Meet and Greet : Fried Rice by Erica Eng

Meet and Greet: Fried Rice by Erica Ng

Join the Malaysia’s first Eisner award winner Erica Eng, who will be talking about her debut graphic novel, Fried Rice with writer and translator, Chua Sok Koon at City Book Room on 21st Sep 2024 (Saturday).

About the book

After finishing secondary school, Min spends her school holiday with her cousin Lilly in Kuala Lumpur. She daydreams of migrating to the United States to work in animation and submits an application to a prestigious art school in New York.

Fried Rice is a story about a young person wanting to leave home in order to chase a dream career and carve out her own destiny.

About the author

Erica Eng is a Malaysian author and illustrator. In 2020, she won the Best Webcomic Eisner and Ringo awards for her semi-autobiographical webcomic Fried Rice which was also nominated for a Harvey award that same year. Fried Rice is her debut graphic novel.

About the moderator

Chua Sok Koon is a writer and translator. Her short story has won the Lianhe Zaobao's "Literary Work of the Year" in 2016. To date she has published 34 literary works (short stories and poems) in the literary column of Lianhe Zaobao. She won the Jury Prize in 2021 Taiwan’s "Liang Shiqiu Translation Competition". In 2023, she won the historical novel writing grant by the “Xing Yun International Chinese Literary Prize” (Taiwan).

Host or Publisher City Book Room