Book cover for All Our Ordinary Stories by Teresa Wong

My latest graphic memoir, All Our Ordinary Stories, about the legacies of upheaval and life as a child of immigrants, is available now.

Canada Amazon.ca | Indigo | Arsenal Pulp

U.S. Amazon.com | Bookshop.org | Barnes & Noble

  • “In All Our Ordinary Stories, a graphic memoir, Wong explores what it means to translate one generation’s reality to the next. Her illustrations transcend language, conveying all manner of silences with stunning effect.”

    – The Walrus

  • “Wong explores her Chinese immigrant parents’ history with gentle curiosity, wry humor, and moments of aching regret.”

    – Publishers Weekly

  • “All Our Ordinary Stories is a moving, honest graphic memoir about a woman’s efforts to find her own identity by deepening her understanding of her parents and their pasts.”

    – Foreword Reviews (starred review)

  • “What emerges from the fractured segments of Wong’s story is not just a poignant tale of intergenerational trauma, but also an inspiring portrait of familial dedication that embraces wisdom, grace, and love.”

    – Kirkus Reviews

Featured comics & writing

Panel from my CBC comic where I'm looking at a laptop with a potential photo of my great-grandfather
Gouache illustration of a pink blouse on a hanger
Panel featuring a young Teresa riding the bus in the dark from my Believer comic
Panel of me falling with a baby from my McSweeney's comic

Events & workshops

I have given lectures and workshops in person and online through organizations such as Sequential Artists Workshop, Creative Nonfiction, and Surrey Libraries, as well as to university classes around the world. In addition to teaching, I’ve also presented at some of the biggest comics, writing, and marketing conferences in North America, including SXSW (2022), San Diego Comic-Con (2020), and Vancouver Writers Fest (2019).

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About me

Teresa Wong is the author of the graphic memoir All Our Ordinary Stories (2024) and also Dear Scarlet (2019), which was a finalist for The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize and longlisted for CBC Canada Reads. Her comics have appeared in The Believer, The New Yorker, McSweeney’s and The Walrus. A teacher of memoir and comics at Gotham Writers Workshop, she was also the 2021–22 Canadian Writer-in-Residence at the University of Calgary.

Teresa Wong, sitting on a chair in a photo studio

I acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.