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New senior editor of Eastside publications

April 9, 2018 By Northwest Asian Weekly

Samantha Pak has been named senior editor of all of Sound Publishing’s Eastside publications. The former editor of the Kirkland Reporter and Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, and monthly “On The Shelf” columnist for the Northwest Asian Weekly, Pak will oversee the Kirkland Reporter, Bothell-Kenmore Reporter, Bellevue Reporter, Issaquah-Sammamish Reporter, Mercer Island Reporter, Redmond Reporter, and Snoqualmie Valley […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2018, Samantha Pak, VOL 37 NO 15 | APRIL 7 - APRIL 13

Murder mystery must-reads

May 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

“Raining Men and Corpses: A Chinese Cozy Mystery” By Anne R. Tan Amazon Digital Services LLC, 2014 At 27, graduate student Raina Sun is not having a good go at things. She’s struggling financially after a loan to her now ex-boyfriend — who also happens to be her college adviser — turns into more of […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2009, 2014, 2015, Asian American, Bronwyn Taylor, Chinese American, Ghost Line, Gold Springs, Inspector Singh, Joan Watson, Marcus Bell, Matthew Louie, Raina Sun, Raining Men, Samantha Pak, Sherlock Holmes, Tommy Gregson, VOL 35 NO 21 | MAY 21 – MAY 27

Book recommendations

April 1, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

When she was 7 years old and living in Kolkata, India, Callie Hansen would have nightmares about fighting against evil demons. They were so realistic, she nearly lost her mind, so she and her family moved to Seattle. The nightmares stopped, but when she turned 17, they returned.

Filed Under: On the Shelf, Feature stories Tagged With: 2012, 2014, 2015, Callie Hansen, England, Hindu Goddess Kali, India, John Teddy, Mexico City, Northwest Asian Weekly, Sabina Khan, Samantha Pak, Seattle, Yaturo Hitari

API MUST-READS! — Memoirs of funny APIs from pop culture

February 26, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly “Why Not Me?” By Mindy Kaling Crown Archetype, 2015 If Mindy Kaling’s first book was about how she got her start in comedy, her latest book, “Why Not Me?” is about what she’s been up to since. In this collection of essays chronicling her adventures in show business and […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2015, 2016, Atria Books, Black Inc, CBS, China, Chinese Australian, Crown Archetype, Indian American, Kunal Nayyar, New Delhi, Northwest Asian Weekly, Raj Koothrappali, Samantha Pak, Vol 35 No 9 | February 27 - March 4, culture

NWAW’s January must-reads — Mysterious murders, a petite pachyderm, and not-so-hardboiled detectives

January 8, 2016 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly One of my favorite things to do when the weather is cold is curl up under a blanket with a good mystery. The following are my January must-read picks: “Grave on Grand Avenue” By Naomi Hirahara Berkley, 2015 LAPD bicycle cop Ellie Rush is back and on the case […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, 2016, Amazon Digital Services, Chinese, Ellie Rush, Inspector Ashwin Chopra, Inspector Shig Sato, Jun Fujimori, LAPD, Mumbai, NWAW, Nay Pram, Northwest Asian Weekly, Pontiac Skylark, Samantha Pak, Ses Fujimori, Tokyo, Vol 35 No 2 | January 9 - January 15

Worlds of fantasy — Monkey queens, princesses, and rice cookers?!

December 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly Winter By Marissa Meyer Feiwel & Friends, 2015 Cinder the cyborg mechanic from New Beijing, Scarlet the farm girl from France, and Cress the former secret Lunar programmer are still working to overthrow Queen Levana of Luna (better known as the moon) and start a revolution. And in this […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Amazon Digital Services, Feiwel Friends, France, Lunar Chronicle, Michiko Koyama, Monkey King, Monkey Queen, New Beijing, Onigiri Press, Samantha Pak, Snow White, Vol 34 No 50 | December 5 - December 11, culture, guinea

Missions, mysteries, mathematics

November 6, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Sun Gods By Jay Rubin Chin Music Press, 2015 It’s the late 1950s and Bill Morton is about to graduate from college. He’s with a young woman he loves and is considering marrying, and the two of them have plans to do missionary work abroad after they graduate. […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2014, 2015, Although Decoded, Bill Morton, Chin Music Press, Las Vegas, Norton Company, Purple Code, Rong Abacus Lillie, Rong Jinzhen, Samantha Pak, Seattle Japanese, United States, Vietnam War, Vietnamese, Vol 34 No 46 | November 7 - November 13

The Nightingale — No translation needed

October 9, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly After 18 years of living in Beijing, Zhigen is finally fulfilling a promise to his late wife and returning to their village in the Chinese countryside with the nightingale she gave him as a parting gift. For nearly two decades, he had been putting off this trip. But now […]

Filed Under: At the Movies Tagged With: 2015, Baotian Li, Beijing, Chinese, Hao Qin, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samantha Pak, Vol 34 No 42 | October 10 - October 16, Xiao Ran Li, Xin Yi Yang, culture, technology

Seattle AAJA awarded

September 4, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

AAJA Seattle chapter received two awards at the national AAJA convention held in San Francisco in August. Mai Hoang received chapter president of the year and AAJA received the chapter of the year award, beating 20 other chapters nationwide. Hoang is an award-winning reporter at the Yakima Herald-Republic. Despite being a new mom and working […]

Filed Under: Names in the News Tagged With: 2014, AAJA, Caroline Li, Lori Matsukawa, Mai Hoang, Natasha Chen, Samantha Pak, San Francisco, Sarah Wallace, Seattle, Venice Buhain, Vol 34 No 37 | September 5 - September 11

Assassins, voices in your head, imperfection… – Sci-fi selections for late-summer reading

August 14, 2015 By Northwest Asian Weekly

By Samantha Pak Northwest Asian Weekly The Lives of Tao By Wesley Chu Angry Robot, 2013 When Roen Tan finds himself being mugged after a late night at work, he goes into a panic, not knowing what to do. But then, a voice inside his head instructs him how to handle the mugger. Worried he […]

Filed Under: On the Shelf Tagged With: 2013, 2014, 2015, Amazon Digital Services, Angry Robot, Ethan Jones, Northwest Asian Weekly, Samantha Pak, Vol 34 No 34 | August 15 - August 21

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