Book-length Translation Publications
2026
- A Day for Bread, Soup and Cats by Yoko Mure, translated from Japanese (Orion Books, Sept 2026)
- Cafe, Waiting, Love by Giddens Ko, translated from Mandarin Chinese (Wildfire Books, Aug 2026)
- Plant Lady by Minyoung Kang, translated from Korean (Doubleday, July 2026)
- The Memory Bookshop by Song Yu-jeong, translated from Korean (Harperfiction, Mar 2026)
more coming soon 🙂
2025
- The Moon Glow Bookshop by Dongwon Seo, translated from Korean (Wildfire, Nov 2025)
- Every Day I Read by Hwang Bo-reum, translated from Korean (Bloomsbury, Oct 2025)
- Soyangri Book Kitchen by Kim Jee-hye, translation from Korean (Vintage Publishing, Oct 2025)
- Hakuda Photo Studio by Her Taeyeon, translated from Korean (John Murray, July 2025)
- Every Moment Was You by Ha Tae-Wan, translated from Korean (Little, Brown Book Group, May 2025)
2024
- Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun, translated from Korean (Doubleday UK and The Dial Press (US), Oct 2024)
- Yeonnam-dong’s Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun, translated from Korean (Published by MacLehose Press, Aug 2024, Pegasus Books, Jan 2025)
- DAKOTA by Wong Koi Tet, translated from Chinese (Published by City Book Room in Apr 2024 – English rights available for territories outside of Singapore) (Purchase HERE)
2023
- Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-reum, translated from Korean (Published by Bloomsbury UK in Oct 2023, Bloomsbury US in Feb 2024)
Other Translation Publications
- ‘Dream Dialogues,’ an excerpt from Dream Dialogues by Ci Yun, Books From Taiwan (2024)
- ‘An Instant; Because of Cod Liver Oil; Zipping up,’ an excerpt from Dakota by Wong Koi Tet, translated from Chinese, The Georgia Review (Winter 2023)
- ‘My Take on Pantheism; Twenty-One Grams; The Neighbourhood Zoo,’ an excerpt from Dakota by Wong Koi Tet, translated from Chinese, The Southern Review (Oct 2022)
- ‘The Longkau’s Name,’ an excerpt from Dakota by Wong Koi Tet, translated from Chinese, The Common (Sep 2022)
- ‘The Bone Collector, Master of Movable Type,’ an excerpt from Portraits of Mastery by MovingTaipei, translated from Chinese, Books from Taiwan (Fall 2022)
- ‘Annyõng, Peter,’ by Hwang Jiun, translated from Korean, Azalea: Journal of Korean Literature & Culture (Jul 2022)
Awards and Others
- Multiple grants from Publication Industry Promotion Agency of Korea
- Korean prose mentee for the UK National Centre for Writing Emerging Translator Mentorship Program 2021/22 (mentored by Anton Hur)
- Singapore literature mentee for the American Literary Translators Association Emerging Translator Mentorship Program 2021/22 (mentored by Julia Sanches)
- Funded attendee of British Centre for Literary Translation (BCLT) Summer School 2023 (Korean-English workshop) and BCLT Summer School 2021 (Literature from Taiwan)
- Ad-hoc translation and assessment work for English PEN
- Organising Committee for the 46th ALTA Conference (8-11 Nov 2023), Tucson, Arizona
Available for commissions