Press
Grants and Awards
PhD researcher, Birkbeck Arts Week Postgraduate Prize, 2023
PhD researcher, AHRC CHASE Studentship 2022 (accepted)
PhD researcher, AHRC LAHP Studentship 2022 (declined)
Theatre maker, MGCfutures Bursary Award 2021
Theatre maker, British Council IETM Rijeka Bursary Award 2020
Theatre maker, Peabody Young Leader 2019
Theatre director, VAULT Festival Origins Award for Outstanding New Work 2019
Guest Lecturer
Decolonising Publishing, UCLA Extension, USA
Diploma in Creative Writing: Fiction and Writing for Performance, University of Cambridge, UK
Editorial Approaches to Scriptwriting, Han Chiang University College of Communication, Malaysia
Selected Interviews
Locus, Spotlight on khōréō.
Migreatives, Lora Krasteva and Zhui Ning Chang, on migrant artist routes and Global Voices Theatre.
We Need Diverse Books, "Sensitivity Readers Can Make Publishing More Accountable, if We Allow Them To."
Asian Pirate Musical: In Lockdown, Online Q&A with Clarissa Widya.
Asian Pirate Musical, r/MusicalWriting.
Public Appearances
2024:
Panellist, "Home" with Lisa Chearles and Charmaine Poh, Queer East Festival
2023:
Panellist, "Decolonize the Future: Strategies and Solutions to Emerge from the Shadow of Anglo SF", Chengdu WorldCon
Chair, "Writing Across Worlds: In Conversation with Victor Fernando R. Ocampo", Birkbeck University of London
Moderator, "Conversations from the Southeast Asian Scene", Flights of Foundry
2022:
Panellist, "Decolonizing SFF", Chicago WorldCon
Panellist, "Sensitivity Readers", Society for Young Publishers
Panellist, "Pushing the Boundaries of the Speculative", Flights of Foundry
Panellist, "Decolonizing Our Narrative Traditions", Flights of Foundry
Panellist, "Breaking into the US Market as an International Writer", Flights of Foundry
2021:
Moderator, "Debut Author Journeys", Malaysian Writers' Festival
Panellist, "Sensitivity Reading as Developmental Editing", Flights of Foundry
Panellist, "Beyond the Western Lens: the Rich Diversity of Literature", Flights of Foundry
Panellist, "Publishing Outside the U.S.", Flights of Foundry
Speaker, Comparative Literature Alumni Careers, King's College London
2019:
Chair, "Trauma in the Vietnamese Refugee Community", Park Theatre
Panellist, "What Women Want: How is Female Desire Portrayed On Stage?", Arcola Theatre