What is it like to move to countries where English is not the main language? How do you grow your network and get projects as a Filipina English writer in such countries? Tune in as we address these questions and find out how Ovfabpinay Lily C. Fen, who used to be a stage and film actress in Manila managed to transition “from stage to page.” She is now a writer, editor and moderator based in Switzerland.
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Lily’s features and Filipino fantasy fiction have appeared in QLRS, Asian Cha, Asian Dragon, The Local Switzerland, and New Asian Writing. She earned her MA degree in English Studies from the University of the Philippines and co-edited a book entitled Bending without Breaking: Thirteen Women’s Stories of Migration and Resilience, which received the Commission on Filipinos Overseas (CFO)’s 2019 Migration Advocacy and Media (MAM) Awards for Print Journalism Award-Best Book on Migration.
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