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Audrey Chin

Sep 28, 20131 min read

When the intangible becomes real

First there’s a whisper, next the words on paper and then the object begins to take shape … It becomes a physical book! I couldn’t have...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 21, 20134 min read

Does your writing transcend culture?

I thought I was a global person but it turns out I’m not … My novel As the Heart Bones Break is making its debut globally at Singapore...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 19, 20131 min read

Mid Autumn Spotlight on Marina Bay Sands

Sarah Pannir’s spotlighting Marina Bay Sands today, the Mid-Autumn Festival I campaigned against this casino development. Since its...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 17, 20135 min read

Yunnan Ham from a Grandmother Room

To find out more about what we ate in Yunnan, including my encounter with a 40 year old mother of all hams, read the article here: A myth...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 13, 20136 min read

Writers I read: Writing in English, essentially Vietnamese

Nguyen Trong Hien is the author of Village Teacher, a novel which offers a refreshing look at a Vietnam rarely featured in English...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 11, 20133 min read

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...

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Audrey Chin

Sep 3, 20131 min read

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...

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Audrey Chin

Aug 24, 20132 min read

Effortless chic or cheap? Give up shopping and find out

Give up clothes-shopping for a year!!! That’s the challenge my fellow tribe-writers Kathleen Caron and Pamela Hodges are on. Following...

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