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The Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Drawing the Best Out of Taiwan’s Illustrators

The annual Bologna Children’s Book Fair is an international trendsetter, and since an Illustrators Exhibition was added to the show in 1967 it has sought out the most creative and outstanding works of illustration, attracting the world’s top publishers and illustrators. The first t ...more

Entering Illustrated Worlds: Joyous Encounters with Picture Books

Since 1989, illustrators from Taiwan have often been selected for the Illustrators Exhibition of the Bologna Children’s Book Fair. Selection is a vote of confidence, an affirmation of an illustrator’s ability. Brushstroke by brushstroke, Taiwan’s illustrators are painting a beautif ...more

Penghu Rocks! Taiwan’s “Most Beautiful Bay” in the Limelight

There’s a pop classic in Taiwan called “Grandma’s Penghu Bay.” The lyrics speak of the gentle evening breezes that waft over Penghu Bay, the white-capped breakers and sundrenched beaches, and of course the sea of blue, so blue. The Penghu Islands (also kno ...more

Vinyl Revival: New Wave, Old School

The Japanese author Haruki Murakami once remarked how awesome it would be if words were whiskey. And in an age full of music, one can’t help but wonder: Why do we still need language? In this era when digital technology dominates, there is a group of people who insist upon sticking with the tr ...more

Music from the Lips —International Acclaim for a Father-and-Son Duo

Strolling through countryside, a traveler whistles a lively tune, exchanging greetings with the birds. That whistling sound, made with puckered lips, is produced by reverberation of the air passing through the mouth. Lee Chen-chi, whose interest in whistling evolved into passionate study, was the f ...more

The Teenage Psychic Set to Dazzle International Viewers

Taiwan’s Public Television Service and HBO have joined forces to create a new television series. Produced by a Taiwanese team, The Teenage Psychic will premiere in early April. The Teenage Psychic tells the story of a 17-year-old female high-school student with psychic powers. Set against a b ...more

Bringing Love Across the Seas: Foreign Missionaries in Taiwan

During the 1950s, Taiwan was just emerging from a period of war and chaos, and faced inadequate conditions in culture, education, medical care, and public health. At this time, Catholic missionaries from Belgium, the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Italy, and elsewhere arrived with much-needed don ...more

Nature's Hidden Treasures — Journeys of Flowers,Birds, and Butterflies

Think of the Chinese calendar’s 24 “solar terms” as a clock’s perpetually revolving hands, marking time throughout the year. Over the span of a thousand years, their regular motion has become part of Chinese culture’s genetic makeup. With this clock as a guide, we can e ...more

The Varied Splendor of Taiwan’s Rice Dishes

The Chinese have thousands of years of history with a rice-based cuisine. The wisdom of our ancestors, in accordance with the turning of the seasons and a love of the land, developed an agricultural culture of “planting in the spring, weeding in the summer, harvesting in the fall, and storing ...more

The National Museum of Taiwan Literature: A Glorious Century

Alongside Tainan City’s central roundabout, from which several major roads radiate out, sits a literary landmark that preserves the architecture of Japanese-era Tainan Prefecture: the National Museum of Taiwan Literature. With its tall mansard roof and a main structure that still bears the sca ...more

A Collector’s Vision: Kuo Su-jen Brings Art into Old City Streets

Since returning from the United States in 1996 and buying her first collectible artwork (a figure of Sakyamuni Buddha by Liao Hongbiao), Kuo Su-jen, who will be 60 next year, has continued to expand her art collection and has worked to restore historic residences, combining architectural a ...more

Cycling in Taiwan —Saddle Up and Make the Scene

People have very different takes on travel: some like to squeeze in as much as possible, while others like to take it easy. But traveling by bus or train means following a route chosen by someone else. If you want to regain your autonomy as a traveler, try cycling, which lets you choose your route, ...more

Spreading Hope in Houbi: Father Verny

It was at a Mid-Autumn Festival celebration in the Houbi District of Tainan City that Father François Verny, originally from France, first made himself well-known among the local people—specifically by karaoke singing the Taiwanese-language hit “Marching Forward.&rd ...more

Refined Elegance: The Stylish Homes of Painters and Poets

Lin Chih-chu devoted his career to nihonga, or Japanese-style painting, and came to be known as “the father of Taiwanese nihonga.” Wu Zhuoliu founded Taiwan Literature and Arts magazine and established the Wu Zhuoliu Prize for Literature, an institution that is still ...more

Sanxia: A Century-Old City Rises Again

Sanxia is located in the southwest corner of the Taipei Basin. Mountains rise on three sides and to the west it faces the Dahan River Valley and the coastal plains. Passing through the vicissitudes of a century, the town long ago outgrew its earlier role. Yet a deep, rich cultural heritage ...more

Jumping off the Page: Picture Book Transformations

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Drawing the Best Out of Taiwan’s Illustrators

ASEAN and South Asia Workshop —The ICDF Works to Deepen the Talent Pool

Vinyl Revival: New Wave, Old School

Penghu Rocks! Taiwan’s “Most Beautiful Bay” in the Limelight

The Bologna Children’s Book Fair: Drawing the Best Out of Taiwan’s Illustrators

Entering Illustrated Worlds: Joyous Encounters with Picture Books