Second Letter to Mama Dear Mama, you are standing by the stove and I am standing on the chair by the stove as the rice rises warmly in the clay pot the soy sauce stains it a chestnut brown shiny as enamel with oil. And the rain outside and the Read more…
OK, so a lot has happened since I last blogged here. I’ve been pretty active generating Sofia-related content on my Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/judithsyhuang, so if you want to find out more about the book and promotional events, please do like the page! First off, the book is now in bookstores! Read more…
So I went live on 93.8FM today with Eugene on the Scene to talk about my novel! I even read an excerpt, when Sofia creates the new universe in the Utopia Machine. You can check it out and listen to the interview here. Let me know what you think!
I was so excited to receive this photo from Epigram yesterday! My books are back from the printers and I’ll be seeing them in person very very soon! Thanks to everyone who has been on this journey with me, and I’ll definitely post again when I know about the launch! Read more…
Today I took a special day off to go to Fremantle, the wonderful port city near Perth, where I spent a soul-nourishing day reading the book The Artist’s Way by Julia Cameron and browsing the indie bookshops along the way to Moore and Moore’s, a cafe with eclectic decor. It Read more…
I received news from my publisher, Epigram, today that Sofia and The Utopia Machine has received over a hundred pre-orders! I am pleasantly surprised and also gratified that so many people are interested enough in the book that they have already ordered it. You can, too, if you head over Read more…
Three of my poems on the theme of mental health and the goodness of support from friends and family during trying times of mental illness were published in COG, the Cogswell College publication, here. Check them out. I’m especially happy to address these issues in my poetry because it sheds Read more…
I had a lot of fun translating Chinese poet Xiao Shui’s wonderful little vignettes – they are a kind of short prosepoem, almost flash fiction like. And they just got picked up by the Los Angeles Review of Books! I’m so happy to see them up here. Click this link Read more…
My first novel, Sofia & the Utopia Machine, is now available for pre-order from Epigram Books! This means you’ll get it shipped to you once it drops in May 2018! A great option for anyone who wants to get it as soon as possible. Click here to purchase. I’m so Read more…
I wrote this short story about best-friendship in primary school back in 2015. It’s since been picked up by QLRS (Quarterly Literary Review Singapore) in its latest issue! Second Best Friends can be read here. It is based directly on my experience of navigating friendship in a girls’ school, where Read more…