Authors Tracey Lien (All That’s Left Unsaid) and Nina Wan (The Albatross) gripped readers across the country with their spectacular debut novels on family, love and identity.

Listen in as ABC RN’s Sarah L’Estrange (The Book Show) joins Lien and Wan for a wide-ranging conversation on the craft of storytelling and power of representation. Together, they discuss early influences on their writing (The Baby-sitters Club, Dolly Magazine and Judge Judy, to name a few); what it means to have 'conditional citizenship'; the poetry of golf; and the need for more Asian thirst traps. 

“I wanted to make a point to readers that we are just like everyone else. Which is to say, we are just as complicated as anyone else. Within a community, we’re just as wonderful and petty and stubborn and flawed. We’re just as capable of success as we are of failure. And if you realise we are just like you, whoever you are, then how can you justify treating us differently?” – Tracey Lien 

Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2023 

This event was presented in partnership with ABC RN

This event was proudly supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund

Authors Tracey Lien (<a href="https://www.readings.com.au/product/9780008547073/all-thats-left-unsaid--tracey-lien--2022--9780008547073" data-emb-href-display="www.readings.com.au" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.readings.com.au/product/9780008547073/all-thats-left-unsaid--tracey-lien--2022--9780008547073">All That’s Left Unsaid</a>) and Nina Wan (<a href="https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781761262197/the-albatross--nina-wan--2023--9781761262197" data-emb-href-display="www.readings.com.au" data-cke-saved-href="https://www.readings.com.au/product/9781761262197/the-albatross--nina-wan--2023--9781761262197">The Albatross</a>) gripped readers across the country with their spectacular debut novels on family, love and identity.
Listen in as ABC RN’s Sarah L’Estrange (The Book Show) joins Lien and Wan for a wide-ranging conversation on the craft of storytelling and power of representation. Together, they discuss early influences on their writing (The Baby-sitters Club, Dolly Magazine and Judge Judy, to name a few); what it means to have 'conditional citizenship'; the poetry of golf; and the need for more Asian thirst traps. 
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“I wanted to make a point to readers that we are just like everyone else. Which is to say, we are just as complicated as anyone else. Within a community, we’re just as wonderful and petty and stubborn and flawed. We’re just as capable of success as we are of failure. And if you realise we are just like you, whoever you are, then how can you justify treating us differently?” – Tracey Lien 
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Recorded live at Melbourne Writers Festival 2023 
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This event was presented in partnership with ABC RN
This event was proudly supported by the Copyright Agency’s Cultural Fund

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