Month: April 2019

Send No Money Now (Revisited)

The timing of today’s earthquake in Taiwan was particularly weird, striking as it did at 1:01 PM, about 45 minutes into a luncheon at the Nikko Hotel hosted by Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Though former Congressman Paul Ryan had

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Sun Moon Lake: A peculiar mingling of love and death

Chapter excerpt and video from Formosa Moon by Joshua Samuel Brown and Stephanie Huffman

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Author Reading of Formosa Moon April 25, 2019 – 18:30-20:30

Formosa Moon

Thanks to everyone who came out to our reading on April 15th at The Center in Taipei. We had a good crowd, a selection of fine wines and cheese and more fun than you can shake a stick it. Tobie

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How I Spread Manure To Help April Fools Day Tradition Bloom in Taiwan

Taiwan Scene April Fools Day 2019

The tradition of running blatantly false news headlines on April First probably started with the English, because most things that are funny and involve

words, and
bullshit
were started by the English. 

In my two years as Editor-in-Chief of Taiwan Scene, I’ve tried to carry on the tradition, despite the tradition has far less cultural traction in Taiwan.

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