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Call for Submissions: Spring/Summer 2013

Showcasing work by prominent as well as emerging Asian Canadian writers, Ricepaper magazine seeks superlative unpublished literary content for our upcoming double-issue, Summer Reading (18.1,2). Ricepaper publishes the freshest poetry, short fiction, creative non-fiction, drama (full plays or excerpts), graphic

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"I am Full Moon" Book Reading

“I am Full Moon” Book Reading

Book reading:
I am Full Moon by Lily Hoy Price
Thursday, June 27 4:00 to 5:00 pm

Location:
Sun Yat Sen Classical Gardens
at Hall of a Hundred Rivers

Filled with love, confusion, family celebrations and family tragedies, stories featured … more »

For Li Qing Zhao by Anna Yin

For Li Qing Zhao
by Anna Yin

I cup your shadow
with blue fire;
across the ocean,
the wind tastes more salty.

The white is whiter,
and whiter…
the cold is colder,
and colder…
In the early autumn,
I fail … more »

explorASIAN Gala Recognition Dinner

explorASIAN Gala Recognition Dinner

explorASIAN Gala Recognition Dinner
Vancouver Asian Heritage Month Society
Saturday, June 1, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Vancouver, British Columbia

explorASIAN Recognition Gala will shine a spotlight on the importance of print medium in our society and have

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I Remember by William Bradford Akeroyd

Published in Ricepaper 17.3/17.4

I Remember
by William Bradford Akeroyd

Some of us stood to remember
Some of us walked to never forget
It rained, of course,
Tears for the fallen but not forgotten
I remember

I stood on sacred … more »

Places That Matter Plaque Presentation #55

Places That Matter Plaque Presentation #55

In honour of Asian Heritage Month, Vancouver Heritage Foundation presents Places That Matter plaque presentation #55 at the Nellie Yip Quong House, Saturday, May 25th at 2pm.

Located at 783 E. Pender St in Strathcona, it was home to … more »

Grandma Carrière by Carleigh Baker

Published in Ricepaper 17.3/17.4

Grandma Carrière
by Carleigh Baker

I ripped a Polaroid from the sticky pages of Dad’s album.
You in a polyester one-piece the same colour as the rocks
on the Alouette riverbank. Or maybe the photo has … more »

DIGI-ART

DIGI-ART

The Powell Street Festival Society and the Vancouver Japanese Language School present:

DIGI-ART
Sunday, May 26th, 2013, 12:30pm-4:00pm
Vancouver Japanese Language School (487 Alexander Street)
$18 per class. Each class: 90 minutes. Pre-registration required.
To register: 604.739.9388 or info@powellstreetfestival.com
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Etch-YOUR-SketchOFF!#$%!! 5 — The Last & De-Lirious

Etch-YOUR-SketchOFF!#$%!! 5 — The Last & De-Lirious

Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre’s 14th Annual Comedy Night presents: Etch-YOUR-SketchOFF!#$%!! 5 — The Last & De-Lirious!
Wild, zany, gut-aching, pee-your-pants funny is what you can expect when local Asian-Canadian sketch comedy teams compete in the popular Etch-Your-Sketchoff Comedy … more »

Blind Love by Kagan Goh

Published in Ricepaper 17.3/17.4

Blind Love
by Kagan Goh

Riding the number 9 Alma bus I watch a Native man and an Oriental woman hold hands as they help each other board the bus. I notice they both grip white … more »

Superheroes Invade Toronto : An Art Exhibit & Fundraiser feat. Filipino-Canadian Illustrators

Superheroes Invade Toronto : An Art Exhibit & Fundraiser feat. Filipino-Canadian Illustrators

Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts & Culture Presents: Superheroes Invade Toronto: An Art Exhibit & Fundraiser, featuring Filipino-Canadian Illustrators and the works of Kevin Briones, Oliver Castaneda, Paul Limgenco & Vince Sunico

Kapisanan Philippine Centre for Arts and Culture … more »

Ode to a Forest by Bob Supernant

Published in Ricepaper 17.3/17.4

Ode to a Forest
by Bob Supernant

It wasn’t much of a farm as farms go
Small, yet rich with life that the city could never give
Motherless since birth I knew I was alone
An … more »

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