Gloria Chang is a writer and broadcaster based in Vancouver, Canada. She writes in-depth magazine feature stories and columns. She also creates compelling documentaries for radio and television, often with a personal narrative. Creativity, passion and integrity are the cornerstones of her work. Meet her.
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December 21, 2011
Broadcast Date for In Search of Buddha
Sunday, Jan 1, 2012: 2:05 pm ET, AT, CT
2:35pm NT
3:05pm PT
4:05MT on CBC Radio One Tapestry
5:00 and 10:00am on Sirius Satellite 159 across North America
5:00 and 10:00am on Sirius Satellite 159 across North America
Does a dog have Buddha nature?
Join writer and broadcaster Gloria Chang as she lives, eats and sleeps alongside the monks at Musangsa Monastery in South Korea as she tries to come to grips with zen buddhism.
August 2011
Truly, Madly, Deeply: The Writer's Workshop is back for Fall 2011!
Been dying to write a novel, memoir, or a creative non-fiction book but lacked the support of likeminded writers?
Launched at Langara College, continued at Richmond Cultural Centre and now at Creekside Community Centre (Olympic Village) after a four-year hiatus, Truly, Madly, Deeply: The Writer's Workshop is back! It is a focused 8 week workshop for aspiring writers - and experienced writers who need a good kick in the butt - working on a major project.
Strengthen your writing skills, develop your writing voice, revel in the joy of making art. Perhaps most importantly, find out if you have both the passion and the commitment to see your project from start to finish.
More about Truly, Madly, Deeply & Registration »
May 2011
Speaking Flowers, Ten Thousand Spirits, and The Sea Women are now all available online
Go to www.cbc.ca/ideas/episodes/features/2011/04/05/speaking-flowers. This is a web feature for CBC Radio IDEAS where you can listen to Speaking Flowers online, but if you scroll down, you'll also be able to listen to Part 1 (The Sea Women) and Part 2 (Ten Thousand Spirits) of an amazing cultural adventure in Korea. Speaking Flowers is the third and final story on the cultural icons of Korea.
Spring 2011
Broadcast Dates for Speaking Flowers
April 5, 9pm Across Canada, CBC Radio One Ideas
May 2, 2pm Across Canada, CBC Radio One Ideas in the Afternoon
May 2, 2pm Across Canada, CBC Radio One Ideas in the Afternoon
Join Gloria Chang for an intimate portrait of the Korean gisaeng through their songs, dance and poetry.
"The gisaeng were female entertainers. Plucked from the lowest of classes, they were educated and trained in the performing arts to provide both intellectual and physical beauty for the ruling class of men during a time when social contact between men and women was forbidden.
They were often called haehwa or Flower That Understands Words. But I see them as Speaking Flowers. For their legacy in poetry, dance and music."
Part Three of a Cultural Adventure. Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 9pm across Canada on CBC Radio One on IDEAS and on Sirius Satellite 137 (same day, different times). Monday, May 2, 2011 at 2pm across Canada on CBC Radio One on IDEAS in the Afternoon.
Coming in 2011
Speaking Flowers on CBC Radio IDEAS
They were often called haehwa or Flower That Understands Words. The gisaeng were Korea’s female entertainers. They occupied the lowest class in society, yet they were central to the cultural and political life of the ruling class. They were slaves to their roles, but enjoyed the most freedom as women. They were part of a polluted class and still practiced the most refined of the arts.
Who were these women? Why do they have such a hold on the country’s imagination even though their tradition no longer exists?
In Search of Buddha on CBC Radio Tapestry
With the clack of the wooden moktok that calls us to our 108 prostrations each morning, the monks' beautiful chanting, and the voices of my spiritual guides, here's my journey in my search for my Buddha nature.
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