The brass bell rang a welcome as I opened the door and the strong Arabica coffee aroma swept over me. A Horace Silver jazz piano solo was picking up …
i smooth river leads to quiet winter dust on my fingers frozen, with stars in water, lantern fish in the wind. I’ve longed for herons in my sleep, jade …
Hollay Ghadery recently interviewed authors Wayne Ng and George Ng. Wayne was born into a Chinese immigrant family in Toronto, while George was born in China. Both authors share Chinese …
Sumaiya Matin: I really enjoyed reading your debut picture book, So Loud! published by Annick Press. It is a charming and beautifully told story about a young girl finding and …
We used to play ……..up the hill, bunkered under granite wings. I wander tall among ancestors now ……..footsteps buoyed on the breeze stone islets stay supine. ……..They beckon to me, …
We are excited to announce a call for proposals for our upcoming issue, centred around the theme of rebirth. This theme, rich in metaphor and symbolism, has been a cornerstone …
Jennilee Austria-Bonifacio’s debut novel, Reuniting with Strangers, is chock full of Philippine tropes: the lovesick seaman, the fat-shaming mother who consults priests instead of doctors, the abusive husband who demands …
Vivian Jung, a trailblazing educator, was born in Merritt, BC, in 1924. Breaking barriers, she became the first Chinese-Canadian teacher hired by the Vancouver School Board. However, her journey was …
Keiko Honda has worked in academia for over 10 years in the public health field in the US and internationally. She is now running her non-profit, Vancouver Arts Colloquium Society, …
Ujjal Dosanjh was born in a village of India’s rural Punjab in 1946, mere months before the midnight of India’s independence in 1947. Ujjal migrated to Britain in 1964 where …