writer & editor

Awards

2023
Peter McPhee Community Ïmpact Award
for A Wasteland of Malaysian Poetry in English

Hai-O Arts & Culture Grants Award
for A Wasteland of Malaysian Poetry in English

Facult of Arts, University of Melbourne, Diversity & Inclusion Award
for A Wasteland of Malaysian Poetry in English

2022
ThinkCity Community Grants Award
for A Wasteland of Malaysian Poetry in English

2021
Longlisted for
The Liminal & Pantera Press Nonfiction Prize 2021

Poetry

'to say nothing of it, i bite my golden tongue' in The Second-Link: A Malaysia Singapore Literary Anthology, 2023, Marshall Cavendish International

'ars facsimile' in MMOJ June 2023

'trishaw driver' & 'two minds on malaysian writing' in Malaysian Millenial Voices, 2021, Maya Press

Commercial Publications

2016
Rod & Line Magazine
Issue no. 243
Feature article 'The Naga'
Issue no. 244
Feature article "The Naga pt 2'

2016
Focus Malaysia Newspaper
Top Class (June)
Column Interview: Text & Photos

2016
The Edge Malaysia
Designworks, City & Country
Feature Article: Text pages 10-12(Uncredited)

2013
Outside In: Design by Pentago
Hardback, 220 pages
Marshall Cavendish


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Criticism, Reviews, & Creative Responses

2023
Australian Centre for Moving Image (ACMI)
Life Cycle – a response to Olivia Koh's Minyak Sawit Keluarga

Liminal Review of Books
New Singapore Poetries by Singapore Unbound

Liminal x Cordite Poetry Review
A Wasteland of Malaysian Poets

2022
The Guardian
Childhood by Shannon Burns

Liminal Review of Books
London Does Not Belong to Me by Lee Kok Liang

Fiction
'effigies' in The Second-Link: A Malaysia Singapore Literary Anthology, 2023, Marshall Cavendish International

Press & Interviews

2022
Bandar Aktiviti Seni KL
https://baskl.com.my/exhibition-encourages-visitors-to-lend-an-ear-to-malaysian-poetry/

The Star
https://www.thestar.com.my/lifestyle/culture/2022/08/23/audio-exhibition-in-kl-lets-visitors-explore-the-malaysian-poetry-scene

The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/sep/06/riveting-laugh-out-loud-beautifully-written-the-best-australian-books-out-in-september


2021
Liminal Magazine
5 Questions

Policy Publications

2013
Embassy of Belgium
European Trade in Asia (Malaysia)
Public Diplomatic Report

Concept Design

Image Concept & Design for
"The Language Lesson" by Ray Langenbach, 2023

Non-Fiction

2022
"thank you for calling"
in Against Disappearance: Essays on Memory
Paperback
Pantera Press, Sydney

"A Wasteland of Malaysian Poets"
Liminal x Cordite Poetry Review

2021

Eksentrika.com
Authenticity and Malaysian Writing
https://eksentrika.com/malaysian-writing-in-english/

Editorial Positions

2023
Guest Editor
Portside Review
Issue #11 Malaysia
Editorial: A Kindred State of Becoming

2013-2015
Editor, Proofer and Transcriber
The Public Sentence
Clients include the ABC, University of Melbourne, various government bodies