A day after Remembrance Day, the rain fell signalling the height of the Fall season. Clocks turned back an hour, daylight ends halfway through the afternoon, and only a few …
Interviews
The weekend was stormy, quite usual for Fall in Vancouver. During my conversation with Nhung Tran-Davies about her young adult novel A Grain of Rice sees water as a force …
DYSTONIA is a short film and captivating story based on true events about violinist James Wong (played by Kenny Wong) who is diagnosed with Focal Hand Dystonia: a neurological movement …
The 2019 Toronto Reel Asian International Film Festival in partnership with Jam3 offered filmgoers an experimental pop-up experience this year, titled East of the Rockies, an interactive narrative augmented reality …
Conversation with Zalika Reid-Benta and Vincent Ternida On a rare sunny day in the Fall, I was able to connect with Zalika Reid-Benta, author of Frying Plantain — a short …
The rain continued in Vancouver, crescendoing into a mini-tempest and I was glad that my next interview would be in a warm, solid venue, with cool refreshments and upbeat piped-in …
Warigami, a CBC Gem Original Series show, follows Wendy Ohata (Emily Piggford) who discovers she has a twin brother named Vincent (Kai Bradbury) and that she’s a kami-jin – a …
Son of James’ front man Shon Wong classifies their unique sound as “Chyna-Trucker-Funk”. “It blends the haunting sounds of Chinese instrumentation with the soulful sounds of Southern Rock and funk,” …
It was a rainy Friday night, a week after the LiterASIAN Festival of 2019. One of the guests was Philip Huynh, a long-time short story author whose first collection is …
Joanne Ramos is a mother, The Economist staff writer, and now the author of The Farm. She is one of the featured authors in Vancouver Writers Fest this October 21st …