Alice Pung

Alice Pung is the author of the bestselling memoirs Unpolished Gem and Her Father’s Daughter, and the essay collection Close to Home, as well as the editor of the anthologies Growing Up Asian in Australia and My First Lesson. Her novel Laurinda won the 2016 Ethel Turner Prize. Her second novel, One Hundred Days was shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Award. She is also the author of children’s books including the Millie Mak series and Be Careful, Xiao Xin! (ill. Sher Rill Ng), When Granny Came to Stay (ill. Sally Soweol Han) and the Meet Marly books (ill. Lucia Masciullo). Alice was awarded an Order of Australia Medal for services to literature in 2022.

Alice Pung is appearing in the following events:

VCE Program - Friday

The VCE Program offers Year 11 and 12 students the opportunity to deepen their understanding of the curriculum, under the guidance of renowned local authors.

Fri 8 May 10:00am @ State Library Victoria

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