Daisy J. Hung (she/her)
@daisyhunguk.bsky.social
Social justice advocate, writer, embroidery artist. Debut Nonfiction - I AM NOT A TOURIST: Conversations on Being British Chinese (out March 2025). Agent: Imogen Morrell, Greene & Heaton
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Happy ESEA Heritage Month in the UK! Huge shoutout to fellow East and Southeast Asian non-fiction authors published this year. So pleased that our perspectives, experiences and stories are out in the world. Excited for many more to come! Support #ESEAauthors
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A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000. n.pr/4h19OGf
Thinkers, dreamers, doers: Here's who made the 2025 MacArthur Fellow list
A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:15 AM
A cartographer, a composer, a neurobiologist, and a novelist are among the recipients of this year's "Genius Grants." Each Fellow will receive a no-strings attached award of $800,000. n.pr/4h19OGf
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Attended a fantastic talk by @daisyhunguk.bsky.social yesterday evening about her new book I Am Not A Tourist: Conversations on Being British Chinese. Very much looking forward to reading it!
September 30, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Attended a fantastic talk by @daisyhunguk.bsky.social yesterday evening about her new book I Am Not A Tourist: Conversations on Being British Chinese. Very much looking forward to reading it!
Had a blast giving an #IamNotaTourist book talk at Kensington Central Library earlier this week to close out ESEA Heritage Month. Huge thanks for the invite and enthusiasm from the lovely library team and to South Kensington Books for selling book copies! Was so fun meeting new people!
October 2, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Had a blast giving an #IamNotaTourist book talk at Kensington Central Library earlier this week to close out ESEA Heritage Month. Huge thanks for the invite and enthusiasm from the lovely library team and to South Kensington Books for selling book copies! Was so fun meeting new people!
Fascinating ‘Design and Disability’ exhibition at the V&A museum. Delighted to see Moi Tran’s ‘Sign Chorus’ banners! Many powerful pieces
September 29, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Fascinating ‘Design and Disability’ exhibition at the V&A museum. Delighted to see Moi Tran’s ‘Sign Chorus’ banners! Many powerful pieces
I’ve signed more book copies at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social in case anyone wants one! Many thanks to staff for the beautiful display!
September 23, 2025 at 5:22 PM
I’ve signed more book copies at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social in case anyone wants one! Many thanks to staff for the beautiful display!
Enjoyed some beautiful artworks at the Oxford Art Society exhibition in @stjohnsox.bsky.social on a gorgeously sunny Sunday afternoon. Inspiring pieces!
September 21, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Enjoyed some beautiful artworks at the Oxford Art Society exhibition in @stjohnsox.bsky.social on a gorgeously sunny Sunday afternoon. Inspiring pieces!
Had a wonderful time this weekend at StoryFeast Lit Fest celebrating ESEA authors/illustrators! Shoutout to @evawongnava.bsky.social for chairing the food (& not food) panel and fellow panellists Nghiem Ta, Tuyen Do & @creativesojung.bsky.social! Thanks to organisers & Armando Nava for the photos.
September 16, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Had a wonderful time this weekend at StoryFeast Lit Fest celebrating ESEA authors/illustrators! Shoutout to @evawongnava.bsky.social for chairing the food (& not food) panel and fellow panellists Nghiem Ta, Tuyen Do & @creativesojung.bsky.social! Thanks to organisers & Armando Nava for the photos.
Happy ESEA Heritage Month in the UK! Huge shoutout to fellow East and Southeast Asian non-fiction authors published this year. So pleased that our perspectives, experiences and stories are out in the world. Excited for many more to come! Support #ESEAauthors
September 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Happy ESEA Heritage Month in the UK! Huge shoutout to fellow East and Southeast Asian non-fiction authors published this year. So pleased that our perspectives, experiences and stories are out in the world. Excited for many more to come! Support #ESEAauthors
With ESEA Heritage Month coming up in Sept, I’m excited to participate in the Story Feast Lit Fest at SOAS on 13th Sept to celebrate East and Southeast Asian stories & authors. I’ll be part of the ‘Food, Glorious Food!’ panel. Free tickets! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/story-feas...
Story Feast Lit Fest 2025
Join our celebration of ESEA stories and authors – from children's to young adult, from fiction to memoir. Panel talks, signings, and more!
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August 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
With ESEA Heritage Month coming up in Sept, I’m excited to participate in the Story Feast Lit Fest at SOAS on 13th Sept to celebrate East and Southeast Asian stories & authors. I’ll be part of the ‘Food, Glorious Food!’ panel. Free tickets! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/story-feas...
Birthday balloons at every age!! #unapologeticallyaging
August 7, 2025 at 12:09 AM
Birthday balloons at every age!! #unapologeticallyaging
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Register now for FREE tickets to StoryFeast Lit Fest, a celebration of ESEA stories and their creators, from children's to young adult, fiction to memoir - panels, keynotes, signings, and more! 🎉
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July 14, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Register now for FREE tickets to StoryFeast Lit Fest, a celebration of ESEA stories and their creators, from children's to young adult, fiction to memoir - panels, keynotes, signings, and more! 🎉
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The perfect early birthday gift from the wonderful @hannahravenswood.bsky.social ❤️ Coincides well with my upcoming summer break and will be put to good use! #booksky💙📚
July 17, 2025 at 6:26 PM
The perfect early birthday gift from the wonderful @hannahravenswood.bsky.social ❤️ Coincides well with my upcoming summer break and will be put to good use! #booksky💙📚
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Oxford University and @cam.ac.uk have each received a £6.25 million gift to expand their outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in STEM subjects.
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Joint donation to Oxford and Cambridge helps young people overcome
The University of Oxford has received a £6.25 million gift to expand its outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM)
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July 17, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Oxford University and @cam.ac.uk have each received a £6.25 million gift to expand their outreach work with socio-economically disadvantaged students in STEM subjects.
Find out more ⬇️
Find out more ⬇️
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Flick through the history books and you’d be hard pressed to find stories about British Chinese women. But in “I Am Not a Tourist”, Daisy J. Hung reminds us to remember. Read an exclusive excerpt now on NüStories: nuvoices.com/2025/06/12/b... @daisyhunguk.bsky.social
July 10, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Flick through the history books and you’d be hard pressed to find stories about British Chinese women. But in “I Am Not a Tourist”, Daisy J. Hung reminds us to remember. Read an exclusive excerpt now on NüStories: nuvoices.com/2025/06/12/b... @daisyhunguk.bsky.social
Super proud of our Beyond Boundaries science inspired art competition for Oxfordshire state school students in Years 5-8 who have created artwork based on research by researchers of colour in @mplsoxford.bsky.social and Medical Sciences @ox.ac.uk. Huge thanks to Jo Knights for leading the project!
July 9, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Super proud of our Beyond Boundaries science inspired art competition for Oxfordshire state school students in Years 5-8 who have created artwork based on research by researchers of colour in @mplsoxford.bsky.social and Medical Sciences @ox.ac.uk. Huge thanks to Jo Knights for leading the project!
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8 week paid virtual internship here to learn about publishing with Orion, part of Hachette.
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July 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
8 week paid virtual internship here to learn about publishing with Orion, part of Hachette.
Details below.
Please share :)
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Had an incredible time at the @harpercollins.bsky.social UK author summer party at the V&A in London today with my amazing agent Imogen and editor Marleigh (@hqstories.bsky.social)! First time…and hopefully not the last. Coincided with my book being available starting today in the US and Canada!
July 1, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Had an incredible time at the @harpercollins.bsky.social UK author summer party at the V&A in London today with my amazing agent Imogen and editor Marleigh (@hqstories.bsky.social)! First time…and hopefully not the last. Coincided with my book being available starting today in the US and Canada!
Had a blast last night meeting British Chinese Society members for their London book club meet-up. Was great to talk about my book but more so to hear about others’ experiences. Even managed to reconnect with the China Exchange guide who took me around Chinatown (and I mention them in the book)!
June 27, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Had a blast last night meeting British Chinese Society members for their London book club meet-up. Was great to talk about my book but more so to hear about others’ experiences. Even managed to reconnect with the China Exchange guide who took me around Chinatown (and I mention them in the book)!
Absolutely love this and wish I could see the exhibit.
What does it mean to be ‘Hapa?’ Artist Kip Fulbeck reflects on 25-year identity project
Artist and professor Kip Fulbeck revisits The Hapa Project, exploring 25 years of mixed Asian Pacific Islander identity through portraits and personal stories.
news.ucsb.edu
June 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Absolutely love this and wish I could see the exhibit.
Attended this inspiring talk by @rutasepetys.bsky.social at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social tonight. Ruta’s engaging storytelling was evident in her insightful talk & her riveting family stories. Enjoyed hearing about her research & writing process. I feel energised to write historical fiction!
June 12, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Attended this inspiring talk by @rutasepetys.bsky.social at the @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social tonight. Ruta’s engaging storytelling was evident in her insightful talk & her riveting family stories. Enjoyed hearing about her research & writing process. I feel energised to write historical fiction!
A full circle moment today speaking to the @harpercollins.bsky.social Author Academy UK nonfiction cohort about my writing journey and process. I joined that course in 2021 and am proud to have returned this time as an author. Such a lovely group of writers! @hqstories.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A full circle moment today speaking to the @harpercollins.bsky.social Author Academy UK nonfiction cohort about my writing journey and process. I joined that course in 2021 and am proud to have returned this time as an author. Such a lovely group of writers! @hqstories.bsky.social
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The UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a *fifth* time over AI training data transparency.
Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion.
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Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion.
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June 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The UK government was just defeated in the House of Lords for a *fifth* time over AI training data transparency.
Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion.
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Please watch the electrifying end to Baroness Kidron's closing speech ahead of the vote. Creators have no greater champion.
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Just writing a paper about this pair, Thomas Dawodu and Ferdinand Leigh, the first Africans to train at Kew Gardens.
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Just writing a paper about this pair, Thomas Dawodu and Ferdinand Leigh, the first Africans to train at Kew Gardens.
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Come hear their remarkable story at Gardens & Empires conference, British Library, June 27-8, & online: events.bl.uk/events/garde...
@sathnam.bsky.social @eicathomefinn.bsky.social
Such a bright spot in my day to see #IamNotaTourist at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social gift shop! Such a full circle moment given my opening scene in the book happened at the Ashmolean. Lovely to learn that they’ve been selling copies. I’ve signed their copies in stock!
June 4, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Such a bright spot in my day to see #IamNotaTourist at the @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social gift shop! Such a full circle moment given my opening scene in the book happened at the Ashmolean. Lovely to learn that they’ve been selling copies. I’ve signed their copies in stock!
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Insightful piece from Jason Okundaye on the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
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Was the Black Lives Matter rebellion all for nothing? It may feel like that, but I have seen reasons for hope | Jason Okundaye
It is easy to look back at 2020 and feel aggrieved, even fooled. But in the British city where slaver Edward Colston’s statue was pulled down, I found cause for optimism, says Guardian writer Jason Ok...
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May 25, 2025 at 5:04 AM
Insightful piece from Jason Okundaye on the 5th anniversary of George Floyd’s death.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...