Publications
ANTHOLOGIES
SPLINTER ISSUE 1
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Schrodinger’s Migrant - my short story that was longlisted for the Furphy Award 2024 and published in the inaugural issue of Splinter Journal.
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GRIEVE 10th edition
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I’m trying to draw a picture of my brother, but I can’t. Should be simple enough. Look in the mirror, draw my own face. But it doesn’t look like Sammy at all…
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VERANDAH V39: ODYSSEY
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Who is Ali Silver? Clay shaper extraordinaire, and holder of secrets as old as legend.
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BAD Western Sydney: The SEcond CAse
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A reimagination of the famous Chinese tale ‘Journey to the West’ but set in Western Sydney.
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GRIEVE 11th EDition
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We pick and burn material offerings for the dead as a transposition of our own desires, our fears of being forgotten, becoming anachronisms in the lives of our descendants.
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BAD WESTERN SYDNEY
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This week, Penrith is the hottest place on Earth. And Locky has to break and enter… into his own home.
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The ANCESTRAL SEARCHER
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The true story of my grandfather, crime lord and all-round scoundrel.
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Emergence
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My memoir on the emergence of my identity as a mother in Australia vis-a-vis my Singaporean upbringing, family, and cultural expectations. All in the midst of the strange times we live in.
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Buy now from Hardie Grant Publishing.
zinewest 2024
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Amal tries to return a library book for her late wife, Shahirah.
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PRIZE-WINNING STORY: ‘DRYING OUT’
“a melancholy exploration of familial dysfunction, repressed rage, and substance abuse… simultaneously wry and desperate.”
— Brooke Dunnell, Judge, 2022 Peter Cowan 600 Short Story Competition
PRIZE-WINNING STORY: ‘OUT OF THE WOODWORK’
“This story revisits the Cronulla riots, but with a twist. The narrative voice is strong, and the sense of place is vivid and evocative.”
— Mandy Sayer, Judge, 2023 Sutherland Shire Literary Competition
MEDIA
THUNDERING TYPHOONS AND BLUE BLISTERING BARNACLES
My experience turtle tagging with the Gudjuda Aboriginal Reference Group in Bowen Bay.
Celebrating top writing talent: 2023 sutherland shire literary competition winners revealed
I am honoured to be announced as winner of the Resident’s Prize for Short Story for ‘Out of the Woodwork’ in the 2023 Sutherland Shire Literary Competition.
Westwords-Varuna emerging writers’ residency 2024
Honoured to be one of four recipients of the WestWords-Varuna Emerging Writers’ Residency in 2024.
TOP 30 Entries selected for 2022 sbs emerging writers’ competition
I was among the Top 30 writers selected from thousands to have my story published in the Emergence anthology.
Winner of the louie award 2025
Absolutely thrilled that my story ‘Bitter’ won the 2025 Louie Award for fast fiction crime writing. The award is presented by the Australian Crime Writers Association.