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A room of one’s own
“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write.” – Virginia Woolf When I heard the good news that I had been selected for the Arts House Literary Fellowship, the first thing I did was to dig…
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ASCOE Book Launch
When I first started writing Seok Lin’s story last year, I genuinely wondered who would even be interested in reading it. It is a story so seemingly ordinary, so bogged down by domestic detail. In a literary landscape often chasing high-stakes escapism, I half-feared…
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Moving in @ Casual Poet Library
We’ve just moved into our family bookshelf at Casual Poet Library, and we had a lot of fun setting it up. Once a reluctant reader who has since completed the Dragon Girls series, Juno immediately offered up two of her favourite titles. Very proud…
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Printed.
A Strange Case of Erasure is finally here! From initial ideas typed in between school runs to seven complete drafts on a laptop, seeing these sentences take form in print is a moment I’ll never forget. As a stay-at-home mother, so much of my…
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EBFP 2026 Awards Ceremony
It has been a while since I got invited to anything. Years ago, as a bright-eyed magazine journalist in Her World, such events were just part of my work calendar. Nights in which we could dress up for, sip some wine and meet interesting,…
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The long way round
I’ve always wanted to be a writer, but I took the long way around. My first job at SPH wasn’t in a newsroom. I was hired as a part-time customer service officer, and the first lines I ever wrote professionally were three-line property ads…
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“Mummy’s always doing chores.”
A while ago, my seven-year-old daughter told her teacher, “Mummy’s always doing chores.” That casual remark hit me hard. As a stay-at-home mum, my role revolved around caring, cleaning and cooking. There’s nothing wrong with that, it’s real work, often unseen and unappreciated, and…
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