A Malaysian-born, Glasgow-based author, whose first novel has been much applauded, tells of her road to literary fame. THE instinct of story telling came to me very early,” says Chiew-Siah Tei, whose first novel, Little Hut of Leaping Fishes, was longlisted for the inaugural Man Asian Literary Prize while still in manuscript form. Malaysia-born author Chiew-Siah Tei read a lot as a child and then began ‘creating’ her own stories. The novel, now published by Picador, was launched at The British Council on June 26 (ahead of its British launch onFriday) in an event jointly sponsored by book distributor, Pansing. This is not the first time that Tei’s storytelling has received international recognition. She has won a series of awards for her short fiction written in Chinese, including the Hua Zong International Chinese Fiction...
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