Cordelia Shan Qing Ru

she/her | writer | Toronto, ON, Canada

Cordelia Shan Qing Ru is a writer and translator who writes about life in Toronto, though she only recently realized how often Beijing and Vancouver appears in her stories.

Selected work

Cake: a Flash Story

FeelsZine, 2026

FictionFlash

Canada: No Further Than Myself

BarBar, 2025

FictionShort Story

White Curtains

Sunspot Lit, 2025

FictionShort StoryMagical Realism

Girlhood: Train Ride

The Girlhood Project, 2025

NonfictionEssayLiterary

To Love by Doing Nothing

ONLY POEMS, 2025

NonfictionEssayReview

Cheating

Petal Projections, 2025

NonfictionEssayPersonal Essay

MEETING MYSELF

Petal Projections, 2025

NonfictionEssayPersonal Essay

Internal Family War

Jardin Zine, 2024

NonfictionEssayLiterary

Canada: No Further Than Myself

Emerging Writers Reading Series, 2024

NonfictionEssayPersonal Essay

“Happy Birthday”

Ricepaper Magazine, 2024

FictionShort StoryMagical Realism

Cheers! To the Solo Lifestyle: Embrace Alone Time

Petal Projections, 2023

NonfictionEssayPersonal Essay

Short Story Canada

Pulse Literary Magazine, 2023

FictionShort StoryLiterary

Projects

Blog · 2025-present

Food & Feeling Blog

The blog of Food & Feeling, which is a creative space that publish works that are not in our printed version.

Zine · 2025-present

Food & Feeling Zine

The Food & Feeling Zine is a creative publication that celebrates the powerful connection between food and emotion.

Podcast · 2022-present

Thursday Night Kissaten

A podcast about Japanese dramas, tv shows, books, manga, and pop culture. Come and join us at this tea-drinking shop on a Thursday night to chat and

Blog · 2024-present

This Toronto Life

Writing about life in Toronto.