Lian Low (she/they) is a Kuala Lumpur born writer of Peranakan- Chinese-Malaysian heritage (Hokkien & Baba Malay languages), currently based in Footscray on the unceded sovereign lands & waters of the Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung & Boonwurrung peoples of the Kulin Nation. Lian has work published in Growing Up Asian in Australia, Kill Your Darlings, The Lifted Brow, Right Now, Griffith Review 49 New Asia Now II, a story podcasted on Queerstories and was a previous editor of Asian Australian arts and culture magazine Peril. They created site-specific spoken word pieces for the Melaka Art and Performance Festival, Malaysia from 2013-2015. In 2015, they collaborated with dancer and choreographer Victoria Chiu on her performance text of "Do you speak Chinese?" which premiered at the Malthouse Theatre for Dance Massive.
Lian has been a recipient of a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship and of their inaugural Next Chapter scheme to work on a young adult speculative fiction novel that explores the supernatural and time-travel as a means to tell a story of grief, finding home and resisting injustice.
Lian has been a recipient of a Wheeler Centre Hot Desk Fellowship and of their inaugural Next Chapter scheme to work on a young adult speculative fiction novel that explores the supernatural and time-travel as a means to tell a story of grief, finding home and resisting injustice.
- Short story 'Negara' in An Unexpected Party, an anthology co-curated by Get YA Words Out & Fremantle Press, and edited by Seth Malacari. Launched at Readings Naarm/Melbourne Nov 2nd, 2023