… celebrating for the first time with Unbound authors. It has been 12 or 13 years since I did my MA and listened to ‘readings’ from a writers’ group. I was touched that my new international writer friends had travelled from all over- Italy, Coventry, Winchester, Oxford and London of course, to my corner of SW London. It reminded …
EXCLUSIVE: L@@k inside Heart of Glass cutting room!
“Do not enter when light is on!” Structural edit: that means blasting, incision, internal tissue re-organisation and cosmetic surgery. But of course, I am not talking metaphorically at all. I am talking about the body of work. Words. I’ve created strict exam conditions in the attic AKA the cutting room. There’s no furniture. I sit …
Proverse Spring Reception 2017 ‘Live’ in Hong Kong
This is the Proverse Spring Reception on 27 April 2017. The film is 53:09 minutes long. The section where they announce the prize winners is from 4:32 to 9:10. However, you may wish to watch to the end. It is actually very entertaining, especially as new books are being launched, and there are readings by writers …
STOP PRESS: Ivy Ngeow wins 2016 International Proverse Prize (FIRST PRIZE)
I am thrilled my first novel Cry of the Flying Rhino has won this prestigious international literary prize for an unpublished full-length work of prose fiction. Winning the 2016 Proverse Prize is important in promoting excellence in literature and the love of and for books, across all boundaries of race, country, creed. International writing is still at the heart of postcolonial literature, …
100% in 100 days: Crowdfunding my book “Heart of Glass”
Crowdfunding. Is. Over. The three big little words. 100% in 100 days. And the last 3%? Was the longest, shortest journey in the world (I used to say that about giving birth: new person travelling down 62mm birth canal takes what? Anything from about 2 to 20 hours.) But what a push. What a journey. Made …
I was a punk even then
You can’t get more post-colonial, vintage and ironic than this! This photo was taken on my fifth birthday in Segamat, a little railway town in Johor, where we lived for a couple of years. It is on the line from Singapore to Bangkok via KL. We lived in a colonial bungalow which was the staff …
My first Prize-winning Story was Typed on this Typewriter
The first story which I wrote and submitted was for the 1984 New Straits Times Short Story Competition. It was called Miel and the Honey Bunch or something pretentious-sounding like that. The exact story and wording are all gone now. Success came to me early as a writer, to my detriment, as I since then I always …
What has the 1980s Reagan era got to do with it?
Welcome to the Cinema. Make yourself comfy and watch my 1980s-inspired show. Go on! It’s only 1 minute 19 sec long, I swear. Join in the discussion. The 1980s Reagan era was a time of excess, greed and materialism. Do you agree? Which song or songs from the 80s do you identify with which reflect these values? …
请支持我的书: Heart of Glass “玻璃之心” Chinese New Year Update: 54% funded
请支持我的书。六年前我在马来西亚槟城写了一本英文书,叫”玻璃之心”。 74000字。已经完整了,现在正预售。这是因为我正在与出版商, Unbound, 众筹出书计划。这本书不仅是我使用我的第二语言写的,写的也是关于移民者。这是一部80年代的小说 , 故事发生在美国芝加哥和澳门。主角是一个中国女孩,她是音乐家,一名小罪犯。欢迎您阅读“关于我”,摘录和摘要,并在这里观看预告片 https://unbound.com/books/heart-of-glass 这是您和我共同的成就。您的名字将刊登在这本书的每一版本。对非英国作家写的英语小说/书籍有感兴趣的人 , 欢迎您与他们分享。 请大家支持我,和您一样 , 我也是一个妈妈,一个移民者,一个朋友。筹款额只由10磅起。 艾薇 后记 – 这筹献是毫无风险的。如果所需的资助完全达到,您将会收到您的书。但如果没有完全达到,您将获得全额退款。 再后记 – 筹款活动一个月前开始了,已经达到54%的资金。😬希望您能够帮我实现这本书。
REVIEW: David Szalay’s “All that Man is” Man Booker 2016 shortlist
I started this book in 2016 and finished it in 2017. That is because I did not want it to end. This book is on the Man Booker Prize 2016 shortlist. There are famously 9 parts to this novel. It has been heavily debated whether it should be a novel or nine short stories. I …