L. Farrah Furtado is an award-winning author living in Taiwan since 2002. First generation Canadian, her parents immigrated during the 1960’s to British Columbia to escape poverty and the Salazar fascist regime. FURTADO is a nominee for the Camoes prize, viewed in some countries as the equivalent to the Nobel
Read more‘Gonzo’ returns for night of glee @ Taipei Comedy Club
Dan “Gonzo” Machanik in Association with The Taipei Comedy Club Presents “Gonzo Returns to Treasure Island” 10pm Friday 10th January, $200, Taipei 卡米地 comedy club. 忠孝東路4段553巷20號, Taipei, Taiwan 110. Nearest MRT: Taipei City Hall. One Night Only, Taiwan Comedy Legend Dan “Gonzo” Machanik brings his no-holes-barred, brand of Ex-Pat humor
Read moreLiterary high felt at Taichung ‘Writ’ events
The Writ is a quarterly literary event that takes place at the Taichung Refuge, in the exotic setting of the former Dongshan Amusement Park. In December, “This may be The LAST Writ at The Refuge Community, so we want to make it a good one!” says Boston Paul, Refuge director.
Read moreTaiwan EPA’s ‘smoking gun’: bogus air standards
The Wild East / editorial Real-time Taiwan air-quality readings here Who controls the past controls the future, and who controls the present controls the past. The same also applies to current air pollution standards in Taiwan. A fuss should be made about the obscenely high “acceptable limit for particulates —
Read moreAuthor Furtado: ‘My fans are like my family’
In this exclusive interview, the Wild East’s Trista di Genova asks author L. Farrah Furtado about her latest news, views on writing and her WIP ‘Pop-Rock-Cop’. Both local expat writers will be participating in the 2014 Taipei International Book Exhibition (TIBE). Trista: Who are you? 🙂 Furtado: I’m the life-long
Read more’20 questions’ with author Trista di Genova
By Mandy Chang, Wild East Exclusives Q. What’s your name? Trista di Genova Q. How many people are there in your family? I don’t know. Maybe 7 billion? Q. What is your star sign? Capricorn Q. Where are you from? Tucson, Arizona USA Q: How long does it take to
Read moreDaniel Pearl Day in Taiwan: How it all got started
The founder of Daniel Pearl Day in Taiwan, Sean Scanlan, spoke this week with the Wild East’s Trista di Genova about how the day-long music festival got started twelve years ago. Trista: Thanks for taking the time to talk to us, Sean. Here are a few questions that are probably
Read moreGetting over the ‘hump’ in Chinese-language learning
Edited version of this article published in Centered on Taipei magazine, Oct 2013. Tired of being left in the dark when it comes to learning Chinese, Trista di Genova talks with Michael Hoare about his ground-breaking new resource for wannabe Mandarin speakers, ‘Intimate Chinese: From grammar to fluency: A companion
Read moreProtest held at Taipei City Council against ShiDa closures
The following call for support is from the owner of ‘Out of India’ restaurant in ShiDa. Read more: “Who Killed ShiDa?” SAVE SHIDA NIGHT MARKET! SAVE THE MOST COLORFUL PART OF TAIWAN’S CULTURE! PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS, TOO! I am the only remaining foreigner in Taiwan who is fighting for the
Read moreI got in a fight at the flower market
By Joe Gui / Culture Shock, at The Wild East I got in a fight last weekend at the Jianguo Flower Market in Taipei; well, I guess it was more of a scuffle. It was about 6:30am and I was cycling through the Jinguo Flower Market, the largest market of
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