Thuy Linh Nguyen is an Australian-Vietnamese writer with a Postgraduate Diploma of Professional Writing from Deakin University. In her spare time, she likes to buy things at op shops. The other day, she bought a kitsch clock from the RSPCA store, but had to leave it in the ancestral worship room because it ticks too loudly.
Awards
- Shortlisted for the Gilgamesh Connections Fables Competition II (2010) for ‘Top Shelf Produce’
- The Verandah Literary Award 2008 for ‘Watching Home Videos’
- The Boroondara Council Leader Newspapers Young Writers’ Competition Junior Category Prose 1998 for ‘Keys of Black and Ivory’
Published Work
- Nguyen, C 2013, ‘Wedding (P)inspiration from Work and Home’, 25 November 2013, Capriess – secondhand wedding classifieds, <http://www.capriess.com.au/wedding-blog/wedding-pinspiration-from-work-and-home/>
- Nguyen, TL 2013, ‘Run for Refugees: Maria Nguyen on asylum seekers and fundraising for the ASRC’, 6 October 2013, Peril, <http://peril.com.au/featured/run-for-refugees-maria-nguyen-on-asylum-seekers-and-fundraising-for-the-asrc/>
- Nguyen, TL 2013, ‘Review: Viet Kieu, the No. 1 Australian Vietnamese Outcast’, 29 September 2013, Peril, <http://peril.com.au/blog/review-viet-kieu-the-no-1-australian-vietnamese-outcast/>
- Nguyen, TL 2013, ‘Hoodwinked: Dodgy Free WordPress Hosting, Themes and Plugins’, 12 September 2013, wpmu.org, <http://wpmu.org/dodgy-free-wordpress-hosting-themes-plugins/>
- Nguyen, TL 2013, ‘The Importance of Being Earnest: an Interview with Liberal Candidate John Nguyen’, 25 August 2013, Peril, <http://peril.com.au/featured/the-importance-of-being-earnest-an-interview-with-liberal-candidate-john-nguyen/>
- Nguyen, TL 2013, ‘Tourist’, 13 July 2013, Peril, Issue 15, <http://peril.com.au/current-edition/tourist/>
- Nguyen, TL 2013, ‘Review: PhiL and Me’, 26 April 2013, Peril <http://www.peril.com.au/peril/2013/04/26/review-phil-and-me/>
- Nguyen, TL 2012, ‘After the Disappointment Ends’, 28 October 2012, Peril, <http://www.peril.com.au/peril/2012/10/28/after-the-disappointment-ends/>
- Nguyen, TL 2012, ‘Sex, magic and fairy tales – Kate Forsyth’s Bitter Greens‘, 11 April 2012, Killings, <http://www.killyourdarlingsjournal.com/2012/04/sex-magic-and-fairy-tales-kate-forsyths-bitter-greens/>
- Nguyen, TL 2012, ‘Review: Sleepers Almanac No. 7’, The Big Issue, Issue 398, Melbourne.
- Nguyen, TL 2011, ‘Poh/Pho’, Peril, Issue 11, <http://www.peril.com.au/category/2010-2011/edition-11-food>
- Nguyen, TL 2011, ‘Review: Her Father’s Daughter – Alice Pung’, The Big Issue, Issue 389, Melbourne.
- Nguyen, TL 2011, ‘Breaking the Magic Spell: Tales from the Tower, Volume One: The Willful Eye’, 9 May, Killings, <http://www.killyourdarlingsjournal.com/2011/06/breaking-the-magic-spell-tales-from-the-tower-volume-one-the-wilful-eye/>
- Nguyen, TL 2011, ‘Humanising the Robot: a review of Bernard Beckett’s Genesis’, 4 May, Killings, <http://www.killyourdarlingsjournal.com/2011/05/humanising-the-robot-a-review-of-bernard-beckett’s-genesis/>
- Nguyen, TL 2011, ‘Footscray Whitewash’, Peril, Issue 10, <http://www.peril.com.au/category/edition10>
- Nguyen, TL 2010, ‘Review: Chris Womersley’s Bereft’, 8 September, Killings, <http://www.killyourdarlingsjournal.com/2010/09/review-chris-womersleys-bereft/>
- Nguyen, TL 2010, ‘The Intern’, The Lifted Brow, no. 7, Melbourne, p.p. 199-201.
- Nguyen, TL 2010, ‘Renovations’, The Diamond & the Thief, issue 8, <http://www.blackriderpress.com/images/The%20Diamond%20and%20the%20Thief%20April%2010.pdf>
- Nguyen, TL 2010, ‘Edward Cullen, Stake Your Heart Out: Narrelle M. Harris’ The Opposite of Life’, 14 April, Killings, <http://www.killyourdarlingsjournal.com/2010/04/edward-cullen-stake-your-heart-out-narrelle-m.-harriss-the-opposite-of-life/>
- Nguyen, C 2010, ‘Garlic Cake’, K. Tayleur (ed.), Short and Scary, Black Dog Books, Melbourne, p.p. 187-191.
- Nguyen, TL 2009, ‘The Beast’, The Diamond & the Thief, issue 2, <http://www.blackriderpress.com/images/The%20Diamond%20&%20the%20Thief%20Oct%2009.pdf>.
- Nguyen, TL 2009, ‘Dermatology’, [Untitled], issue 1, p.p. 20-25.
- Nguyen, TL 2009, ‘Red Den Beauty’, Harvest, issue 3, p. 57.
- Nguyen, TL 2009, ‘Perfumed Lotuses, Dirt and Daffodils’, Peril, issue 6, <http://www.peril.com.au/category/edition6>.
- Nguyen, TL 2008, ‘Watching Home Videos’, Verandah, vol. 23, p. 50.
- Nguyen, C 2008, ‘If Wishes Were Good Marks or Fishes’, L Wilkinson (ed.), Short, Black Dog Books, Melbourne, p. 162.
- Nguyen, C 1999, ‘Keys of Black and Ivory’, Progress Press (Progress Leader), 1 February 1999, p. 22.
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