Emily Sun is a writer, editor, and researcher who has been published in various national and international anthologies and journals including Meanjin, Cordite, Australian Poetry Journal, and Growing up Asian in Australia. In 2018 and 2019, she was awarded runner-up in the national Deborah Cass Writing Prize, the recipient of fellowships at KSP and Centre for Stories, and took part in Fremantle Press’ Emerging Writers Pilot Program. Her debut poetry collection Vociferate (Fremantle Press) was listed as one of the Australian Book Review’s “Books of the Year”. In 2022, awarded a Highly Commended in the NSW Premier’s Literary Award for Poetry, and shortlisted in the WA Premier’s Book Award. Emily is the creator and co-editor/publisher of Hello Keanu! (Momolo Books, 2024).
She is currently finishing her PhD at the The University of Western Australia where she is working on a prose fiction project. Her research interests include Bourdieusian theory, ludic game inquiry, “ethnic” author function, translanguaging, creative teaching, how AI can be used in classrooms to enhance student learning experiences, and the intersection of neurodiversity and creativity.
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See also Austlit