Author Eddy Boudel Tan stopped by the Bunker to talk about his latest book, The Rebellious Tide, which is out in stores now.
But, Brad had more than just book talk on his mind. The two writers talked about Eddy’s Sidewalk Supper Project, which is a neighborhood initiative he co-founded to provide homeless people with home-cooked meals. They also discussed the changing economic landscape of Vancouver, where Tan lives with his husband.
About Eddy Boudel Tan
Eddy Boudel Tan writes stories from his book-filled apartment in the West End of Vancouver. His work depicts a world much like our own—the heroes are flawed, truth is distorted, and there is as much hope as there is heartbreak.
A second-generation Asian Canadian, Eddy celebrates diverse voices and provocative perspectives. He is proud to identify as queer and champion stronger LGBTQ+ representation in the arts. He was selected as a 2021 Rising Star by the Writers’ Trust of Canada, and his debut novel After Elias was a finalist for the Edmund White Award. His stories can also be found in literary oases like Joyland, Yolk, Gertrude Press, and the G&LR.
He lives with his husband by the ocean where they host dinner parties, run along the beach, give standing ovations, and plot micro-revolutions. When he isn’t planning his next novel or adventure abroad, he serves home-cooked meals to people living on the streets as cofounder of the Sidewalk Supper Project.
Eddy’s most valued form of education is travel. He has visited over thirty countries since three perspective-altering weeks building houses in El Salvador. Subsequent journeys have taken him from subterranean caves in Iceland to the tops of volcanoes in Indonesia.
