2018-08-30 Anna Wong Exhibition (Media Preview, photo by Bessie Chow)
Maurice Wong, brother of Anna
Maurice Wong, brother of Anna
2018-08-30 Anna Wong Exhibition (Media Preview, photo by Bessie Chow)
2018-08-30 Anna Wong Exhibition (Media Preview, photo by Bessie Chow)
Remember the “Comfort Women”
I was 15 and living in Vancouver when I first learned about the ‘comfort women’, a terrible euphemism for tens of thousands of young women sexually enslaved by the Japanese military. My mother had read about … more »
This year’s theme is Journey to the West: Writing Across the Pacific. We have an incredible line up of authors with a full schedule of events, workshops, and panels happening all throughout Chinatown.
Purchase a $25 Festival Pass on … more »
Illustration by Zixi Mu
Dimpled folds of fat flow out from the blue jacket, surging over the armrest, edging closer as she watches in horror. Her seatbelt tightens and coils its way up her torso like a constrictor. She smells … more »
Illustration by Zixi Mu
The humidity of the weather made everything a dream. Within a week, how had I come from being a minimum-wage waiter in Canada, to being a teacher in Hong Kong with a paid apartment; generous salary … more »
April 12, 2006
Illustration by Stephanie Quesada
The hot beef gravy seared the cheese curds as they seeped in with the russet fries. Maya, my sister, poured me a glass of craft lager. The beer was a deep gold, compared … more »
The summer before we started Grade 9, my parents let me go to Josie’s house for a birthday sleepover even without her parents home. I’d launched the campaign about a month earlier, and days of arguing and nagging and negotiating … more »
Translation may be found everywhere we look, but it is paradoxically rarely seen. The many complex ways of translation continually shape our understanding of the world. From world maps, to philosophical treatises to holy scripts, translation since the beginning of … more »
It’s Christmas time! With the holiday seasons comes some down time for reading and contemplation. Here’s my chance to share with you my reading list for the past few months. It’s been a very busy time, with the end of … more »
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Call for Submissions: Immersion: An Asian Anthology of Love, Fantasy, and Speculative Fiction
Deadline: December 31, 2018
Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop and Dark Helix … more »
