KWAG KYUHWAN, planner of the “Window Project” team,is dedicated to promoting Taiwan–Korea cultural exchange, introducing books such as Rebel City: A Dark Travelogue of Taipei and The Invisible and Visible Taipei to Korea.
NAM SORA, currently residing in Taipei, teaches Korean at the National Taiwan Normal University Extension School and is the translator of the Korean edition of The Invisible and Visible Taipei.
Founded in 2019, Cat Cat Creative features humans and cats as its main characters, focusing on issues such as social justice and environmental protection. Its main publications include graphic novels and picture books, which are distributed through independent bookstores in Taiwan and its own online store.
This is a moving ethnography which captures authentic Taiwanese sentiments while still retaining serious sociological analysis, as well as rich cultural textures and real-life connections. The author sketches a picture of the blue-collar world where trailer truck mechanics from Kaohsiung live: they study in an apprenticeship system where they “learn by doing”; after their apprenticeship is over, they continue to refine their skills and make a living while negotiating with bosses and look out for one another.
Based on a comprehensive field study of the LGBTQ movement, HIV/AIDS medical treatment, and family and religious issues in Taiwanese society, Li-Ying Chien's The Possible Memoirs of a Traitor uncovers stories from a Taipei gay shelter in the 90's.
Concentration of Chinese characters in the last century
Gou Town, an ethnic minority settlement in the southwestern frontier of China, and was still witchy. At the end of 1950, the Cultural Revolution suddenly descended and a small, simple town changed its tune. Where will the fate of Guo Town ?
The birth of each poem is within one instant; however, we poets are trapped in our limited bodies and literal shackles, and we are destined to serve a life sentence for that. What I cared about was never the historical position, but rather my niche in the universe when writing poetry.
A stranger, Casey came to Yilan and invested his all savings. He moved gas from house to house, unknowingly connecting closely with neighbors and peers; that was also the year the gas industry fell into the great turmoil of the times, and they were not aware of it ......
The Umbrella Men is a group of anonymous media workers in Hong Kong who volunteer to interview and record stories that have not yet been forgot by Hong Kong people. After the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law had passed, and all the lies might become the truth someday, this book is the record of Hong Kong people's struggle in 2020.
