OCA - Book Talk: My Chinatown: One Year in Poems

Posted on behalf of OCA-Greater Houston

My Chinatown: One Year In Poems

By Kam Mak

Award-winning artist and author Kam Mak will in Houston this January 16, 2019 to speak about his latest book.

Mr. Kam Mak’s most recent book My Chinatown: One Year In Poems received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and is about a little boy growing up in Chinatown. My Chinatown was the Parent’s Choice 2002 Recommended Award Winner by the Parents’ Choice Foundation. Mr. Mak was awarded a gold medal for the cover art for The Kite Rider and silver medals for the cover art for My Chinatown from the Society of Illustrators 45th Annual Exhibition in 2003. Mr. Mak's art of the Koi fish for USPS's new note card stamp was released in Spring 2009 and his most recent art has graced the second series of the USPS Lunar New Year Stamps, an OCA project.

Place:
Silver Palace Chinese Buffet
4005 Bellaire Blvd
Houston, TX 77025

Date and Time:
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 7 PM–9 PM

Cost:
Members: $20
Non-Members: $25