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        Artist in Residence





                                            Alice Pung, OAM


                                            BA, LLB (Hons)

                                            Alice Pung began at Janet Clarke Hall as a Resident Tutor in 2004. She
                                            is the multiple-award-winning author of titles including Her Father’s
                                            Daughter, Unpolished Gem, Laurinda and One Hundred Days. One
                                            Hundred Days was shortlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary Award and
                                            has been optioned to be made into a film. Alice also edited the
                                            widely acclaimed anthology, Growing Up Asian In Australia. Her books
                                            have been translated into German, Italian and Indonesian, and
                                            studied in school curricula around Australia, the US, UK and Asia. In
                                            2022, Alice was awarded an Order of Australia for her Services to
                                            Literature.


                                            A trained lawyer, Alice works three days a week at the Fair Work
                                            Commission, and spends the other days as a visiting author to different
                                            schools. She’s an Ambassador for Room to Read, the 100 Story Building
                                            and the Twentieth Man Foundation, organisations that aim to give
                                            disadvantaged young people a fair go in life and literacy.

                                            Alice’s husband Nick Cadle (BA (Hons), MA (Urban Planning) currently
                                            works in Major Projects at The University of Melbourne. He has a
                                            degree in Arts with Honours in Political Science, exploring the concept
                                            of Australian Federalism, and a Master’s degree in Urban Planning. He
                                            studied for a year at Lund University in Sweden, and has worked on
                                            farms in France and the United States. He enjoys football, basketball,
                                            mathematics and many other things. Their three children are Leo (9),
                                            Daniel (5) and Celeste (3).































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