I was grateful and honoured to join 24 like-hearted poets from around the world to read our poems featured in the special fundraiser poetry anthology, Bring Me Gold: Fifty poems for Palestine, published by Leicester-based indie publisher, Dahlia Publishing. The beautiful, heart-rending words touched so many chords in so many hearts and I’m glad we […]

One of my favourite volunteer roles is as a member of the Battle of the Books Hong Kong book selection committee. So happy to announce that our primary and secondary booklists have been released, just in time for the summer holidays! Check out the detailed lists (primary – here and secondary – here) and the […]

I had the pleasure of joining three fellow Hong Kong creatives whom I admire and respect, Julia Besnard (librarian, podcaster and writer), Elle Kwan (writer and digital strategist) and Sophia Hotung (writer/illustrator and TedX speaker) on an online workshop, “How Authors Build Buzz” hosted by the wonderful writing community, Women in Publishing, Hong Kong (WiPS). […]

I had the pleasure of collaborating with accomplished local illustrator and graphic designer, Benny Lau, to talk with P4 and P5 girls of St Clare’s Primary School, Hong Kong. We were given a warm welcome by Ms Sandy, their English Department Head, and spent the afternoon working with energetic and enthusiastic students. I started with […]

Hong Kong Women in Publishing Society (WiPS) committee member, executive coach and writer Rinkoo Ramchandani and I recently spent a lovely morning on live radio speaking with Noreen Mir on her RTHK Radio 3 show, Brunch with Noreen. We shared our experiences as members of WiPS as well as the background of the organization, how […]

On 13 May 2025, I was invited by Ms Natalie Mellish of the Salvation Army Centaline Charity Fund Queen’s Hill School (SACCFQHS) to speak to her Primary 4 and 5 students about how they too, can write a book. I was delighted to be able to share the stage with librarian extraordinaire, Beth McNeilly, and […]

In the middle grade, graphic novel memoir Uprooted (ages 8+), Ruth is facing the biggest challenge of her young life to date: uprooting from her birth city of Toronto, Canada and moving to the other side of the globe with her family to Hong Kong, where her mother grew up and still has family. As […]

A Note from the Orphaned Gods, a piece of creative non-fiction about a group of abandoned gods on a stone ledge near my children’s school in Hong Kong, has found a home in Issue 4 of The Hooghly Review, a “digital non-profit and free-access magazine of literature, culture and arts with the aim to publish […]

I had the pleasure of giving writing workshops to two cohorts of enthusiastic, attentive and intelligent 9-10 year old students at the German Swiss International School of Hong Kong (GSIS) using my signature “What You Can Do With Your Phone – Make Good Art” talk. With the support of GSIS’ committed and thoughtful educators, the […]

I was invited by fellow Hong Konger, librarian, writer and reader, Julia Besnard, to read my prose poem, Life We Can No Longer See, for the inaugural episode of her brilliant new podcast, Hong Kong Lit Club. As Julia explains below: “Through this podcast, I aim to showcase the work of both past and contemporary […]