<i>Crouching Lion in a Bookstore</i> (獅子藏匿的書屋) by artist Xiao Dao (小島) won the grand prize at Taiwan’s 12th Golden Comic Awards at a ceremony in Taipei on Thursday.
The comic, based on the strategy board game go, was selected from among six Comic of the Year award winners.
Xiao Dao’s work showed diverse and multiple styles, said the Ministry of Culture, which organizes the awards.
<i>Crouching Lion in a Bookstore</i> is about a former go champion and manager of a book rental shop who meets a mysterious 16-year-old with a “wish coupon.”
The teenager is a talented go player. The pair get to know
Taipei, Oct. 28 (CNA) The grand prize in Taiwan's 12th Golden Comic Awards was awarded to cartoonist Hsiao Tao's (小島) work "Crouching Lion in a Bookstore" (獅子藏匿的書屋) at a ceremony in Taipei on Thursday.
Literature haven opens in Taipei today
By Sherry Hsiao / Staff reporter
The Taiwan Literature Base (臺灣文學基地), situated in the best-preserved Japanese colonial-era housing complex in Taipei, would be open to visitors from today, the Ministry of Culture said yesterday.
The newly restored site at No. 27, Jinan Rd Sec 2 in Zhongzheng District (中正) is an expansion of the Qi Dong Poetry Salon (齊東詩舍), which has been run by the Tainan-based National Museum of Taiwan Literature (NMTL) since July 2014, the ministry said.
The space, which consists of seven historical buildings occupying an area of 300 ping (992m2), would be a gathering place for authors, readers, publishers and critics, where creative energy would be concentrated, it said.