‘Stranger in Taiwan’, by Hartley Pool: BOOK REVIEW

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February 4, 2012January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment British Council, expat lit, expat literature on Taiwan, foreign comedians in Asia, Hartley Pool, how to pick up chicks, Living Room Taipei, Maokong gondola, Stranger in Taiwan, Taipei Comedy Club, take a tour bus around Taiwan and China, teaching English in Asia, Travel in Taiwan, travel stories about Taiwan, Zacharie Touzin

Stranger in Taiwan, by Hartley Pool (Revenge Ink, 2011) Buy it here on Amazon.com RATING: QUITE GOOD, FUNNY Hartley Pool is a comedian I used to see performing at The Living Room Taipei, about 5 or 6 years ago. He’d claim the stage like a pro for Zach Touzin’s Open

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Steven Crook: Taiwan's consummate cultural notetaker

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June 13, 2011January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 6 Comments aboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal peoples, aboriginal Taiwan, best places to see in Taiwan, Bradt travel guide, Catherine Dai, cross-cultural communication, cultural differences, Dos and Don'ts in Taiwan, Formosan Odyssey, freelance work in Taiwan, John Ross, Kaohsiung, Keeping Up With the War God, publishing, Siraya, Steven Crook, tainan, Taiwan News, Taiwan travel, tourism, Trade and Cultural Promotion Office, Travel in Taiwan, travel stories about Taiwan, writers

By Trista di Genova, The Wild East (Pick up a copy of next month’s ‘Centered on Taipei’ magazine to see this interview in print.) Steven Crook, a Briton who’s been in Taiwan since 1991, is an amazingly versatile freelancer. He’s worked as a government project consultant, copy editor for Taiwan

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Taiwan Architecture: A Festival of Junk

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November 19, 2010 Trista di Genova 5 Comments architecture, Chiang kai-shek in Taiwan, Dutch in Taiwan, Fort Zeelandia, George H. Kerr, Koxinga 國姓爺, Linda Arrigo, Madame Chiang Kai-shek Meiling Soong, tainan, Taiwan history, Travel in Taiwan, Treasure Hill

How and why the island’s modern-day architecture evolved into such a sad state — an aesthetically offensive living museum of bile-inspiring monstrosities By Trista di Genova The Wild East A few years ago, when producer Will Tiao and his crew were scouting locations for the film ‘Formosa Betrayed’, they discovered

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