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November Feature: Memory, pt.2
This November, we read with memories. In the quiet of November, let us read with memory. As the year’s end approaches, we naturally find ourselves reflecting on what has passed – the people and places that have shaped us, the histories that live on in us. The books in this month’s series remind us that every story is a repository of memory, whether it’s one person’s childhood home, a nation’s collective trauma, or the hidden struggles of everyday lives. They invite us to en
Cordelia Shan
Dec 4
November Feature: Memory, pt.1
November is here. I am not sure about your city, but Toronto has its first snow for this winter on November 9th. Days trimmed short by early dusk and its nights edged with the first frost. In this penultimate chapter of the year, time itself seems to slow and loop back: the air carries the scent of woodsmoke and nostalgia, and fallen leaves crackle like the pages of an old diary, most people would start buying their new journals and planners for the new year now. It is the s
Cordelia Shan
Dec 4
October Feature: Moonlit Reads
Moonlit Reads October is here, and with it comes the full moons that so many traditions look forward to—the Harvest Moon, the Hunter’s Moon, the Mid-Autumn Festival moon. This October, we gather under that glow with our feature, Moonlit Reads, to reflect everything about the moon and its power. At the middle of autumn, a slight ache often sets in. Perhaps it is the exhaustion of summer finally catching up with us, or the difficulty of saying goodbye to warm evenings, holidays
Cordelia Shan
Oct 15
Spice Called Memories: On Kamogawa Food Detectives
There’s a little alleyway in Kyoto where a restaurant hides with no signboards, no curtains, and yet somehow, everyone who visits never...
Cordelia Shan
Sep 19
September Feature: Food for Thought
At Found in Translation , this September we celebrate food in translated literature. Meals in books are never just meals: they carry...
Cordelia Shan
Sep 16
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