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{Written by Alfred A. Yuson, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Francis C. Macansantos, Snail Fever, University of the Philippines Press, 2016. 109 pgs. I always hark back…
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{Written by Sandro Lau, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} David R. Brubaker, Liberace’s Filipino Cousin, ThingsAsian Press, 2016. 160 pgs. In his anthology Liberace’s Filipino Cousin, David…
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{Written by Christian Benitez, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Charlie Samuya Veric, Histories, Ateneo de Manila University Press, 2015. 109 pgs. In Charlie Veric’s collection Histories catastrophe…
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{Written by Jennifer Mackenzie, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Tim Tomlinson, Yolanda: An Oral History in Verse, Finishing Line Press, 2015. In November 2013, Typhoon Haiyan, known…
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Thank you forΒ Cha‘s co-editor Tammy Ho Lai-Mingβs invitation to the Cha Reading Series event “Sayang Singapura” (Thursday 3 May 2018), which featured three Cha contributors originally from SingaporeβKum Hoon Ng, Eddie Tay (also Cha‘s Reviews Editor) and Lian-Hee Wee. It…
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{Written by Jason G. Coe, this review is part of Issue 40 (June/July 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Christopher B. Patterson, Transitive Cultures: Anglophone Literature of the Transpacific, Rutgers University Press, 2018. 256 pgs. Collective…
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As part of the Cha Writing Workshop Series, I visited students at CCC Kung Lee College on Monday 30 April 2018, invited by one of the teachers there, William Ng, who was a former student at Hong Kong Baptist University..The…
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On Saturday 21 April 2018, the Education Bureau and SCOLAR (Standing Committee on Language Education and Research) co-organised the 2018 World Book Day Fest. It is a full-day event that promotes reading in Hong Kong. Β . Cha editors Tammy Ho…
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{Written by Kate Rogers, this review is part of Issue 39 (April 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Stephanie Han, Swimming in Hong Kong, Willow Spring Books, 2017. 134 pgs. On the surface, “Swimming in Hong…
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In partnership with Cha, I had the honour of visiting Fukien Secondary School in Kwun Tong to work with students on their short story writing skills. A group of 14 students selected from different class groups came together to develop…
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