top of page
.png)
AUDREY CHIN
Award winning Asian writer and reader of the Libra Mundi
Search
Audrey Chin
- Sep 6, 2015
- 3 min
Heart Nine Cuts has been reviewed by Yeo Wei Wei
Yeo Wei Wei has just reviewed my short story collection Heart Nine Cuts in The Straits Times Book Page.
Audrey Chin
- Apr 2, 2015
- 2 min
This Palm Sunday I didn’t go to church
This year, on Palm Sunday, I went to Lee Kuan Yew's funeral
Audrey Chin
- Jun 16, 2014
- 2 min
Homelessness? Or a kind of freedom?
Roots are a gift, but homelessness gives us different opportunities
Audrey Chin
- Apr 12, 2014
- 1 min
Immensely grateful to be a daughter of Singapore
It may be unfashionable but I’m shouting it out anyway – It’s good being a daughter of Singapore. It’s something to be immensely...
Audrey Chin
- Mar 3, 2014
- 3 min
It’s Sunday: Tiger Moms and Cubs need rest too
On the 7th day HE rested. I need a rest. So does my kid. It’s been a little too much – the travels, the back-to-back meetings the week...
Audrey Chin
- Feb 22, 2014
- 3 min
Reading in Myanmar: Text and sub-text
I was reading in Myanmar. It was my time, my panel appearance at the Irrawaddy Literary Festival with Canadian literary prodigy Karen...
Audrey Chin
- Feb 15, 2014
- 1 min
In Myanmar: Union Day among the Karen
I spent February 12, Myanmar’s Union Day, among the Karen. Union Day celebrates the signing of the Panglong Agreement between the...
Audrey Chin
- Dec 17, 2013
- 1 min
Talking about Heart Bones on National Critics Choice
Here’s National Critics Choice’s video of the book chat about As the Heart Bones Break at Select Books https://oddznns.wordpress.com/2013...
Audrey Chin
- Dec 7, 2013
- 2 min
It’s reprehensible! Here’s what we can do –
Yesterday I posted a Reuters report about how the Rohingyas, stateless Muslim refugees escaping from ethnic violence in the Burmese state...
Audrey Chin
- Nov 16, 2013
- 4 min
Writers I read: A Singaporean Identity – Constance Singam, the epitome of true grit
For me, Constance Singam the Singapore feminist and civil society activist, is the epitome of true grit Brought up in a patriarchal South...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 11, 2013
- 3 min
Syria… September 11… Why they matter to me
I live in Singapore, 7,800 kilometres away from Syria and 15,400 kilometres from New York City. I’m black haired and under five feet...
Audrey Chin
- Sep 3, 2013
- 1 min
Writers I Read: Trade the high-flying life for this …
We’re just back from remote Lugu Lake, Yunnan China where my friend Choo Wai Hong traded in her high-flying high-stress corporate...
Audrey Chin
- Aug 17, 2013
- 4 min
Dalat – A special place in my heart
I am a sucker for romance and Dalat is a romantic, if kitschy, city. It’s main lake, Ho Xuan Huong, is named after Vietnam’s most famous...
Audrey Chin
- Jul 27, 2013
- 3 min
3.5 lost days and 12 surprising discoveries
The best made holiday plans can be upset. Weather, short-staffed inn-keepers and unforeseen road closures can conspire to turn an...
Audrey Chin
- Jul 22, 2013
- 6 min
A different lunch on the Mekong River
Before going off to Australia, Heart Guy and I were in Vietnam. On an afternoon, we had lunch with some of the Mekong Delta kids we...
Audrey Chin
- Jul 19, 2013
- 3 min
15 delectable dishes from Urbane
Where did July go? It’s been more than half a month since I last posted! It’s more a case of where I’ve been, I guess … In Queensland,...
Audrey Chin
- Jun 16, 2013
- 1 min
Books I Read: Sarah says – Yes! I’m a Christian Feminist (reblog)
Christianity and Feminism should not and are not at odds. Here’s a great affirmation about Christianity and Feminism from Sarah Bessey at...
Audrey Chin
- May 11, 2013
- 1 min
A conversation across hemispheres – Kathleen Caron interviews me
My friend Kathleen Caron, who blogs at {full of life} soul food, interviewed me this week. The secret of giving a good interview is the...
Audrey Chin
- Apr 20, 2013
- 4 min
A Singaporean Identity – A Singaporean Malay Muslim woman shows up to make a difference
We caught up at lunch last week to talk about her latest heart task. “I am a Singaporean Malay Muslim woman,” Saleemah told me. “The...
bottom of page