Canada English Rights to William Ping's HOLLOW BAMBOO and another to-be-titled novel

William Ping's HOLLOW BAMBOO, a humorous dual narrative, pitched as inspired by the life of the author's grandfather, about two men—one who arrived in Newfoundland by ship in the early 20th century and worked his way from laundryman to community leader; the other, his millennial grandson, who, detached from his grandfather's grueling realities, has a sudden and surprising window into the past, seeing not only chillingly familiar anti-Asian racism but friendship, kindness and the power of will; and a second novel, to Jennifer Lambert at Harper Canada, in a two-book deal, by Martha Webb at CookeMcDermid (Canada)