Growing up Asian in Australia is an anthology of personal accounts, essays, short stories and poetry edited by Alice Pung

Alice Pung

Alice Pung is a writer, editor and lawyer. She wrote the memoir Unpolished Gem and edited Growing Up Asian in Australia.She is a practicing solicitor, and has worked as an art instructor, independent school teacher at primary and secondary schools and is Artist in Residence at at Janet Clarke Hall,...

. The discourse of "Asians" in Australia is similar to that in America and usually includes people of East Asian "oriental" background such as Chinese

Chinese people

The term Chinese people may refer to any of the following:*People with Han Chinese ethnicity ....

, Vietnamese

Vietnamese people

The Vietnamese people are an ethnic group originating from present-day northern Vietnam and southern China. They are the majority ethnic group of Vietnam, comprising 86% of the population as of the 1999 census, and are officially known as Kinh to distinguish them from other ethnic groups in Vietnam...

, Japanese

Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

 or Koreans. However in this anthology the term "Asian" extends to people from Indian and Pakistani backgrounds, which is more in line with the British use of the term "Asian".

Contributors include established authors such as Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan

Shaun Tan is the illustrator and author of award-winning children's books such as The Red Tree, The Lost Thing and The Arrival...

, Simone Lazaroo

Simone Lazaroo

Simone Lazaroo is an Australian author. Born in Singapore, she migrated with her family to Western Australia as a young child. Her background is Eurasian. She lives in Fremantle, Western Australia and teaches Creative Writing at Murdoch University....

, Vanessa Woods

Vanessa Woods

Vanessa Woods is an internationally published Australian scientist, author and journalist, and is the main Australian/New Zealand feature writer for the Discovery Channel...

, television personalities such as Annette Shun Wah

Annette Shun Wah

Annette Shun Wah is a prominent figure in the Australian media, but particularly in television, film and radio. Shun Wah was born in Cairns, Queensland of Chinese ancestry.-Radio and television:...

, Kylie Kwong

Kylie Kwong

Kylie Kwong , is a prominent Australian television chef, author, television presenter and restaurateur.-Early life and education:...

, Dr Cindy Pan and emerging writers and poets of Asian descent. There are over 50 contributors.

External links

• Official author website
• Growing up Asian in Australia. Interview with Alice Pung by Matthia Dempsey
• "Growing up Asian in Australia Interview with editor Alice Pung and contributor Shalini Akhil", ABC Book Show
• Articles by Alice Pung at The Monthly
  The Monthly
  The Monthly is an Australian national magazine of politics, society and the arts, which is published eleven times per year on a monthly basis except the December/January issue. Founded in 2005, it is published by Melbourne property developer Morry Schwartz...