Do You Remember? (2023) and the illustrator of My Baba's Garden and I Talk Like a River, written by Jordan Scott (2020), Sidewalk Flowers by JonArno Lawson (2015); The White Cat and the Monk by Jo Ellen Bogart (2016); and Town Is By the Sea by Joanne Schwartz (2017), which was awarded the 2018 Kate Greenaway Medal and the 2018 TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award. Sydney has received the 2024 Hans Christian Andersen award for Illustration. He currently lives in Kjipuktuk/Halifax, with his family. 

This special event is presented in collaboration with Woozles, Halifax’s beloved children’s bookstore.