GROWING UP ASIAN IN AUSTRALIA

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Asian-Australians have often been written about by outsiders, as outsiders.

Growing up Asian in Australia is an anthology of personal accounts, essays, short stories and poetry edited by Alice Pung, an Australian writer, editor and lawyer.

Contributors tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour and include established authors such as Ken Chau, Shaun Tan, Simone Lazaroo, Vanessa Woods, television personalities such as Annette Shun Wah, Kylie Kwong, Dr. Cindy Pan and emerging writers and poets of Asian descent. There are over 50 contributors spanning several generations and drawn from all over Australia. In sharing their stories, they show us what it is really like to grow up Asian, and Australian..

Growing up Asian in Australia is currently a set text for the VCE English context of Identity and belonging. The original collection that gave rise to the bestselling Growing Up series.

Her other books include the memoirs Unpolished Gem, Her Father's Daughter and the novel Laurinda. Pung is a practising solicitor.