Bookstagram, Goodreads, and BookTok are huge social media platforms that bring the literary community together. Have you ever wondered how influencers produce engaging content to share? Join local creators Sunni Chen, Tina May, and Rachel Sargeant for a candid conversation around marketing trends in the book industry and how they hype up writers and publishers by creating stories, recs, and reviews.
Hybrid events are held in person, you will also be able to watch it live streamed from our Youtube channel.
Location: Room C440, UBC Robson Square
Type: Panel
Moderator: Candie Tanaka
Panelists: Sunni Chen | Tina May | Rachel Sargeant
About The Moderator
Candie Tanaka is a multiracial trans writer, artist and librarian challenging the binaries continually reconstructed between self and other while exploring archive and memory in a socio-political context. They are a creative writing graduate of The Writer’s Studio program at Simon Fraser University and have a BFA in Intermedia from Emily Carr Institute of Art + Design. Their first YA book, Baby Drag Queen was published with Orca Books in April 2023. They’ve also have work in Resonance: Essays on the Craft of Life and Writing with Anvil Press and This Will Only Take A Minute: Canadian Flash Fiction with Guernica Editions.
About The Panelists
Sunni (she/her) is a bookstagrammer and settler on the unceded traditional territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh and Selilwitulh Nations. Although her bookstagram started as a creative outlet to share interesting books and bookstores, her space has become a part of a larger community of readers and authors who share a passion for books. Sunni likes to feature books by authors of colour, translated literature, and Canadian published authors. When she’s not reading, she’s out exploring the city and local bookstores through her camera lens. You can find her on Instagram @vanreads.
Tina May is a passionate reader and bookstagrammer in Vancouver, BC. Find her on Instagram and Goodreads @tinamayreads where she shares book recommendations, reviews and her current reads.
Rachel, aka AModelWhosRead, is a Canadian book blogger passionate about dark fantasy novels, queer romcoms, and dinosaur facts. With almost a decade of experience in the publishing world, she uses her social media platforms to share her love for stories, deconstruct biases within literature, and feature her fascination with the fantastical. When not reading, you can find her browsing local bookstores, arguing with her sewing machine, and drinking copious amounts of iced coffee.
