That Which is UnsaidMuch of how we communicate with each other is through nonverbal gestures, expressions, and cultural norms. At some point, language ends: “There is a silence that cannot speak,” Joy Kagawa writes in Obasan, “There is … more »
Join the Asian Canadian Writers’ Workshop at Western Canada’s largest free literary festival – Word Vancouver. This year’s festival features several exciting virtual events and exhibitors, taking place throughout the month of September.
The Canadian literary scene, once said to … more »
Myths, Legends, and the SupernaturalWhat does your palm say about you? How has life been for you during Kali Yuga? Have you ever seen Chang’e up on the moon? How about the Hantu Belangkas during a cruise trip? Does … more »
Communities are essential in the act of hope-making, extending life and goodness farther than any one individual could give on their own. Communities can also work to derail, deconstruct, and destroy life-giving initiatives others have worked to nurture. Communities are … more »
Chinatown Pretty is a storytelling project, founded by photographer Andria Lo and writer Valerie Luu, that documents senior citizens’ street style in Chinatowns. What qualifies as Chinatown Pretty? It combines urban utilitarianism with unexpected sartorial choices that reveal resilience, … more »
The mysterious death of Elisa Lam has been solved according to a documentary that was released in 2021. Through detective work, and with some assistance from internet forums, retired police detectives, coroners, and a forensic neuropsychologist, the Netflix documentary series, … more »
Todd Wong has been blogging about cultural fusion and Asian-Canadian history since 2004. He is active in the literary, arts, and dragon boat communities of Vancouver and is a fifth-generation, Chinese-Canadian, head tax descendant. Known globally as the creator of … more »
Tina Jung is an award-winning Korean-Canadian actor, writer, and producer born in South Korea to parents who were actors themselves. A BFA graduate from the Acting Conservatory at York University, she has amassed an impressive resume, with roles in Second … more »
Cindy Chan Piper is an architect, a city planner, an actor, and a photographer. She’s an artist overall whose work remains anonymous to the public eye, but her friends recognize her talented eye especially in her photographs. She narrates that … more »
May shrugs her left shoulder to keep her bag from slipping, glances up across the classical vinyl section in search of wayward Mimi, and then back down to the slim cardboard sleeves, hoping to alight on something rare, something that … more »