Collaborations
- "The Story of Body" - Adelaide Fringe Festival (Feb 2024)
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Theatre performance of an essay, "The Story of Body", from my memoir The Story Game. This showcase was first publicly rehearsed at Centre 42 in Singapore, then performed at the Adelaide Fringe Festival in Australia. Directed and performed by Lim Shien Hian, managed by Jasmine Liu, with sound design by Bryan Leong. Thank you for taking my writing across the world! |
Listening
One of my current writing goals is to get better at listening to others. In that spirit, I am actively conducting interviews with fellow artists whose work feels like a doorway to new insight. Wherever possible, I like these connections to happen organically so that I can feel my sense of self light up, unprompted, in response to the other.
- With Alvina Chamberland (author of Love the World or Get Killed Trying)
- On not shying away from showing personal messiness in autofiction: "I feel literature can capture the complexity, battles, and contradictions going on in our inner monologues... I find this especially important in today’s social media world where Twitter allows 240 characters, Insta-success comes from establishing a simple and consistent brand, and activists are seen as the most radical and worthy of visibility if they present themselves as 100 percent certain. The thing is though, most of us are neither simple nor consistent nor completely sure, which doesn’t mean we are total messes who can’t articulate any opinions… But honesty lies somewhere in-between."
Career-building links
This is a list of all the organizations that have supported me, and given me a treasured circle of writing friends/mentors over the last few years. I have created this section with the aim of acknowledging the path I've taken and making it as transparent as possible to others.
These community groups were all very welcoming and kind to me, a "global majority" writer from Singapore who was looking to forge more networks in the English-language publishing industry. As a whole, publishing is still very much influenced by old and unequal legacies! But my hope is that with a little bravery to claim space on our parts (and occasionally, intrepid timezone-hopping), many different people's voices from around the world can be heard.
WORKSHOPS
WRITING/EDITORIAL MENTORSHIP
RESIDENCIES
JOURNALS
These community groups were all very welcoming and kind to me, a "global majority" writer from Singapore who was looking to forge more networks in the English-language publishing industry. As a whole, publishing is still very much influenced by old and unequal legacies! But my hope is that with a little bravery to claim space on our parts (and occasionally, intrepid timezone-hopping), many different people's voices from around the world can be heard.
WORKSHOPS
- Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation (USA)
- Disquiet International (Portugal)
- Tin House Workshop (USA)
WRITING/EDITORIAL MENTORSHIP
RESIDENCIES
- Vermont Studio Center (USA)
- Forthcoming: Green Olive Arts Residency (Morocco)
JOURNALS