Love is Plastic 愛是塑膠
Author: Chien-Fan Liu 劉倩帆
Illustrator: Chien-Fan Liu 劉倩帆
14.8 x 21 cm / 128 pages / Comic
Published in Jan, 2023
ISBN: 978-626-956-183-4
“Love is Plastic” is a collection of comic and illustration works by Chien-Fan Liu from 2017 to 2021, covering grotesque stories, local scenery in Tainan, abstract short stories about love, and the enlightenment of adolescent girls in a patriarchal society.
Awards:
Newcomer Award nomination at the 2020 Angoulême International Comics Festival in France.
Silver Award in the Digital Competition at the 2018 Angoulême International Comics Festival in France.
Silver Award in the New Talent category at the 2018 Lausanne Comics Festival in Switzerland.
Still Here 還在
Author: Yu-Wen Chen 陳昱文
Illustrator: Bo-Han Wu 吳柏漢 & Ruei-Chung Chen 陳睿忠
12.8 x 18.5 cm / 160 pages / Poetry
Published in Dec, 2022
ISBN: 978-626-956-182-7
“Still Here” is a collection of Yu-Wen Chen’s poetry over the past decade. Follow the wandering bard as he writes forgotten stories around Hualien with a sincere voice and an insightful pen, while exploring the tranquility, joy, and fears of his own soul
Awards:
National Taitung Life Art Center Houshan Literature Annual Newcomer Award.
Sin(k)cere 沉淪誌
Author: Yu-li Chan 詹又黎, Lan-bai Huang 黃藍白, Anonymous 佚名, Da-guan Liu 劉大冠, Tsuchiido Takashi 土井塔克, Wei Yu 威宇, Wen-xi Zeng 曾文細
14.8 x 21.0 cm / 288 pages / Music history
Published in Dec, 2022
ISBN: 978-626-956-184-1
The seven creators each have their own stories of struggles and setbacks, and these words are the traces of their arduous journeys through different difficulties. If you have ever felt vulnerable, angry, depressed, or hopeless in the face of challenges, perhaps a certain passage in this book will become a source of understanding and companionship. Is life simple? Or is it difficult? A decade may not be enough to answer this question. However, creation is a summary of life and also the beginning of another chapter of existence. Through the publication of this collection of works and your reading of it, we hope to mutually embark on a new journey towards the unknown.
The special edition of “Ten Years of Reflection” comprehensively includes for the first time the long and arduous journey of the “Festival of Difficult Life” over the past decade.
Hey 喂
Author: Ai-lin Yan 顔艾琳
Photo: Ai-lin Yan 顔艾琳
12.8 x 17.0 cm / 120 pages / Poetry
Published in Apr, 2022
ISBN: 978-626-956-181-0
“Hey” is a paper-based art publication by poet Yan Ailin that explores interactive consciousness, textual disruption, and puzzle references. Through writing, the poet transforms experiences of pain, betrayal, misunderstanding, and bullying into tattoos on the soul. This poetry collection heals the scars of our generation, our soul wounds. Calling out to you with a “Hey,” let’s embrace these tattoos together.
A renowned poet whose book sold 500 copies in the first week of publication.
Behance GR Selection.
The landscape of nothingness 沒有的風景
Author: Sheng Er 山耳
13.0 x 19.0 cm / 68 pages / Poetry
Published in Apr, 2022
ISBN: 978-626-956-180-3
“Nothingness” does not signify emptiness, nor does it imply poverty or shallowness. In contrast to the loud proclamations and the emphasis on rapid empathy in popular language, the ability to recognize the frozen, slow-flowing existence may be closer to the essence of poetry.
Author’s first book.
Sunshower 太陽雨
Author: Le-En Huang 黃樂恩
14.8 x 21.0 cm / 160 pages / Essay
Published in Feb, 2022
ISBN: 978-986-985-729-1
“Sunshower” is Le-En Huang’s first collection of personal essays. Born in 1987, she candidly writes about her experiences growing up in Taipei and later living in North America, reflecting on her journey through university life. The book is divided into three main themes. “Rain Probability” captures her emotions and understanding of life as she transitions from adolescence to her twenties, while also observing the social landscape. “Satellite Clouds” presents her observations and writings on urban landscapes. “Body Sensation Temperature” contains her most heartfelt memories, encompassing friendships, family bonds, and life philosophy. She portrays the appearance of young girls in this generation and the transnational landscapes, prompting us to reflect on our own position in the world
Author’s first book.
Hug Hug 抱抱
Author: Mur.
12.8 x 18.5 cm / 136 pages / Poetry
Published in Dec, 2021
ISBN: 978-986-985-727-7
The poet Mur. explores the bittersweetness that unfolds from her youth, marriage, divorce, and the pain trampled by time. The indulgent struggles against sin, distinct from the earthly realm, and the clashes in time and space ultimately lead to ecstatic downfall.
Author’s first book.
Make me journey from myself towards myself _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 使我從我走向我
Author: Wu Kai/Klaire 吳愷/克萊兒
13.5 x 21.0 cm / 172 pages / Poetry
Published in Oct, 2021
ISBN: 978-986-985-726-0
“Blessing Incantation.” Wu Kai uses words as the shutter, capturing the essence of each moment; While Klaire belongs to the realm of song, enchanting with her vocals. Wu Kai invokes spells, Klaire sings incantations, their union guides me towards myself.
Author’s first book.
The Local Flavor of Taiwanese Dialect- Proverbs and Colloquialisms
台語的鄉土口味—俗諺、俚語
Author: Sheng-tang Yan 顏勝堂
Illustrator: Wan-ting Su
14.8 x 21.0 cm / 288 pages / Language
Published in Aug, 2021
ISBN: 978-986-985-724-6
With reference to the Ministry of Education’s “Dictionary of Common Taiwanese Southern Min Terms,” the author, drawing from their rich life experiences, presents the colloquialisms and proverbs of Taiwan’s local language with a unique taste and provides explanations in the form of listed entries. The explanations and narratives outside of each entry are also presented in Mandarin Chinese, facilitating reading for those unfamiliar with Taiwanese. This work aims to comprehensively organize the fading colloquialisms and proverbs of Taiwan, allowing students to learn the endearing expressions and appreciate the beauty of phonetics in Taiwanese.
Awards:
The Top 70 Selected Stars of the 44th Ministry of Culture’s Recommended Books for Elementary and Middle School Students.
Uneasy Feeling 不安於世
Author: Ali 欸里
14.8 x 21.0 cm / 264 pages / Essay
Published in Mar, 2021
ISBN: 978-986-985-723-9
“Uneasy Feeling” is Ali’s stream-of-consciousness essay-photo book, where the author shares their tumultuous and sudden emotions over a span of two years. It also explores long-endured emotions that have settled and need to be released, conveyed through unstructured and expressive writing. It allows us to empathize with the inner world and outward behavior of individuals with depression, fostering further connections between people.
Author’s first book.
Includes author’s portrait photographs
Rounding Error 捨入誤差
Author: Sheng Nai 生奶
12.8 x 18.5 cm / 128 pages / Poetry
Published in Feb, 2021
ISBN: 978-986-985-721-5
“Rounding Error” explores how human choices determine their destinies, implying that every choice we make directly or indirectly alters the curvature of each other’s life paths. The judgments preceding these choices, like those never fully eradicated decimals, often rely on intuition to round up or round down. The rounding errors resulting from these decisions become each person’s unique way of breathing. These subjective consciousnesses, free from right or wrong, form human diversity and gradually shape us into who we are today.
Eslite’s Book Selection
Sold 500 copies in the first month of publication.
