Hi everyone! Welcome to our new Ricepaper blog! We thought with the large number of amazing volunteers here, who better to document the life and times of Ricepaper than those …
Are you a student or youth? Do you know anyone in your family who had to pay the Head Tax when he or she came to Canada? If so, CCNC …
By Stephanie Fung Truth-teller, crusader, hard-nosed writer: as the Globe and Mail’s star reporter for twenty years, Jan Wong had always seen herself as a voice for the voiceless, speaking …
Theme: Flashback ~ Fifteen Years at Ricepaper Magazine (15.4 / WINTER 2010)
Although many other publications have come and gone over the past 15 years, Ricepaper has endured almost a generation of cultural and social change. We’re dedicating our next issue of Ricepaper to the humble beginnings, highlights, and constantly evolving vision of Canada’s only literary magazine devoted to Asian Canadian arts and culture. … more »
By Janice Wu Ricepaper is pleased to have Janice Wu guest-blog as our “blogger-about-town” as she covers the latest cool spots in the Vancouver arts scene. Janice recently caught up …
By Cheryl Caballero Cheryl Caballero examines the connection between Western patriarchy and the sexual stereotyping of Asian women. A few weeks ago, a friend called me upset about something that …
Written by Amy Chow Photos by Melissa Dex Guzman Fumie von Dehn admits that while growing up in Japan during the ’80s she wasn’t that interested in kimonos. “I was …
By Joni Low Beppu, Japan: a non-descript, urban landscape of decrepit buildings, scattered rubble, deserted streets. There’s an odd, grating sound on the pavement cutting into distant industrial sounds. A …
By Adrian Mack She’s given us an unusually rich field to pick from, but personally, my favourite Sook-Yin Lee moment came sometime back in the 1990s when she casually informed …
By Megan Lau Maiko Bae Yamamoto and James Long are two of the most promising theatre artists in Canada. In February 2009, Theatre Replacement was awarded the prestigious Rio Tinto …