Books
A day in Chinatown takes an unexpected turn when a bored little girl makes a connection with her grandpa.
ACCOLADES
Joint Winner, Kirkus Best Picture Books of 2020 That Celebrate Family
Blue Spruce Award Nominee, Ontario Library Association, 2020
Joint Winner, CBC Best Canadian Picture Books of 2020
Junior Library Guild Gold Standard Selection, 2020
Canadian Children’s Book Centre Best Books for Kids & Teens, 2021 Spring List
with Mr. Orlando at CBC Kids
Through a series of short vignettes, Sennah Yee’s debut full-length poetry collection How Do I Look? paints a colourful portrait of a woman both raised and repelled by the media.Shortlisted for Metatron Prize for Rising Authors
Spanish translation by Paloma Ediciones, 2022
Excerpts
Internet Safety, Poetry in Voice, 2021
Bond “Girls,” Montreal Review of Books, 2018
3 poems: The Fast and The Furious, Rear Window, Flower Crown Snapchat Filter, Peach Mag, 2017
4 poems: The Beach, The Desert, The Top of the Mountain, Dial-Up Internet Sounds, The Ex-Puritan, 2017
3 poems: Mulan, Intimates, Motherlode, Cosmonauts Avenue, 2016
10 poems, Poor Claudia, 2016 – featured in Wigleaf Top 50 of 2016
Syllabi
ENG287 The Digital Text
Prof. Adam Hammond, University of Toronto, 2019
WGS396F Writing the Body
Dr. Sheila Stewart, University of Toronto, 2017, 2018
book trailer by Victoria Long
Will a red envelope all the way from China help to turn Lin’s luck around?
A story about a little girl’s first time celebrating Lunar New Year in her new home, commissioned by Holt Renfrew. The campaign featured a plush toy, red envelopes, and window displays inspired by the book.
All proceeds of Lin’s Lucky Red Envelope went to Project 1907.
All proceeds of Lin’s Lucky Red Envelope went to Project 1907.
Chapbooks
These stories will seem strangely familiar; from intimately following a crush online, to reading your tweets as though they weren’t your own, Sennah Yee explores something bleak and lonely in today’s online world through her latest collection, Deep Web.
Excerpt
“There’s surfing, there’s lurking, and then there’s accidentally watching your crush’s boyfriend’s ex’s new boyfriend’s Instagram story. They’re eating Italian by candlelight somewhere downtown. You remember the restaurant name for later. She has gold bangles and baby blue nail polish. She sucks on her spaghetti, cheekbones jutting out. The video cuts off before the noodle disappears into her mouth.”
The Gl.a.de
A couple falls in and out of love in L.A.
Excerpt
“Her hair keeps flying into her mouth. He tells her to
wear it up more often, so she debates cutting it all
off. She stares at her reflection in the wing mirror,
wonders if her skull would burn.”
The Aquarium
A couple falls out of love while on vacation.
“Sennah Yee blends poetry and narrative to tell riveting stories about family and loss. Even if your greeting card-ees don’t read poetry, they’ll find this collection accessible and wonder-filled.”
—12 Chapbooks That Make Excellent Greeting Cards, Bustle, 2014
Excerpt
“I woke up one morning to Father pouring the
aquarium onto the front lawn. We were going
on vacation and had no one willing to take care
of it.”