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Asian-Australians have often been writeen about outsiders, as outsiders. In this collection, comiled by award- winning author Alice Pung, they tell their own stories with verve, courage and a large dose of humour.

They tell tales of leaving home, falling in love, coming out and finding one's feet. A yound Cindy Pan vows to win every single category of Noble Prize. Tony Ayres blows a kiss to a skinhead and lives to tell the tale. Benjamin Law has a close encounter withsome angry Australian fauna, and Kylie Kwong makes a moving pilgrimage to her great grandfather's Chinese village.

Here are well-known authors and exciting new voices, spanning several generations and drawn from all over Australia. In sharing their stories, they show us what it is really like to grow up Asian, and Australian.

Alice Pung is a Melbourne writer and lawyer whose work has appeared in The Monthly, Good Weekend, the Australian and Meanjin. Her book Unpolished Gem received the Australian book industry's Newcomer of the Year award and was shortlisted for the NSW premier's Literary Awards, the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the Bookseller's Choice Awards.

Contents
Alice Pung- Introduction
Strine
Amy Choi- The Relative Advantage of Learning My Language
Sunil Badami- Sticks and Stones and Such-like
Tom Cho- Learning English
Ivey Tseng- Chinese Lessons
Pioneers
Ken Chau- The early Settlers, The Terrorists
Francis Lee- The Upside-Down Year
Thao Nguyen- The Water Bufflo
Christopher Cyrill- The Ganges and Its Tributaries
Simon Tong- The Beat of a Different Drum
Battlers
Hop Dac- Pigs from Home
Annette Shun Wah- Spiderbait
Lily Chan- Take Me Away, Please
Kevin Lai & Matt Huynh-ABC Supermarket
Mates
Aditi Gouvernel-Wei-Lei and Me
Oliver Phommavanh- Hot and Spicy
Ray WIng-Lun Lessons from My School Years
Tanveer Ahmed-Exotic rissole
The Folks
Vanessa Woods- Perfect Chinese Children
Simone Lazaroo- The Asian Disease
Rudi Soman- Crackers
Oanh Thi Tran- Conversations with My Parents
Bon-Wai Chou- The Year of the Rooster
Mia Francis- Are You Different?
The Clan
Benjamin Law- Tourism
Ken Chau- The Family Tree, The Firstborn
Diem Vo- Family Life
Ken Chan-Quarrel
HaiHa Le- Ginseng Tea and a Pair of Thongs
Legends
Philip Tang- Teenage Dreamers
Shalini Akhil- Destiny
Cindy Pan- Dancing Lessons
Chin Shen- Papa Bear
Glenn Lieu& Matt Huynh- A New Challenger
The Hots
Benjamin Law-Towards Manhood
Chi Vu- The Lover in the Fish Sauce
Xerxes Matza- The Embarrassments of the Gods
Lian Low- My First Kiss
Jenny Kee- A Big Life
UnAustralian?
Uyen Loewald-Be Good, Little Migrants
Lenne Hall- How to Be Japanese
Tony Ayres-Silence
James Chong-Anzac Day
Mei Yen Chua- Speical Menu
Michele Law- A Call to Arms
Joo-Inn Chew- Chinese Dancing, Bendigo Style
Tall Poppies
Quan Yeomans
Khoa Do
Hoa Pam
Jason Yat-Sen Li
Shaun Tan
John So
Joy Hopwood
Anh Do
Caroline Tran
Leaving Home
Diana Nguyen- Five Ways to Disappoint Your Vietnamese mother
Pauline Nguyen- The Courage of Soldiers
Paul Nguyen- You Can't Choose Your Memories
Emily J. Sun- These Are the Photographs We Take
Homecoming
Kylie Kwong-My China
Blossom Beedy-The Face in the Mirror
Jacqui Larkin- Baked Beans and Burnt Toast
Sim Shen-Hanoi and Other Homes
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