Justin Lau

Writes: Japan, cross-cultural identity, faith. Novel in progress. Founding editor @transectmag. SG-born, JP-raised, UK-based. ESEA, TCK, Japlish, バイリンガル

[Justin Lau @justinywlau]

Monolingual English speaker: 'Your English is so good!'

My brain:
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Me: 'So is yours!'

[Justin Lau @justinywlau]

What a treat to hear @ColinBarrett82 speak @Foyles about his debut novel WILD HOUSES (loved YOUNG SKINS) – plus interviewed by @chris_power (A LONELY MAN was my fav novel last year). Books signed by two authors I admire + received encouragement to keep going with my own writing!

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@PenguinUKBooks @rachhelensmith

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@TheLincoln Colin Barrett's Young Skins (novella: Calm With Horses)

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What fun to celebrate the book launch of @RowanHLB’s third novel, The Sleep Watcher, with @Naomified at the wonderful @BurleyFisher! 🙌

Thank you Rowan for being such an inspiration! ☺️ (P.S. The cake was great too! 🍰)

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@zaynab_seedat @clarachambara @Sauliloquy1 @lit_metal @UoYEnglish Massive congrats, Zaynab! 🎉

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sooo I tried something for the first time in my life which turned out to be a personally significant step of self-acceptance (especially considering the disempowering western perception of Asian men)

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@Byers_Andy @RidleyHall @johndyer @JKurlberg @pmphillips @heidiacampbell @Jasonbyassee 10 years already?! I remember being at the book launch at John's!

[JOSHUA JAPAN @Premium826]

Go check out my latest video on identity crisis!!!
Meet the Singaporean raised in Japan with an American Education living in the UK @justinywlau

https://t.co/3qPNlAPB7y

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I was interviewed by British Japanese YouTuber @Premium826 about my own complex journey of navigating my cross-cultural (Singaporean-Japanese-American-British) identity. Check it out! 🇸🇬🇯🇵🇺🇸🇬🇧 https://t.co/k1FO9rZLEP

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What an inspiring night – it was such an honour to get to attend this brilliant event and hear from these amazing writers. Being in the midst of so many other ESEA people was empowering. Plus I made new friends and picked up some proofs!

[ESEA Publishing Network @eseapn]

💜🤍 What a special Debuts Night with Wiz Wharton, Nicola Dinan & Cecile Pin in conversation w/ @LondonHelena Lee of East Side Voices!

Big thanks to @4thEstateBooks, @nicolawebb93 & @Niri_Bharadia for hosting and @ElevateHC_ for supporting 🙏

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@Chomsky1 @CecilekvPin @LondonHelena @eseapn I was deeply moved and inspired by what you shared tonight, thank you.

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A bit of life news: After 10 years of living in Durham, I've now moved to London! The city boy in me is deeply fulfilled.

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@mayhewbergman Just because I haven't seen it mentioned yet – Calm With Horses by Colin Barrett

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Connection, Alignment, Change, Self

[Mark Monroe @iammarkmonroe]

Just gonna let this sit here for y’all!

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@BethanyJarmul Love so many of the ones mentioned already (Lamott! Saunders!) but here are two more unmentioned recs I read this year that were truly inspiring/challenging:
- The Getaway Car (Ann Patchett)
- The Art of Revision (Peter Ho Davies)

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New edition (and final one of 2022!) of my newsletter Decolonising My Faith about my reflections on the self-righteousness of western fundamentalist/pentecostal Christianity: https://t.co/mECqA43zls

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top 16 reads of 2022

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new ghibli film (dir. miyazaki hayao) SO ready

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