2025 Calendar Journal - A Taste of Literature

National Taiwan Museum of Literature Exclusive Merchandise: 2025 Calendar Journal - A Taste of Literature ✿✿❀✿❀✿❀✿❀✿❀✿❀✿ November 1 (Fri) - November 8 (Fri), 2024 Exclusive Limited Offer, only one week! Purchase the journal and receive stickers; buy five and get a badge! Early bird gifts, triple the delight! Pre-order limited to 300 copies, NTD260 each (Original Price NTD290) 【Exclusive Early Bird Gifts】 1. Each journal comes with a set of limited edition stickers, including 14 journal illustration stickers. 2. Purchase 5 copies, and in addition to the stickers, receive an extra "Journal Exclusive Badge." 10 copies receive 2 badges, and so on. ✿✿❀✿❀✿❀✿❀✿❀✿❀✿ Printmaking Master Hung Fu-tien × 12 Gastronomic Writers × Seasonal Literary Feasts From the beginning to the end of the year, 12 gastronomic writers take turns, with Hung Ai-chu, Shu Kuo-chih, Han Liang-lu, Jiao Tong, Chan, Li Ang, Lin Wen-yue... presenting a monthly "Taste of Literature" that reflects the season. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109088655_032403d636_k.jpg Meticulously crafted by printmaking master Hung Fu-tien, featuring seasonal delicacies each month: taro and dates, dumplings, spring rolls, zongzi, dried flying fish, fresh bamboo shoots, mango ice, bubble tea, pickled cabbage with pork offal, and mullet roe. These dishes represent the diverse and integrated "Taiwanese taste," incorporating traditional daily foods from military dependents' villages, Hakka and Minnan cultures, and indigenous communities, from humble street food to ice desserts. As you turn each page, enjoy rich culinary moments accompanied by rustic woodblock prints and literary excerpts. ❀ ✦ This calendar presents dual-language text in Mandarin/English, featuring 12 full-color, full-page monthly illustrations. ✦ The cover is designed by master Hung Fu-tien, with partial hot stamping, combining Taiwanese food literature with a charmingly rustic printmaking art style. ✦ The inner pages use Japanese Eco-friendly Airy 85g paper, offering a soft and stable feel, ideal for writing. ✦ The left page features a weekly planner, and the right page is for notes, totaling 208 pages in A5 size. It is thread-bound and glued, allowing it to lay flat at 180 degrees. ✦ This calendar includes full-page monthly spreads for January-December 2025, January-February 2026, and full-year calendars for 2025 and 2026, enabling you to plan meticulously for a year of good fortune. ❀ https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54108894183_8229f59122_k.jpg . The left page for weekly planning and the right page for notes provide space for daily records as well as ample room for creative writing. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54108637946_fe7661e059_k.jpg . The September spread illustration is inspired by Li Ang's renowned culinary novel "A Mandarin Couple's Spring Feast," specifically the chapter "Bubble Tea." https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54108637776_c17fae5f4a_k.jpg . Excerpt from Li Ang's "Bubble Tea" in Mandarin and English. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54107768897_7f66e95300_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54109089550_b4bd3cda8b_k.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/54107768387_e43b2be270_k.jpg ✿ | Publisher | National Taiwan Museum of Literature | Execution Team | Westbury Brand Image Design Co., Ltd. | Illustration | Hung Fu-tien | Featured Writers | Hung Ai-chu, Shu Kuo-chih, Bai Ling, Han Liang-lu, Li Min-yong, Sia Manning, Chan, Jiao Tong, Li Ang, Li Chiao, Tsai Su-fen, Lin Wen-yue (Listed in monthly order)