Translations

Book-length Translation Publications

  • Yeonnam-dong Smiley Laundromat by Kim Jiyun (Forthcoming)
  • Marigold Mind Laundry by Jungeun Yun, translated from Korean (Forthcoming with Doubleday, a Penguin Random House UK imprint)
  • 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)
  • 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)

Translation Publications

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