Simone Lazaroo Simone Lazaroo i(A24917 works by)
Born: Established: 1961
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Singapore,
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Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
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Gender: Female
Arrived in Australia: 1963
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1 My Mother’s Ghosts Simone Lazaroo , 2023 single work short story
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 34 2023; (p. 51-56)
1 2 y separately published work icon Between Water and the Night Sky Simone Lazaroo , Fremantle : Fremantle Press , 2023 25261642 2023 single work novel

'A hauntingly beautiful love story about the ties that bind from awardwinning author, Simone Lazaroo.

'Elspeth is full of inexpressible longings- to leave behind her beginnings in a small wheatbelt town, and a secret she scarcely comprehends. After migrating from Singapore, Francis just wants to make a life for himself that is not determined by the colour of his skin or the judgement of others.

'Told by their only child, Eva, this is a novel about falling in love, and falling apart - the beautiful, sad story of a shared history that never ends.'  (Publication summary)

1 Ways of Remembering to Write Home Simone Lazaroo , 2020 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Literary Studies , vol. 36 no. 1 2020; (p. 92-111)

'This article draws on my own and some of my family’s search for home and belonging, exploring links between these experiences and the development of characters in my novels and short stories, mostly as migrants seeking meaning and identity at the intersection of cultures. I draw on my own cultural background of migration from Singapore to Australia with my Anglo-Australian mother and with my Eurasian father, whose lineage includes family from Malacca and Singapore descended from 16th century Portuguese seafarers’ partnerships with Malay women. I will occasionally refer to aspects of the “Kristang” culture, the name for Eurasians descended from those partner-ships; and to my father and his siblings’ and parents’ lives in Singapore during British colonial occupation and since.' (Publication summary)

1 Writing and Photographing Alter/Native Western Australian Individuals Simone Lazaroo , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of the European Association for Studies of Australia , vol. 10 no. 2 2019;

'In this essay, I seek to explore the ways in which personal observations and experiences of Indigenous Australians throughout my life as a Singaporean Eurasian migrant in Western Australia, from the mid-1960s to the present, informed and complicated both my sense of belonging and my writing of novels and short stories. As such, this is a mostly anecdotal and autobiographical account. It includes reflections on my encounters with Indigenous Australians as a child and as an adult, the latter during my employment as a teacher and photographer of Aboriginal people, and during my friendship with an Aboriginal family. As a Eurasian Australian writer, I explore afresh aspects of some ‘stories’ I have made and the history that has made me, to raise questions about how to rethink difference and belonging.'

Source: Publisher's blurb.

1 Night Shifting Simone Lazaroo , 2019 single work short story
— Appears in: Westerly , vol. 64 no. 1 2019; (p. 53-55)
1 Researching the City and Walking with Street Dwellers : Recreating Urban Encounters Past and Present Isabel Carrera-Suarez , Simone Lazaroo , 2017 single work criticism
— Appears in: Coolabah , no. 22 2017; (p. 19-32)

'The art of recreating cities imaginatively and the critical act of reading urban fiction involve processes of research and learning that often include encounters with specific cities and their dwellers, prompting reflection on the forms and ethics of such encounters. Whether carrying out historical research into the past or observation of the rapid transformation of contemporary cities, writers and critics often combine the acquisition of documentary and experiential knowledge of urban spaces. Taking two different categories of writing by Simone Lazaroo, on the one hand her texts on past relations between Singapore and Australia, and on the other her current stories on global cities after the Great Financial Crisis, we explore the processes of learning before and through representation, and the ethics of human interaction in the contact zone of the global urban where, increasingly, the world’s expelled have become street-dwellers.'

Source: Abstract.

1 Flying Home Simone Lazaroo , 2014 single work
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 59 no. 2 2014; (p. 71-81)
1 8 y separately published work icon Lost River : Four Albums Simone Lazaroo , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2014 7039401 2014 single work novel

'Ruth Joiner's short life has not run smoothly: opportunities have fallen through the cracks at every turn. The exception is creating her daughter, Dewi, and when we meet these two at the end of Ruth's life it is Ruth's calm demeanour and care that makes us confident that Dewi's future will be happier and carry more opportunity and joy. Orphaned in Bali and raised by her adoptive parents in the Australian desert, as a young woman Ruth escaped to the small town of Lost River. Her life has been marked by hardship, heartbreak, and loss, and defined by racism, illness, and her relationships with an enigmatic man named David and her young daughter Dewi. Yet against all odds, she ultimately finds peace with her family, her past, and herself. Set in Western Australia, Lost River: Four Albums is a novella of dislocation and loss, and continues Simone Lazaroo's interest in connections between Australian and South-East Asian lives.' (Publication abstract)

1 The Song Not Sung Simone Lazaroo , 2012 single work short story
— Appears in: Review of Australian Fiction , vol. 3 no. 6 2012;
1 Cocooning Simone Lazaroo , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Amerasia Journal , vol. 36 no. 2 2010; (p. 153-164)
1 Somebody Elses Bali Simone Lazaroo , 2010 single work short story
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 208-220)
1 9 y separately published work icon Sustenance Simone Lazaroo , Crawley : UWA Publishing , 2010 Z1706145 2010 single work novel In a small hotel on an island renowned for its hospitality and beauty, the Balinese staff and their Western guests are unexpectedly taken hostage. During the overnight siege, the hotel's cook is compelled by the crisis to provide spiritual and physical sustenance as best she can to the guests, staff and their poorly nourished captors. Reflecting on individuals' struggles to find meaning and love in the face of death, Sustenance is a compelling novel that reveals surprising ways in which people redeem themselves through fear and grief. -- From the publisher's media release.
1 y separately published work icon SCW : Showcasing Creative Writing at Murdoch University Christine Owen (editor), Simone Lazaroo (editor), Anne Surma (editor), 2009 Z1905307 2009 periodical At the end of each year, submissions are called from Murdoch students who've taken creative writing units during the year. Selections of the year's best creative writing are then posted on the Murdoch University website for all to read, informing new and prospective students, as well as family and friends of the work of the Creative Writing program.
1 2 Not Just Another Migrant Story Simone Lazaroo , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Australian Humanities Review , November no. 45 2008; (p. 109-118)
1 The Asian Disease Simone Lazaroo , 2007 single work autobiography
— Appears in: Summer Days : Stories from Childhood 2007; (p. 185-208) Growing up Asian in Australia 2008; (p. 111-121)
1 13 y separately published work icon The Travel Writer Simone Lazaroo , Sydney : Picador , 2006 Z1305845 2006 single work novel (taught in 7 units) London, late 1980s. Ghislaine de Sequeira lies in a hospital bed. Once an obituary writer in Malacca, she had practised eloquence in the face of death for years. But now she is dying, and it is her bereft daughter Isabelle's turn to articulate the meaning of a life at its end. Isabelle tries to find an anchor in this storm by telling her mother's story and by seeking solace in her writing tutor, as many years ago her mother sought solace with the travel writer after the death of her own mother, Mathilde. Seeking to understand her mother's past choices in war-torn Malacca in light of her own persistent desire for love, Isabelle spins a version of Ghislaine's passion for the travel writer, a man who would alter Ghislaine's life - and that of Isabelle - completely. (Publisher's blurb)
1 1 Memorialising the Lost Past Simone Lazaroo , 2005 single work criticism
— Appears in: Diaspora : The Australasian Experience 2005; (p. 433-438)
1 The Censors' White Flare Simone Lazaroo , 2005 single work short story
1 Untitled (from : The Censors' White Flare, a work-in-progress) Simone Lazaroo , 2005 extract short story
— Appears in: Westerly , November vol. 50 no. 2005; (p. 82-86)
1 The Horizon-Blue Boat Simone Lazaroo , 2003 extract novel (The Australian Fiance)
— Appears in: Western Australian Writing : An Online Anthology 2003;
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