Writing

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

FICTION

‘The Lockout’ for Siren Sport

‘Since Summer’ for National Young Writers’ Festival x Canberra Youth Theatre

‘Moving Out’ for Sweet and Sour Zine

‘Ballerina’ for Gemszine

NONFICTION

‘Waves of sorrow and anguish: How I read my way through grief’ for ABC Everyday

‘Ainslie Football Club becomes first known Aussie rules club to invest equal money into men’s and women’s programs’ for ABC Sport x Siren Sport

‘I have always loved the theatre - but as a Vietnamese woman, it hasn’t loved me back’ for The Guardian

‘How university students are bringing gender equity to a 60-year-old sport called Inward Bound’ for ABC Sport

‘The Hollywood War’ for Portside Review

‘Out of Tune: The Reality of Being Vietnamese in Musical Theatre’ for diaCRITICS

‘Dear Agatha Christie’ for Cicerone Journal

REVIEWS

‘Review: Serengotti by Eugen Bacon’ for The Big Issue

‘Review: You’ve Reached Sam by Dustin Thao’ for diaCRITICS

‘Review: Shakespeare to Winehouse, National Portrait Gallery’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, Canberra REP Theatre’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Jeffrey Smart, National Gallery of Australia’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Anything But Fine by Tobias Madden’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: The Monster of Her Age by Danielle Binks’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Australian Love Stories, National Portrait Gallery’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: One Hundred Days by Alice Pung’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: The Believer by Sarah Krasnostein’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: The Imitator by Rebecca Starford’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Collisions’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Honeybee by Craig Silvey’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: The F Team by Rawah Arja’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Women in Vogue, National Portrait Gallery’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: The Producers, Gungahlin College Theatre’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Legally Blonde, Erindale Theatre’ for ArtsHub

‘Review: Kinky Boots, The Q’ for ArtsHub

INTERVIEWS

‘Q&A with Hayli Thomson for The Comedienne’s Guide to Pride’ for LoveOzYA

‘Q&A with Miranda Luby for Sadie Starr’s Guide to Starting Over’ for LoveOzYA

‘Q&A with Jodi McAlister for Libby Lawrence is Good at Pretending’ for LoveOzYA

‘Q&A with Felicity Castagna for Girls in Boys’ Cars’ for LoveOzYA

‘Q&A with Gabriel Bergmoser for The True Colour of a Little White Lie’ for LoveOzYA

big projects

Song of the Summer (unpublished YA manuscript)

• Shortlist: Text Prize for Young Adult and Children’s Writing 2023

• Winner: Cook Creative Writing Prize 2021, Capital Arts Patrons’ Organisation Canberra

Murder at St Thérèse College (unpublished YA manuscript)

• Winner: Anne Edgeworth Emerging Writer’s Fellowship 2022, Marion Writers

• Shortlist/Runner-up: Voices from the Intersection x Allen & Unwin mentorship 2022

Slanderous Tongues (work in progress play)

• Staged reading produced by Slanted Theatre as part of their Birthday Bash at the Flight Path Theatre

Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way (short play)

• Produced by Slanted Theatre as part of Chain Play at the Flight Path Theatre for Sydney Fringe Festival 2022

• Co-written with Natania McLeod Roberts, Mason Phoumirath, Natasha Pontoh-Supit, Niranjan Sriganeshwaran and Katrina Trinh

• Nominee: Sydney Fringe Award (Theatre)

Praise for Where There’s a Will, There’s a Way and Chain Play

• ‘Each scene threw up funny twists and turns that would put Agatha Christie to shame.’ - Theatre Thoughts

• ‘The writing is youthful, vibrant, and chock full of pop culture references.’ - Theatre Travels

• ‘Chain Play by Slanted Theatre is a riotous celebration of Asian-Australian theatrical talent. The writing is sharp and funny, and the performances are mischievously exuberant.’ - Theatre Red