Hola
I’ve got a piece in this book:
Published by Black Inc and edited by Alice Pung, who wrote the acclaimed ‘Unpolished Gems”, also published by Black Inc.
From the link:
Growing Up Asian in Australia
Edited by Alice Pung
Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, compiled by award-winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour. These are not predictable tales of food, festivals and traditional dress. The food is here in all its steaming glory – but listen more closely to the dinner-table chatter and you might be surprised by what you hear.
Here are tales of leaving home, falling in love, coming out and finding one’s feet. A young Cindy Pan vows to win every single category of Nobel Prize. Tony Ayres blows a kiss to a skinhead and lives to tell the tale. Benjamin Law has a close encounter with some angry Australian fauna, and Kylie Kwong makes a moving pilgrimage to her great-grandfather’s Chinese village.
Here are well-known authors and exciting new voices, spanning several generations and drawn from all over Australia. In sharing their stories, they show us what it is really like to grow up Asian, and Australian.
Contributors include: Shaun Tan, Jason Yat-Sen Li, John So, Annette Shun Wah, Quan Yeomans, Jenny Kee, Anh Do, Khoa Do, Caroline Tran and many more.
Please click here for details on upcoming launches and events for Growing Up Asian in Australia.
Availabe June 2nd from all good bookshops in Australia.
Hop Dac
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2 months ago
Melbourne Event for ‘Growing Up Asian in Australia’
Join editor, Alice Pung and local contributors Tom Cho, Tony Ayres and Shalini Akhil as they discuss this irreverent collection with Triple J’s John Safran.
Date: Tuesday 3 June
Time: 6.30 pm
Venue: Sidney Myer Asia Centre, University of Melbourne, Swanston St, Parkville
Price: Free
Bookings: Bookings essential. Book through Asialink. Phone 03 8344 8474 or email events@asialink.unimelb.edu.au
Launch at the Sydney Writers’ Festival
Join us and hear Alice Pung speak about this diverse, entertaining collection and enjoy readings by contributors Kylie Kwong, Ivy Tseng and Tanveer Ahmed.
Date: Saturday 24 May 2008
Time: 5.30 pm
Venue: Bangarra Mezzanine, Pier 4/5, Hickson Rd, Walsh Bay
Tracy Wallace
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2 months ago
Congrats Hop :)
Karin Taylor, 2 months ago
i will be on the lookout for this book,
thanx Hop
and congrats on being part of it too!
helene ruiz, 2 months ago
excellent~
Hop Dac
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2 months ago
thanks folks. it should be an interesting read.
Makeba Kedem-D..., 2 months ago
Congratulations! peace…
Kimberly Palmer, 2 months ago
Very cool Hop!
Paul Compton, 2 months ago
Oh yes. I’ve heard about this on the radio. Congratulations! Sounds terrific.
Allen Davies, 2 months ago
ironic outsiders downgarding outsiders…........................???????????
Hop Dac
in reply to Allen Davies’s comment,
2 months ago
what’s the question Allen?
Allen Davies, 2 months ago
I dunno know? can you ever have too much yogurt? Do people degrade themselves or do others take advantage of them? Know i need some yogurt!
Hop Dac
in reply to Allen Davies’s comment,
2 months ago
if you’re talking about identity and the need to create a box to with which to find security, then we’re all guilty of it.
Allen Davies, about 1 month ago
yep boxes are safe and limtitng all at the same time. I’m allways out gay though because its apreetty big humungous box after all and it aint a sretsricting as others.
Min-Woo Bang, about 1 month ago
Good on you Hop!