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Frida Kahlo and Owning Your Voice
What has Frida Kahlo and owning your voice got to do with Diversity in Fiction? Read my latest blog post for more information.
M is for Moon and Moonbeam
The moon has been long recognised for its ethereal beauty and for its associations with the Mystical Feminine. Moon gazing is a leisurely pursuit of the ancient Chinese and Japanese since before the millennium. A full moon is especially enthralling and festivities are...
E is for Echo and Echolalia
Echo is a nymph in Greek mythology who was cursed by Hera, the goddess of Marriage and Family, and the wife of Zeus, to repeat only the last words spoken to her. Hera was just mad at her husband's shenanigans and Echo was the scapegoat of her wrath, in my view. The...
Summer Lovin’ Had Me Some Books
It’s July and a long while since my last post; I skipped an entire month. This reminds me of how time has flown and how occupied I've been the whole month of June. I’m writing from Italy this time where I’m back for the summer visiting friends and family. This time...
Adults on the Spectrum and Raising Funds
We've come to the end of a special month, April. This month is when the autism community worldwide celebrates autism awareness and acceptance. I've had a busy April. One of the most memorable April days was being invited to the Enabling Village in Singapore to do a...
~ Open Travels to …
April is Autism Awareness Month. The celebration of autism awareness in the month of April is an extension of April 2, World Autism Awareness Day, an official day set aside by the United Nations to draw attention to ASD, focusing in raising awareness of this...
D is for Dedication
The writing process is often a lonely journey because the activity of writing demands that the writer gets into his/her own head and the heads of his/her characters. Although the process of getting into other people’s heads is a solitary one and the only company a...
B is for Behaviour
Bad behaviour is something I don’t abide by, especially coming from my children. What constitutes bad behaviour in my books? Well, when the children ignore me when I’m talking, tops the list. When my children walk away in the middle of me telling them what I’d like...
A is for APHID
I know aphids to be these green little insects that fly around garden plants, attach themselves on the stalks and branches, and then suck the sap out of them. In our London house, we have a garden and that’s where I came across these plant lice. They are common garden...
A is for Alexithymia
Alexithymia \ā-lĕkhs-ĕ-thī-mē-ŭ\ Alexithymia is a Greek word with two parts: lexis meaning ‘word’ and thumos meaning ‘soul/heart/mind’. Put together, alexithymia is the clinical term used to describe the inability to recognise emotions and their nuances. People...
On Synesthesia
“Synesthesia is a perceptual phenomenon in which stimulation of one sensory or cognitive pathway leads to automatic, involuntary experiences in a second sensory or cognitive pathway.” — Wikipedia. In my book, Open - A Boy’s Wayang Adventure, the protagonist, Open,...
Every Child Matters
Today has been an emotional rollercoaster ride of sorts. It all started this morning at the memoir writing class I attended with veteran children's book writer, Emily Lim. She is also a memoirist who wrote about a period in her life when she lost her voice due to a...
Quote of the Day
"Papa tells me that my eyes shine with light too and that I must remember to look people in the eye so that they can see my light." -- Open - A Boy's Wayang Adventure -- It's not often that I get quoted. And if I do, I'd like to be quoted for the right things...
The Birth of A New Generation
D-day. It's the day every pregnant woman anticipates with anxiety, bated breath and excitement - the birth of her baby. Look, folks, here is mine - Open: A Boy's Wayang Adventure. It's hard to explain this emotion I'm feeling right now. Having a book published is not...
Let’s Talk About Open
In my book, Open: A Boy's Wayang Adventure, the protagonist is named Benjamin. He has ASD - Autism Spectrum Disorder. He is also a non-verbal autistic. It is good to note that some autistic individuals may speak without stopping while many are non-verbal or partially...
Eva Wong Nava
Welcome to the official website of Eva Wong Nava, author of Open: A Boy's Wayang Adventure. Eva Wong Nava lives between two worlds. She reads copiously and writes voraciously. She holds a degree in English Literature and Language from the University of Hull where...