Writer & Artist. Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History out May 2025.

Vancouver, BC
Floata was more than a restaurant, it was a place where working class families like mine went to spend time together. “At seven in the morning, I don’t want to eat dim sum, but I’m scarfing down my har gow and siu mai, because it was our family time together,” said Seto.
"Vancouver loses 'a culinary community centre' with sudden closure of Floata Seafood Restaurant" feat @donnaseto as told by @fumano via @VancouverSun #bcpoli #vanpoli #vanre vancouversun.com/opinion/col…
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Save the date! On Dec 2, @SFUcity and @sfuurban are excited to host author/artist @donnaseto for a talk at @SFUVan on Vancouver's Chinatown. #sfuurb ow.ly/3Z0C50XfVoS
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Celebrating Thirty Years of @ricepapermag: A New Infusion of Asian Canadian Narratives. Event will include live readings from Infusion anthology contributors, light refreshments & community mingling! Get tickets here: eventbrite.ca/e/celebrating-…
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Donna Seto retweeted
My open letter to Prime Minister @MarkJCarney and Minister of Housing @gregorrobertson , follows up with my question about affordable housing, requesting that the government provide details of its commitments to supportive housing, social housing and coop housing.
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We need to do a rematch! This time I’m grilling you @Ayan604! #cdnpoli #bcpoli #chinatowYVR
A great honour to have interviewed @donnaseto about her now bestselling book on #chinatownyvr and growing up in #Vancouver in the 1990s! #cdnpoli #bcpoli #vanpoli Here's a link to the @VPL talk youtu.be/9Jh3O3gytYQ?feature… and the receipt 👇👇👇
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A great conversation with @donnaseto + her new book "Chinatown Vancouver", growing up in #Vancouver, attending Vancouver Technical (Go Tech!) in 1990s, + All Things #chinatownyvr Thanks @VPL @cbcnewsbc @sfuurban @SFUFASS @SFU_polisci @SFUHistory youtube.com/watch?v=9Jh3O3gy…
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RT @jackermann: "It's a place worth going to, it's a place worth honouring, but also it's a place worth saving," said @donnaseto, author of…
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Thanks @jackermann for the interview!
WATCH: Author @donnaseto discusses her book Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History. #NewsRadioBookshelf @CityNewsVAN @HouseofAnansi youtu.be/HQAaq0v0hi8
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Donna Seto retweeted
Celebrating the 30th anniversary of ACWW at the LiterASIAN Writers Festival in June 2025 with/ Catherine Clement's new book, "The Paper Trail to the 1923 Chinese Exclusion Act," on June 28, at the Chinese Canadian Museum allancho.com/2025/04/celebra… #literasian #asiancanadian #LIS
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Ming's chinese restaurant in Vancouver in the 1960s
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My new book, Chinatown Vancouver, is about more than just buildings. It’s about identity, importance of diverse voices in history, & what it means to be a Canadian of Chinese heritage. I also talk about my undergrad @SFU @SFUFASS in this article. @ pancouver.ca/author-and-arti…
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Thanks @PancouverMedia for the lovely feature on my new book, Chinatown Vancouver! I had a lovely chat with @BernUnitHK about #chinatownYVR, what it means to be Chinese Canadian, & the importance of diverse voices.
Author and artist @donnaseto aims to stimulate conversations with Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History, published by @HouseofAnansi. Thanks to @PancouverMedia pancouver.ca/author-and-arti… #vancouver #chinatown #watercolour
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Thanks @SFU! Glad to represent! Plus I’m putting that politics and history degree to good use! #chinatownYVR #vpl
SFU alumnus @donnaseto has written "Chinatown Vancouver," an illustrated history of the buildings in Vancouver's Chinatown (w/ a foreword by our former writer-in-residence @madeleinethien) See Donna on May 24 (2 PM) @VPL (Central Branch). RSVP: vpl.bibliocommons.com/events… #sfuenglish
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It was so nice to meet @Keri_Adams from CTV Morning Live and the CTV crew! Plus talk about the importance of #chinatownYVR. #vancouver #book
Artist & Illustrator, @donnaseto gives CTV Morning Live's @Keri_Adams a sneak peek of Chinatown's glorious past illustrated in a brand-new book! 📖🧑‍🎨 ctvnews.ca/vancouver/video/2…
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Chinatown Vancouver: An Illustrated History is officially out in the world today! Thanks everyone for all the support throughout this project! It’s been a whirlwind. ❤️ #pubday #book #chinatownYVR #vancouver
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