Author Furtado: ‘My fans are like my family’

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November 19, 2013January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment Alice Munro, expat businesses, expat writers, Farrah Furtado, Her Apparitions & Other Human Longings, Jessica Amaro, Lisa Furtado, Nelly Furtado, writers on Taiwan

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

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’20 questions’ with author Trista di Genova

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November 18, 2013January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment banciao, expat writers, Fela Kuti, poetry in Taiwan, The Great Scroll of Banciao, Trista di Genova, writers on Taiwan

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

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Prof. Scott Simon to speak on Seediq Bale @ Academia Sinica

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April 29, 2013January 11, 2015 Trista di Genova 0 Comment aboriginal culture in Taiwan, aboriginal history, academia sinica, Austronesian language and cultures, CEFC Taipei, Ethnography, Japanese in Taiwan, Professor anthropologist Scott Simon, Taiwan history, Taiwan history in film, Taiwan-French relations, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale, writers, writers on Taiwan

Anthropologist Scott Simon will be speaking at Academia Sinica in Taipei on May 6 at 2:30pm, on the topic “Sadyaq Balae! State and Indigeneity on Formosa” in Room B202, RCHSS Academia Sinica (map) Like indigenous peoples around the globe, the Austronesian peoples of Formosa (Taiwan) have lost their sovereignty because

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