Alice Pung

Welcome to the official Alice Pung website.

Please take a moment to look around.

You’ll find information on Alice’s books and all her latest news and events. In the menu on the right-hand side you’ll find links to teachers’ notes, videos, articles and more. You can also post a message. We particularly welcome feedback from those students and teachers who are using Alice’s work in the classroom. It’s a great way to share ideas.

Alice’s bestselling memoir Unpolished Gem was published to critical acclaim in 2006, and has since become a favourite with readers around the world. Amy Tan, author of The Joy Luck Club, says of it: “Alice Pung is a gem. Her voice is the real thing.”

Alice is also the editor of Growing up Asian in Australia, an honest, moving and often hilarious collection of stories about growing up Asian, and Australian. Contributors to the collection include Jenny Kee, Jason Yat-Sen Li, Caroline Tran, Quan Yeomans, Shaun Tan, Annette Shun Wah, Tom Cho and many more.

To read more about both books, please visit the Books page.

Alice is taking part in the prestigious International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 2009. Alice’s next book will be published in 2010.

To read more about Alice, please visit the About Alice page