I’m looking forward to appearing at the Brisbane Writers Festival at the following sessions. Pencilled In Discover perspectives from Asian Australians and the use of writing to explore the boundaries of dominant Australian identity. With Yen-Rong Wong, Melanie Cheng and Benjamin Law. Saturday 9 September, 1pm, QAG Lecture Theatre Wit and Weird Kevin Kwan, Julie […]

I’m looking forward to participating this week in the Cutting Edge Litfest Master Class program in Hobart, which is associated with this year’s AATE/ALEA National Conference – Cutting Edge: margin to mainstream. Details of my sessions are below. You can download the full program here. * The current and future state of Australian women’s writing, publishing and editing: its challenges and […]

If you’re in Sydney on Thursday evening, come and check out this Subbed In x NSWWC event. I’ll be presenting a fun new Kanganoulipo project put together by Miles Franklin-shortlisted author Ryan O’Neill (Their Brilliant Careers), Jane Rawson (From the Wreck), Elizabeth Tan (Rubik) and illustrator Jeffrey D. Phillips. Ever thought you’d like to write what you […]

I’ll be appearing at the Speculative Fiction Festival 2017 on Saturday 22 July at the NSW Writers’ Centre. Get up close and personal with some of Australia’s finest spec fic authors this July, as Cat Sparks directs her second Speculative Fiction Festival. Alongside a genre-spanning program of panels, the popular kaffeekaltsches are back, giving attendees […]

I’m so happy to have been named a 2017 Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist, alongside Rajith Savanadasa, Jennifer Down and Josephine Rowe. The award, now in its twenty-first year, recognises emerging writing talent aged 35 and younger. This year’s judges were Linda Morris, Miles Franklin award winner Michelle de Kretser, and Matt McGuire, deputy director […]

In addition to my Sydney Writers’ Festival appearances, I will be doing a special event in Bathurst for SWF’s Live & Local series. The event is an “in conversation” with Jen Barry about Portable Curiosities, for the opening of this year’s Bathurst Writers’ & Readers’ Festival. Details: Friday 26 May, 7.30–8.30pm, Bathurst Memorial Entertainment Centre, free […]

Last week in Melbourne, I joined the Sisteria crew as a guest on their final episode for Season 1. Sisteria is a fantastic podcast about women’s experiences as creators and consumers of arts and culture. We discussed a bunch of things on the episode, including my big career change, short stories, satire and Kanganoulipo. There’s […]