Author talk with Olivia De Zilva - YA Author

A young-adult novella dealing with themes of identity, racism, romance, sexuality and adolescence.

Olivia’s YA novella Eggshell, focuses on Hong-Kong Australian girl Kira and her coming-of-age journey as she navigates grief, the Asian diaspora, identity, and adolescence.

Set in 2000s Adelaide, Eggshell tells the story of Kira, a sarcastic, cynical teenager living in a council flat with her Cantonese grandmother (Apoh) and her rebellious older cousin, Jake.

This novella starts and ends with Kira’s experience of Year 12 where she is caught between two worlds: being a subservient Cantonese granddaughter and a Big Brother?watching, boy-crazy Australian schoolgirl.

Eggshell is a young-adult novella dealing with themes of identity, racism, romance, sexuality and adolescence. "Eggshell really gets into the skin.

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ABOUT THE AUTHOR

OLIVIA DE ZILVA is a writer based on Kaurna Yerta/Adelaide. She has been awarded prizes including the AAWP Novella Prize, Deakin University Non-Fiction Prize, the Kat Muscat Fellowship and the Richell Prize for Emerging Writers.

Olivia holds a Master of Philosophy from the University of Queensland; her thesis explored the representation of Asian-diasporic identity in contemporary Australian publishing. Her memoir, Plastic Budgie is published by Pink Shorts Press.

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