-
Editor’s note: We are delighted to present Akin Jeje’s vivid essay tracing the evolution of Peel Street Poetry, a Hong Kong-based, community-driven collective that grew from informal bar gatherings into a dynamic literary force. This essay serves as a shorter…
![[ESSAY] “A History of Peel Street Poetry” by Akin Jeje](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/images.png?w=225)
-
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “History and Anachronism in Christopher Smith’s Samurai with Telephones” by Raymond K. Nakamura Christopher Smith, Samurai with Telephones: Anachronism in Japanese Literature, University of Michigan Press, 2024. 242 pgs.…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “History and Anachronism in Christopher Smith’s 𝑆𝑎𝑚𝑢𝑟𝑎𝑖 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ 𝑇𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑝ℎ𝑜𝑛𝑒𝑠” by Raymond K. Nakamura](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/christopher-smiths-samurai-with-telephones.jpg?w=1000)
-
[CONVERSATION] “Flights of Memory and Meaning: On Paper Plane” by Sadie Kaye and Nifraz Rifaz Nifraz Rifaz, Paper Plane, The Jam Fruit Tree Publications, 2026. 368 pgs. In my review of Paper Plane, first published in The Hooghly Review, on…
![[CONVERSATION] “Flights of Memory and Meaning: On 𝑃𝑎𝑝𝑒𝑟 𝑃𝑙𝑎𝑛𝑒” by Sadie Kaye and Nifraz Rifaz](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/nifraz-rifaz-paper-plane-cha.jpg?w=972)
-
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Influence, Fandom, and Platform Power: On Asian Celebrity Cultures in the Digital Age” by Jennifer Junwa Lau Jian Xu, Glen Donnar, and Divya Garg (editors). Asian Celebrity Cultures in the…
![[REVIEW] “Influence, Fandom, and Platform Power: On 𝐴𝑠𝑖𝑎𝑛 𝐶𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑦 𝐶𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝐴𝑔𝑒” by Jennifer Junwa Lau](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/jennifer-lau-influence-fandom-and-platform-power-asian-celebrity-cultures.png?w=1024)
-
[REVIEW] “A City in Panorama: Hong Kong Through Keith Macgregor’s Lens” by Simon Patton Keith Macgregor. An Eye on Hong Kong, Odyssey Publications, 1999. 196 pgs. It was Martin Booth who once observed that the view of Victoria Harbour regularly…
![[REVIEW] “A City in Panorama: Hong Kong Through Keith Macgregor’s Lens” by Simon Patton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/an-eye-on-hong-kong-keith-macgregor.jpeg?w=582)
-
[Incidental] “The Foodie Poo Review: Under the Table with Mojo Kaye”, translated by his human Sadie Kaye As soon as you approach the restaurant premises, your senses will explode at the welcoming sweet-and-sour aroma of charred meat and sweaty feet.…
![[INCIDENTAL] “The Foodie Poo Review: Under the Table with Mojo Kaye” by Sadie Kaye](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/mojo.jpeg?w=1024)
-
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Pains, Survival, and Self-Publishing: Gurpreet Kaur Khosa’s Pain & Other Inheritances” by Michael Tsang Gurpreet Kaur Khosa. Pain & Other Inheritances, BookLeaf Publishing, 2025. 50 pgs. This collection stands…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Pains, Survival, and Self-Publishing: Gurpreet Kaur Khosa’s 𝑃𝑎𝑖𝑛 & 𝑂𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐼𝑛ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑖𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑐𝑒𝑠” by Michael Tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/pain-other-inheritances.jpg?w=850)
-
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [REVIEW] “Food as Violence, Food as Salvation: Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe’s Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake” by Rituparna Mukherjee Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe. Father Cabraal’s Recipe for Love Cake, Penguin Random House…
![[REVIEW] “Food as Violence, Food as Salvation: Ramya Chamalie Jirasinghe’s 𝐹𝑎𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝐶𝑎𝑏𝑟𝑎𝑎𝑙’𝑠 𝑅𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑝𝑒 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐿𝑜𝑣𝑒 𝐶𝑎𝑘𝑒” by Rituparna Mukherjee](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/ramya-chamalie-jarasinghe.-father-cabraals-recipe-for-love-cake.jpg?w=940)
-
茶 FIRST IMPRESSIONS 茶 REVIEW OF BOOKS & FILMS [FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Terao Tetsuya’s Spent Bullets: Alienation and Intimacy in Silicon Valley’s Taiwanese Diaspora” by Jennifer Eagleton Terao Tetsuya (author), Kevin Wang (translator). Spent Bullets, HarperCollins, 2025. 208 pgs. Set in…
![[FIRST IMPRESSIONS] “Terao Tetsuya’s 𝑆𝑝𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝐵𝑢𝑙𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑠: Alienation and Intimacy in Silicon Valley’s Taiwanese Diaspora” by Jennifer Eagleton](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/spent-bullets-hardcover-e28093-october-14-2025-by-terao-tetsuya-author-kevin-wang.jpg?w=987)
-
Editor’s note: In this feature, we present an interview with Jennifer Wong on her new collection Light Year, conducted by Cha’s staff reviewer Michael Tsang. Wong’s work is widely recognised for its attentiveness to memory, language, and the complexities of…
![[CONVERSATION] “Writing Through Loss, Language, and Home: On 𝐿𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑌𝑒𝑎𝑟” by Michael Tsang and Jennifer Wong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/light-year-paperback-e28093-19-feb.-2026-english-edition-by-jennifer-wong-author.jpg?w=322)
-
Header artwork by Annysa Ng 茶 First Impressionsclick for information 茶 Essays click for information 茶 En Routeclick for information 茶 XI XI—Can We Sayclick for information 茶 Write to Powerclick for information 茶 Auditory Cortexclick for information
Cha 