Taiwan Bookstore – Painting With Words 8:00 – 9:30 pm | Sep 3rd Outdoor Stage | šxʷƛ̓ənəq Xwtl’e7énk Square North of the Vancouver Art Gallery Discovering oneself in literature is like using a flashlight to shine a light and reveal the things hiding in the shadows. Indonesian-Chinese and Malaysian-Chinese literature might seem obscure or lacking … Read more
Taiwan Bookstore: Words of the Resistance: Writers Reacting to Suppression 1:30 – 3:30 pm | Sep 3rd Montalbano Family Theatre | Vancouver Public Library, Central Library Literary Guerilla Warfare “The greatest psychological trauma caused by colonialism is that you are left without a sense of self-identity.” The practices and culture of the colonizers are imitated … Read more
Brilliant Time starts from a book Donate a book to a friend far away Brilliant Time X Vancouver TAIWANfest Sep 3rd to 5th Downtown Vancouver English Indonesian Mandarin “Writing and reading is my freedom.” —Erin Ciara, Indonesia Erin is the recipient of the Taiwan Literature Award for Migrants. Brilliant Time Bookstore exists because of stories … Read more