Jamie Marina Lau

Throughout a childhood spent moving between different countries, one thing was constant for Leen: the local shopping centre. Within those complexes, the familiar landscape of logos, the bright lights, the climate-controlled environment, and the interactions between workers and customers never changed. It all looked shiny, new, and tidy—on the surface. So, when it feels like the same day for far...

Shortlisted for the 2019 Stella Prize Shortlisted for the 2019 New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards Shortlisted for the 2018 Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction Shortlisted for the Australia Literature Society Gold Medal Fifteen-year-old Monk lives in Chinatown with her 'grumpy brown couch' dad. When Santa Coy - possible boyfriend, potential accomplice - enters their lives, an intoxicating hunger...