Alice Pung OAM is Adjunct Professor at RMIT University’s School of Media and Communication and the Artist in Residence at Janet Clarke Hall. She is the author of the bestselling memoirs Unpolished Gem, 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 debut novel Laurinda won the Ethel Turner Prize at the 2016 NSW Premier’s Literary Awards. Her second novel, One Hundred Days, was shortlisted for the 2022 Miles Franklin Award, and has been optioned into a film.
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Alice Pung
Beyond Solitude
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