Writing

RECENT PUBLICATIONS

The Hollywood War

for *Portside Review*

Since Summer

for *National Young Writers’ Festival x Canberra Youth Theatre*

How university students are bringing gender equity to a 60-year-old sport called Inward Bound

for *ABC Sport*

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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: Everything Under the Moon edited by Michael Earp’ for The Big Issue

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

‘Review: Shhhh at Red Stitch Actors’ Theatre’ for Time Out Melbourne

‘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

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Song of the Summer (unpublished YA manuscript)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