@laraokihiro

laraokihiro has been a member of Linktree for 2 years and joined in June 2024. Resources laraokihiro has populated their site with include: • Lara Okihiro Website • Q&A with Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro by Deborah Kalb • Season 6 Episode 23: Recommended reads from Lindsay Wong, Lara Jean Okihiro, David Norwell, and Andrea Warner • Excerpt from Obaasan's Books on Kathryn Mockler's Send My Love to Anyone • Season 6 Episode 21: Lara Jean Okihiro, Janis Bridger, Jordan Scott on writing about family • Writing the Coasst Podcast Season 6 Episode 22: Janis Bridger & Lara Jean Okihiro on talking about Japanese Internment • 2024 Fred Kerner Book Award Winner and Shortlist | Canadian Authors Association • Newly Released Back to School Reads, including Obaasan's Boots, by Edy Graziani • BC and Yukon Book Prize interview: Family Stories • Engaging Japanese-Canadian History Panel at FOLD Kids Book Fest 2023 • Animate Companionship: Literature and Education with Pauline Sameshima, Lara Okihiro, Aparna Mishra Tarc • New Book: Obaasan’s Boots; Interview in The Bulletin • Alum Lara Okihiro draws from two Arts & Science degrees and her own family history to tell powerful story of Japanese internment • Cousins Janis Bridger and Lara Jean Okihiro share their grandmother's story in new children's book • The Exceptional Ones: Grappling with the Emergencies Act as a Japanese Canadian