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Reading the digital future

By Kevin Chong | April 1, 2010
Literary critics will evoke images of Tolstoy and Hemingway spinning in their graves, but the e-book might provoke literature’s next great leap.
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No Christmas at the Happy Panda

No Christmas at the Happy Panda

By Kevin Chong | December 18, 2008
What’s an angsty Chinese guy to do when his wry Jewish non-girlfriend leaves him lonely during the holidays? Here's our annual tale for the season.
The Man Game puts past in play for Lee Henderson

The Man Game puts past in play for Lee Henderson

By Kevin Chong | September 18, 2008
At Stanley Park, the Hollow Tree is braced by two beams and could be mistaken for a giant, primordial tripod. In Lee Henderson’s mind, the long-standing but ailing park attraction appears too small.
Writers work against Vancouverâs shifting backdrop

Writers work against Vancouver’s shifting backdrop

By Kevin Chong | September 18, 2008
Authors here somehow have the worst of both worlds; the city is not a publishing centre like New York City or Toronto, nor is it like London or Paris where neighbourhoods can be namedropped to a cosmopolitan audience.
Your electronics donât have to become e-waste

Your electronics don’t have to become e-waste

By Kevin Chong | September 4, 2008
Electronic gadgets are becoming sexy baubles: get the latest, trendiest smartphone and even your friends who can't send a text message are envious. Most people, however, don’t realize where their old gadgets end up.

Spring Books 2008 Writer's Profile: Steven Galloway

By Kevin Chong | April 10, 2008
At first sight, Vancouver-born writer Steven Galloway seems the least likely person to write this book: he’s not Serbian and, until recently, he had never set foot in Eastern Europe.
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Chuck lets Alba have her cake–and eat it

By Kevin Chong | September 20, 2007

George Fetherling's Tales of Two Cities

By Kevin Chong | April 20, 2006
George Fetherling introduced himself to me in December with an e-mail invitation for a drink at the Sylvia Hotel. There was no big agenda, he explained at the time. He did mention that he wanted to suggest an article and give me some books.
Neil Young saved my life

Neil Young saved my life

By Kevin Chong | October 13, 2005
This might sound familiar to you. Some bespectacled chubbo walks into a record store. Or some scrawny spaz breaks into his older brother's room. Or some slob sneaks into a party. (Any one of these scenarios can work.)

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