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β€ INTRODUCTION β’ Tammy Ho Lai-Ming,Β Michael O’Sullivan,Β Eddie Tay,Β Michael Tsang β€ ARTICLES β’ β Principles of the Hong Kong Kitchen Shorthand Winnie CheungΒ andΒ Lian-Hee Weeβ From Neon Signs to Skyscrapers: The Spectacle of Fluidity in Hong Kongβs Post/modern Cityscape Shao Yi…
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We are very pleased to announce that we have nominated the following pieces for the 2018 Best of the Net Anthology. Congratulations to these writers and good luck! P O E T R YΒ “The Nature of a City” by…
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{Written by Michael Tsang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} This review contains spoilers to the entire franchise. Though highly celebrated commercially, Crazy Rich Asians the film also seems to…
![[REVIEW] “The Asian American Elite’s Victory: πΆπππ§π¦ π
ππβ π΄π ππππ in Print and on Screen” by Michael tsang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/crazy-rich-asians_cha-journal.jpg?w=1024)
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September 2018 I have now taught four 90-minute classes with the same women refugee students connected to the Christian Action Centre for Refugees. They come from countries ranging from Sri Lanka to the Congo. What they all have in common…
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{Written by Sandro Lau, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} βΒ Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, The Infinite Library and Other Stories, Math Paper Press, 2017. 255 pgs. βΒ Patricia Karunungan,…
![[REVIEW] “Connections: πβπ πΌππππππ‘π πΏππππππ¦ and This is π»ππ€ πππ’ ππππ ππ π‘βπ ππππ” by Sandro Lau](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cha-review_singapore.jpg?w=1024)
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As part ofΒ the Cha Writing Workshop Series, I held a poetry seminar in the common area of the Justice Centre in Jordan, Kowloon on Saturday 25 August 2018 to speak to a group of asylum seekers currently residing in Hong…
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{Written by Anna Onni, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Shubigi Rao, Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book Volume I of V, Rock Paper Fire, 2016.…
![[Review] Shubigi Rao’s Pulp: A Short Biography of the Banished Book Volume I of V](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/pulp1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Kate Rogers, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} β Toh Hsien Min (author) and Jacques Rancourt (translator), Dans Quel Sens Tombent Les Feuilles, Editions Caracteres, 2016. 134…
![[REVIEW] “A Tame Paradise: Dans Quel Sens Tombent Les Feuilles and From Walden to Woodlands” by Kate Rogers](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/cha-review_kate-rogers.jpg?w=1024)
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[REVIEW] “Reasons to Live: Rachel Heng’s ππ’πππππ πΆππ’π” by Joshua Ip
{Written by Joshua Ip, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Rachel Heng, Suicide Club, Henry Holt & Co, 2018. 352 pgs. Rachel Heng’s Suicide Club begins with a teaser…
![[REVIEW] “Reasons to Live: Rachel Heng’s ππ’πππππ πΆππ’π” by Joshua Ip](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/suicide-club1.jpg?w=647)
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{Written by Jerome Lim, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Alvin Pang, What Happened: Poems 1997β2017, Math Paper Press, 2018. 132 pgs. What Happened: Poems 1997β2017 is Alvin…
![[REVIEW] “Seemingly Undisputed Autonomy of the Lyric Ego: Alvin Pang’s πβππ‘ π»πππππππ” by Jerome Lim](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/alvin-pang_what-happened_math-paper-press.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Ow Yeong Wai Kit, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} β Amanda Chong, Professions, Math Paper Press, 2016. 61 pgs. β Jennifer Anne Champion, Caterwaul, Math Paper Press,…
![[REVIEW] “She Walks like a Free Country: A Review of Amanda Chong’s ππππππ π ππππ and Jennifer Anne Champion’s πΆππ‘πππ€ππ’π” by Ow Yeong Wai Kit](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/professions-and-caterwaul_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Pow Jun Kai, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Zhang Ruihe and Yu-Mei Balasingamchow (editors), In Transit: An Anthology from Singapore on Airports and Air Travel,…
![[REVIEW] “Still Very Much In Transit: A Review of An Anthology from Singapore on Airports and Air Travel” by Pow Jun Kai](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/in-transit1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Stephanie Studzinski, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} β Audrey Chin, Nine Cuts, Math Paper Press, 2015. 102 pgs. β Desmond Kon Zhicheng-MingdΓ©, Babel Via Negativa, Ethos Books,…
![[REVIEW] “Dissecting Love and Language through Audrey Chin’s ππππ πΆπ’π‘π and Desmond Kon Zhicheng-MingdΓ©’s π΅ππππ π£ππ πππππ‘ππ£π” by Stephanie Studzinski](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/nine-cuts-and-babel-via-negativa_cha.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Mandy Chi Man Lo, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} βΒ Jeremy Tiang, State of Emergency, Epigram Books, 2016. 280 pgs. βΒ Loh Kah Seng, Thum Ping Tjin…
![[Review] “Multiple Narratives of Truth: Living with Myths in Singapore and State of Emergency” by Mandy Chi Man Lo](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/living-with-myths-in-singapore-and-state-of-emergency_header.jpg?w=1024)
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One-Day Literary Writing Lodge in Hong Kong Voices (Saturday 15 December 2018) We are excited to announce that the Department of English Language and Literature at the Hong Kong Baptist University is collaborating with the award-winningΒ Cha: An Asian Literary Journal…
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{Written by Al Lim, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Daryl Lim Wei Jie, A Book of Changes, Math Paper Press, 2016. 65 pgs. Meanwhile, what constructs Singapore?…
![[REVIEW] “Positions: Daryl Lim Wei Jie’s A Book of Changes” by Al Lim](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/bookofchanges_front_078e160a-9c71-4861-a841-247fdebb0332.jpg?w=1024)
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We are happy to announce that we have nominated three poems, all from the March 2017 issue (Issue 35) of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal, for inclusion in Best Indian Poetry 2018. Modelled after the famed Best American Poetry (BAP),…
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{Written by Chloe Leung, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Grace Chia, The Wanderlusters, Math Paper Press, 2016. 353 pgs. Reality is a masquerade for the Cirque Obelisque,…
![[Review] “Behold the Facelessness Behind False-Face”: Flirting with Desire in Grace Chia’s The Wanderlusters](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/grace-chia_wanderlusters.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Samantha Toh, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Cheryl Julia Lee, We Were Always Eating Expired Things, Math Paper Press, 2014. 52 pgs. I picked up…
![[REVIEW] “The Potential of the Poet: Cheryl Julia Lee’s ππ ππππ π΄ππ€ππ¦π πΈππ‘πππ πΈπ₯πππππ πβππππ ” by Samantha Toh](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/we-were-always-eating-expired-things.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Angus Whitehead, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jennifer Anne Champion, Caterwaul, Math Paper Press, 2016. 71 pgs. In the back-cover blurb of this collection, Jennifer…
![[Review] “Pain and Desire: Jennifer Anne Champion’s πΆππ‘πππ€ππ’π” by Angus Whitehead](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jennifer-anne-champion.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Paul Jerusalem, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Ng Yi-Sheng, A Book of Hims, Math Paper Press, 2017. 87 pgs. When 2008 Singapore Literature Prize winner…
![[REVIEW] Preaching to the Queer: Ng Yi-Sheng’s A Book of Hims](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a-book-of-hims-white11.jpg?w=811)
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{Written by Ann Ang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Sharlene Teo, Ponti, Picador, 2018. 304 pages. Three women. The heady atmosphere of an all-girls school, redolent of…
![[Review] An Elegy for Female Friendship: Sharlene Teo’s Ponti](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sharlene-teo_ponti1.jpg?w=400)
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{Written by Theophilus Kwek, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} β Kirstin Chen, Bury What We Cannot Take, Little A, 2018. 275 pgs. β Suchen Christine Lim, The Man Who…
![[REVIEW] Stories for the Unseen: Kirstin Chen’s Bury What We Cannot Take and Suchen Christine Lim’s The Man Who Wore His Wife’s Sarong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stories-of-the-unseen.jpg?w=1024)
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UPDATED on Tuesday 19 March 2019: Due to unforeseen circumstance, Goldfish Press is unable to publish the “Engagement” anthology with Cha and hereby gives thanks andΒ apologises to all who have submitted work.Β We are excited to announce a poetry…
![[Call for Submissions] A Joint Anthology by Goldfish Press and Cha](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/happ-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Ng Yi-Sheng, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} βΒ Kevin Martens Wong, Altered Straits, Epigram Books, 2017. 384 pgs. βΒ JY Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven, Tor.com,…
![[REVIEW] “The Rise of Queer Singaporean Sci-Fi: Kevin Martens Wong’s π΄ππ‘ππππ ππ‘ππππ‘π and JY Yang’s ππππ ππππ‘π Series” by Ng Yi-Sheng](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ng-yi-sheng_cha-review.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Angus Whitehead, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Samuel Lee, A Field Guide to Supermarkets in Singapore, Math Paper Press, 2016. 61 pgs. Recent Singapore poetry…
![[REVIEW] “Quirky Poems of Considerable Depth: A Review of Samuel Lee’s π΄ πΉππππ πΊπ’πππ π‘π ππ’πππππππππ‘π ππ πππππππππ” by Angus Whitehead](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/7b60e333243381-56a5ead0b252a.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Patrick Jiang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.}Β {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Gwee Li Sui,Β Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2017. 200 pgs. As it…
![[REVIEW] “The Joys of Spiaking Singlish: Or, Rather, Reading It: Gwee Li Sui’s ππππππππ πππππππ β” by Patrick Jiang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/krsea-spiaking-singlish-a-companion-to-how-singaporeans-communicate-678x381.jpg?w=678)
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{Written by Nina Powles, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Grace Chia, Mother of All Questions, Math Paper Press, 2017. 89 pgs. I am not your creation. I…
![[REVIEW] “I Am Not Your Creation: Grace Chia’s πππ‘βππ ππ π΄ππ ππ’ππ π‘ππππ ” by Nina Powles](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mother-of-all-questions.jpg?w=480)
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As a part of the Cha Writing Workshop Series, I visited Valtorta College in Tai Po on Friday 6 July 2018 to speak to a group of 16 Form-5 students about spoken word poetry, and afterwards held a workshop on…
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As part of the Cha Writing Workshop Series I visited Ying Wa College on Monday 9 July 2018 to work with the students on their poetry. Particular focus was given to trying to capture Hong Kong in a way that…
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