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18/10/2025

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18/10/2025

The son of a Musqueam cultural leader and an immigrant from China, Larry Grant tells the story of his extraordinary life and heritage in Reconciling: A Lifelong Struggle to Belong.

Unfolding through a series of conversations between himself and writer Scott Steedman, his memoir brings us from the Musqueam reserve to Chinatown, the site of the Mission Residential School to the University of British Columbia, where he is now the Elder-in-residence. Mirroring the book’s format, Scott will interview Larry on-stage, in a wise conversation with much to teach us.

https://writersfest.bc.ca/festival-event-2025/80

🗓️ Sunday, October 26 at 10:30 AM
📍 The NEST
💛 Presented in partnership with Talking Stick Festival and Full Circle: First Nations Performance.

18/10/2025

Congrats, Leanne and Fred!

06/10/2025

An Interview with Jennifer Chiu, of “Clan of the Painted Lady” https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/10/an-interview-with-jennifer-chiu-of-clan-of-the-painted-lady/.

Jennifer Chiu, a Vancouver Hakka-Canadian filmmaker, traces her family’s past in Kolkata, India and explores the impact of migration on identity, family, and cultural preservation in Clan of the Painted Lady. Chiu’s first feature documentary premieres at the Vancouver International Film Festival with screenings on October 6 & 9, 2025.

Effie Pow interviews Jennifer, ahead of the premiere at VIFF https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/10/an-interview-with-jennifer-chiu-of-clan-of-the-painted-lady/

09/09/2025

"Rising Popularity of K-pop and K-dramas Forces Shift in Korean Identity" by Thuy Anh Nguyen is a fascinating new piece that offers a glimpse into the juxtoposition of hallyu and anti-Asian racism https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/09/rising-popularity-of-k-pop-and-k-dramas-forces-shift-in-korean-identity/

Nukes. Bombs. War. North Korea. These are some of the words that Jenny Kwak, a 22-year-old Korean-Canadian, often heard when people discussed her heritage. Growing up in Toronto, she always felt like she stood out. Her food was different. Her features didn’t fit in. When she met people who weren.....

09/09/2025

Zi Shui grew up during the Cultural Revolution. She witnessed stories of youth navigating its darkness. Her fiction explores their resilience, defiance, and the human spirit amid history's shadows. "Zhou Nan" is her latest short fiction. https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/09/zhou-nan/

At midnight, Zhou-Nan lay motionless on the cold cement floor. He couldn’t move. Even the slightest shift sent sharp pains coursing through his battered body. Blood seeped from his wounds. Dehydration and weakness clouded his consciousness. Gradually, he became aware of the dryness in his mouth an...

08/09/2025

New short fiction, "The Soothsayer" by Nirris Nagendrarajah in Ricepaper https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/09/the-soothsayer/

In the summer, our Parisian half-cousin hosted a lunch at his condominium. I didn't go. Not because I couldn't, but because he'd added me to the group chat hours after my two sisters, and I wasn’t privy to the message history. From the outset, I had been left out of the loop and had

30/08/2025

"Directions (Or Why I Can’t Drive)" by A.S. Ko is a 3rd generation Korean Canadian whose new fiction is published in Ricepaper https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/08/directions-or-why-i-cant-drive/

I have a running list: I love the planet too much, I want to ride a moped instead, I think cars are ugly, I know I’m going to hit someone, I get easily distracted, Or quite simply: I don’t know. My younger sister finds it strange, since I’m the one who “wants to get out

30/08/2025

Our newest short fiction piece in Ricepaper, "The Tiger on the Seventy-Third Floor" by C.K. Liu https://ricepapermagazine.ca/2025/08/the-tiger-on-the-seventy-third-floor/

Hello? Can you still hear me? You said you wanted to know why your family left you in New York. Are you calling from there now? I’m sorry, these old Shanghai lines cut out all the time. No, don’t hang up. I want to answer. Only, it’s hard—you grew up on my knee, and then

27/08/2025

Heartfelt congratulations to Ricepaper poetry editor Tāriq Malik, whose poetry book "Blood of Stone" was recognized with the Book Awards for BC Authors Contest Award 2025 for poetry

Pakistani-born Vancouver-based Desipoc author Tāriq Malik has worked across poetry, fiction, non-fiction and visual arts for the past four decades to distill immersive and original narratives. As a marginalized creator, he writes intensely in response to the world in flux around him and his place in its shadows. He claims to have come to these shores reluctantly, having first survived three wars, two migrations, and two decades of slavery in the Kuwaiti desert before landing here. He has authored a collection of short stories, Rainsongs of Kotli (TSAR Publications, 2004); a novel, Chanting Denied Shores (Bayeux Arts, 2010); and a poetry collection, Unmooring the Komagata Maru (UBC Press, 2019). His recent poetry publications by Caitlin Press include Exit Wounds (2022) and Blood of Stone (2024). His writing has appeared or will appear in Salzburg Poetry Review #43, The Puritan, The Polyglot Magazine, Rice Paper, TWUC’s Write Magazine, The Aleph Review, and Verbal Art (July 2019), among others. He has been the Writer-in-Residence at the Historic Joy Kogawa House (July 2023). He is the current Writer-in-Residence at The Polyglot Magazine and the Canadian Editor of the online Haiku magazine Espacio Luna Alfanje.

https://caitlinpress.com/Books/B/Blood-of-Stone https://pic.x.com/wEiVKoj2bL