PEELING RAMBUTAN By Gillian Sze Gaspereau Press (March 2014) 80 pages, $19.95 (Paperback) REVIEWED BY SHARON MIKI Gillian Sze’s latest collection of poetry, Peeling Rambutan, has been described …
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THIS ONE SUMMER By Mariko Tamaki and Jillian Tamaki Groundwood Books (May 6, 2014) 320 Pages, $17.99 (Paperback Graphic Novel) REVIEWED BY ELLIOT CHAN Awago Beach has been …
FOR TODAY I AM A BOY by KIM FU HarperCollins (January 2014) 256 pages, $19.99 (Paperback) REVIEWED BY ERIC WILKINS “But I want to be like you,” I …
THE AGE By Nancy Lee McClelland & Stewart (March 2014) 281 pages, $22.95 (Paperback) REVIEWED BY BRYCE TARLING Nancy Lee, in her new novel The Age, takes us through …
SINUOUS by LYDIA KWA Turnstone Press (September 26 2013) 128 pages, $17 (Paperback) REVIEWED BY LUCY NG Vancouver psychologist and writer/poet Lydia Kwa’s second collection of poetry sinuous charts …
LIGHT by SOUVANKHAM THAMMAVONGSA Pedlar Press, (September 15, 2013) 73 pages, $20 (Paperback) Reviewed by Kathryn Gwun-Yeen Lennon On a fall morning, just after daylight savings, I began reading Light. …
How Does a Single Blade of Grass Thank the Sun By Doretta Lau Nightwood Editions (April 2014) 120 Pages, $19.95 (paperback) Reviewed by Sharon Miki Doretta Lau’s début, How Does a …
On a rural South Korean farmstead, a married middle-aged couple arrive at the home of a single mother (Kil Hae-yeon) and her pregnant teenage daughter (Ahn Ji-hye). The parties have …
Notwithstanding writer-director Ken Kwek’s claim that social commentary isn’t a card he is playing, his debut feature—an uneven but respectable effort—will nevertheless attract filmgoers attuned to Singapore’s cultural life and …
You Are A Cat! by Sherwin Tjia Conundrum Press, Oct. 2011, 240 pages, 80 b/w illustrations $17 (Paperback) Reviewed by Elliot Chan. As someone who finds felines endearing and adorable—but …