What happens when stories travel beyond their home shores? Join four visiting Australian writers at Book Bar SG as they share their works and creative journeys. This evening of conversation and exchange explores identity, creativity, and the power of literature to connect communities. Reflecting on what it means to write across cultures, the authors will show how stories serve as bridges between people and places.
ABOUT THE SPEAKERS
Ange Yang
Ange Yang is a Malaysian-Australian writer, essayist and storyteller based in Boorloo (Perth). She uses her appetite to explore questions around food and identity. She has been published in local and national publications including Westerly, Gourmet Traveller, SBS and is a regular reviewer for Broadsheet and WA Good Food Guide. She has shared the laughter and chaos that comes with growing up Asian-Australian in performances at Blue Room Theatre. Ange is open to national and international collaborations that advocate for greater representation in the arts, legal and corporate industries. Connect with her via Instagram @vegemitecongee.
Casey Mulder
Casey Mulder is a Ballardong Nyungar-Anglo educator, editor and writer. She is the Director of First Nations Writing and Programs at the Centre for Stories, which focuses on First Nations storytelling and capacity-building, and has extensive experience in education and publishing. Since 2023, she has co-led the First Nations Write Night with Luisa Mitchell, which is a monthly opportunity for writers to celebrate First Nations stories and write in a safe, collaborative space with other mob.
Christopher Wood
Christopher Wood is an Indigenous illustrator who has worked on weekly cartoons and editorial illustrations, commercial advertisements and in publishing. His recent credits include the comic Dreamwalker, the first First Nations female superhero created by First Nation writers Scott Wilson and Molly Hunt and he’s currently developing a children’s graphic novel series with Hardie Grant Publishing. His great grandmother Kaye Wilson was born on the banks of the Fitzroy River. The Worrorra peoples of the Kimberley know her and consider her one of their own, as they have with many First Nation children from that time.
Robert Wood
Robert Wood is Creative Director of the Centre for Stories – an Australian arts organisation that shares stories for social impact. With family connections to India and Singapore, Robert was born in Australia and is the author of five books. Prior to his current role, he was an Endeavour Fellow at Columbia University in New York and Editor at the Kochi-Muziris Biennale in South India. He is interested in how stories, writing and language are able to empower and elevate people who face complex barriers, and knows that the arts can be transformative in building peaceful societies after conflict. Based in Perth, he likes to see art with his wife and take his kids to the pool.
