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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, and in 2024,
she won the Society of Women Writers' Alice Award.

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 (10),
Daniel (6) and Celeste (4).

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