Alice Pung is a writer, editor, teacher and lawyer. She has won numerous awards for her two memoirs, and her writing has appeared in The Monthly, The Age, Meanjin, Best Australian Stories and Best Australian Essays. In 2017 she is the Artist in Residence at the Janet Clarke Hall at the University of Melbourne.

Her long-form works include:

Unpolished Gem (2007), received the Newcomer of the Year Award in the Australia Book Industry Awards for her first book Unpolished Gem.

Her Father's Daughter (2011), was awarded the Western Australia Premier's Book Award for Non Fiction, and was shortlisted for the Premier's Literary Awards in Victoria and New South Wales, as well as the Queensland Literary Awards.

Laurinda (2014), Alice's first novel, was awarded the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards.

And the Marly Series (Meet Marly, Marly's Business, Marly and the Goat, Marly Walks on the Moon).

Alice also edited Growing Up Asian in Australia. 

Related episodes:

Alice published Alice Pung on John Marsden in 2017, and you can listen to our interview with John here.

Erik Jensen also contributed to the Writers on Writers series with Erik Jensen on Kate Jennings.

Christos Tsiolkas, along with Zadie Smith, Donna Tartt and John Marsden, are on Alice's ideal dinner party guest list.

About The Garret

The Garret is committed to accessibility and education. The transcript and interactive show notes of Alice's interview are available at www.thegarretpodcast.com//alice-pung.