Select Publications
Journal articles
, 1993, 'An Uneasy Truce: Aboriginal Women's Autobiography in the Arena of Postcolonial Studies', SPAN, 36, pp. 144 - 153
, 1990, '“Radical Difference”, review article of Trinh T. Minh-ha Woman, Native, Other: Writing Postcoloniality and Feminism and Shirley Lim, Modem Secret', CRNLE Reviews Journal, 1, pp. 17 - 22
, 1987, 'Inventing countries: Nationalism in Singapore and Malaya in the 50's', Indian Ocean Newsletter, 8 July, pp. 5 - 6
, 1987, 'Nationalism and Multiculturalism in Singapore and Malaysia in the 50's and 60's', SPAN, 24, pp. 136 - 150
, 1982, 'An interview with Stanislaw Lem', Science Fiction, 4, pp. 6 - 8
, 1982, 'The Cultural Context of Metaphor in the Singapore Short Story', New Literature Review, 10, pp. 54 - 60
, 1980, 'The Freedom to Decompose: The poetry of Kamala Das', Journal of Indian Writing in English, 8, pp. 98 - 107
Conference Papers
, 2004, 'Revisiting the Idea of Home', in Burke JMM; Langford M (ed.), Ngara: 4th Australian Poetry Festival, Sydney, pp. 71 - 75, presented at Ngara: 4th Australian Poetry Festival, Sydney, 04 September 2004 - 11 September 2004
, 1999, 'Adolescence and the post-65 Generation: Colin Cheong`s The Stolen Child', in Sankaran C (ed.), 9th Biennial Symposium on the Literatures and Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region, Singapore, pp. 149 - 156, presented at 9th Biennial Symposium on the Literatures and Cultures of the Asia-Pacific Region, Singapore, -
, 1996, 'Fictocriticism: Undisciplined Writing', in Hutchinson J; Williams G (ed.), Writing-teaching, teaching writing : the proceedings / the Association of University Writing Programs, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, pp. 29 - 32, presented at The Association of University Writing Programs First Annual Conference, U.T.St, Sydney, 11 October 1996
, 1995, 'Fictocriticism: Pedagogy and Practice', in Guerin C; Butterss P; Nettelbeck A (eds.), Crossing lines : formations of Australian culture : proceedings of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference, Adelaide, 1995, Association for the Study of Australian Literature, [Adelaide]. Conference, Association for the Study of Australian Literature, Adelaide, pp. 89 - 92, presented at Proceedings of the Association for the Study of Australian Literature Conference. (17th : 1995 : Adelaide, S. Aust.), Adelaide, S.A.
, 1993, 'Aboriginal Women's Autobiography: Alice Nannup's When the Pelican Laughed', in Riemenschneide D; Davis GV (ed.), Aratjara: Aboriginal Culture and Literature in Australia, Rodopi B.V., Amsterdam ; Atlanta, GA, pp. 121 - 181, presented at Aratjara: literature of the first Australians, Dusseldorf
, 1992, 'Telling Stories: Agency and Audience in Aboriginal Women's Autobiography', in Seal G; Grant D (ed.), Australia in the world : perceptions and possibilities : papers from the Outside Images of Australia Conference, Perth, 1992, Black Swan Press, Perth, W.A., pp. 45 - 50, presented at Outside Images of Australia Conference, Perth, 1992, Perth, W.A.
, 1988, 'K.S. Maniam's The Return: Marginal Discourse in Malaysia', in Bennett B (ed.), A Sense of exile : essays in the literature of the Asia-Pacific region. Nedlands, W.A.: Centre for Studies in Australian Literature., Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, Nedlands, W.A., pp. 173 - 180, presented at Symposium on literature in the Asia-Pacific region, University of Western Australia
, 1982, 'Singapore and Malaysian Women Poets, Local and Expatriate', in Bennett B; Ee TH; Shepherd R (eds.), The writer's sense of the contemporary: papers in Southeast Asian and Australian literature, Centre for Studies in Australian Literature, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, W.A., Centre for the Studies of Australian Literature, Nedlands, W.A., pp. 46 - 50, presented at Southeast Asian and Australian literature Seminar, University of Western Australia, 25 September 1982
Creative Written Works
, 2015, Heart, 'Whaddya Know?' Writings for Syd Harrex, Blaber B, (ed.), Wakefield Press
, 2012, Travelogue, Engaging with Literature of Commitment, Rodopi
, 1994, Fictocritical sequence, ‘Headstarts’, Hope and Fear: An Anthology of SA Women's Writing 1894-1994, Greet A; Hosking S, (ed.), Flinders University
, 1993, Fictocritical sequence, ‘Two Prayers', S.E. Asia Writes Back, Loh CY; Ong IK, (ed.), Skoob Books
Creative Works (non-textual)
, 2004, soundAFFECTs, TEXTJournal, - , at: http://www.textjournal.com.au/oct04/content.htm