Reviews

Reviews

‘Nutmag’ anthology celebrates Penang writers with bumper 5th anniversary issue – The Star, 15 Feb 2021

Giving Words to Growing Pains – Penang Monthly, Feb 2021

‘Home Groan’, an anthology on a changing Penang – TheVibes.com, 16 Jan 2021

‘The Principal Girl’: Tales from Asia where girls are the heroes – The Star, 30 May 2019

Malaysian authors publish YA fiction with a feminist, folkloric twist – The Star, 2 April 2019

“Amusing and vividly told in Lim’s distinctive style” – Book review by Anna Tan, 17 October 2018

Malaysians Get into ‘Best Asian Short Stories’ book on life as an Asian – The Star, 3 October 2018

In the Spotlight – Lucent Dreaming, 21 September 2018

“A manifestation of a monster moth from Chinese superstition...” – The Star, 18 August 2017

“An incredibly layered narrative about an undocumented foreign worker… a very compelling character” – Karla Comanda, Fiction Editor, Ricepaper Magazine, May 2017

“Takes us on a wild ride with a particularly ambitious Mat Rempit in her story ‘Snake Bridge Temple'” – The Little Basket 2017 Editors, Fixi Novo, March 2017

“A devastatingly beautiful essay … with clear, deliberate prose.” – Mensah Demary, editor of Catapult, 22 February 2017

“A keen ear for transcribing the local patois as well as a fine literary sense.” – Anna Tan, author of Co-exist, HinBus Depot Facebook Page, 16 October 2016

“Flowing, conversational narrative… creating an enjoyable Singaporean fable.” – Book review by William Wadsworth, South China Morning Post, 2 February 2016

35 Peserta Disenarai Pendek (35 Writers Shortlisted) – Berita Harian Singapore’s writing competition ‘Mencari Kristal’, 6 August 2016

George Town Literary Festival Highlights 2016 – Star2.com, 2 December 2016

Prizes

“Adorable” – longlist, QuietManDave Flash Fiction Prize, Manchester Metropolitan University, 2020

“Snake Bridge Temple” – shortlist, Best Asian Short Stories 2017 and New Malaysian Writing 2017 and 2018

“Pentagram” – shortlist, Mencari Kristal writing competition, Berita Harian Singapore, 2016

“Curry of the Day” – first runner-up, Shakespeare Lives, British Council Singapore, 2016

“Oil & Water” – Top 10 finalist, Montblanc X Esquire Fiction Project, 2015