From DiscoverNikkei.org
Hiromi Goto
Writer (b.1966)
- "Hiromi Goto" (page by Ashok Mathur, Critical + Cultural Studies, Emily Carr Institute)
- "Canadian Writers: Hiromi Goto" (Athabasca University). Includes useful bibliography of Goto's works.
- Gavin J. Grant, "Hiromi Goto" (BookSense.com)
- Profile (Annick Press)
Works
Hopeful Monsters (2004)
- Review: Andrea Belcham, "The Monster in You". PopMatters.com, May 18, 2004.
The Kappa Child (2001)
- Winner of The James Tiptree, Jr. Award, an annual literary prize for science fiction or fantasy that expands or explores the understanding of gender.
- Review: Marilyn Iwama, "Fantasy's Trickster". Canadian Literature no. 180 (Spring 2004).
- Review: Wendy Pearson, "Saturating the Present with the Past: Hiromi Goto's The Kappa Child". Strange Horizons, 6 January 2003.
The Water of Possibility (2001)
Chorus of Mushrooms (1994)
- Goto's first novel explored the experience of Japanese Canadian immigrants through the lives of three generations of women in a Japanese family living in a small prairie town. It won the 1995 the Commonwealth Writers' Prize for Best First Book and was co-winner of the Japan-Canada Book Award.
- Review: Ann Barrow, "First Generation Grandmothers: Obachan Naoe and Mui Lan". Ah-Zine (December 2000).