Adam Liaw and Hetty McKinnon
Moderator: Benjamin Law
Food begins at home, and in this session two celebrity chefs talk about family meals. In To Asia, With Love Hetty McKinnon celebrates the food of her Chinese childhood in Australia. In Tonight’s Dinner Adam Liaw once again makes Asian food easy and delicious. Together they explore their own personal histories and encourage new takes on tradition. Join them for a conversation about memory, culture and food.
Paige Clark and Jamie Marina Lau
Moderator: Jennifer Wong
In Paige Clark’s story collection She is Haunted a widow dresses as her husband in order to avoid grieving, and another bargains with God to keep her unborn child. In Jamie Marina Lau’s Gunk Baby a girl opens a healing centre in a mall, l...
Dorcas Tang, Michelle Aung Thin and Wing Kuang
Moderator: Jacqueline Lo
There is a particular place where racism and sex collide – too often it is in ideas about Asian women’s bodies. Michelle Aung Thin is a novelist and academic who has written about Myanmar, women and refugees. Dorcas Tang is ...
Content Warning: this session discusses experiences of childhood trauma including sexual abuse. If this content has raised any issues for you please contact Lifeline on 131114.
Mimi Kwa and Ruhi Lee
Moderator: Sonya Feldhoff
Mimi Kwa’s memoir House of Kwa opens as Mimi receives a letter advisin...