Newsletters are alphabetised by publication name. Featured post is chosen by listed writer as best representative of their publication. Listing here does not indicate endorsement by Asian Writers’ Collective.
After Nine-to-Five by Abigail Gabriel - A weekly-ish newsletter for daydreamers, reflective thinkers, and people who wish their shift would end so they can do what they really want. Thoughts about creativity, life, and everything in between from an occasionally nostalgic artist.
Abigail is a book illustrator. You can also find her merch here.
Creative Resilience by Raju Tai - Creative Resilience offers courage to creative and sensitive beings, especially in the Indian community. I write personal essays with a purpose of healing our inadequacy and shame through writing, poetry, and play.
Go get em tiger go by Kris Soebroto - I do short comic journals and am working on a comic memoir about growing up in Indonesia.
Harshini Writes by Harshini - “Harshini writes” is a newsletter about self-exploration, creating art, intriguing thoughts, and silly life stories.
House of Fun by ani s. otiv - House of fun is about the intersection of music and nostalgia, as told through a monthly radio show and essays.
Nicksy Once Monthly by Niko Batallones - Monthly playlists, musical hyperfixations, pop culture deep dives and explorations of the Filipino perspective.
party dip by bee choi - culture, books, music, K-dramas, personal stories about connection from a hip-hop loving, ex-NYC dwelling, millennial-aged Korean adoptee
The Ripple Maker by Mansi - I write about the quiet, everyday moments that shape us —the pauses, the unsaid emotions, the simple exchanges that remind us what it means to be human. I create and give away little tokens of appreciation because kindness deserves to be seen. This is my practice — writing, making, noticing.
Studio Diaries by Shinjini - Weekly notes from an artist's studio, including pages from my mixed media art journal, works in progress, notes on the creative process, and other ideas that capture my interest. Take online art courses here.
Where Pianos Roam by Roqué Marcelo - Sharing my life and slow creative process as a multimedia visual artist, performer, pianist, writer, and filmmaker.
Zeno’s Arrow by William Chen - I bring you only the most storied of graphics (graphic stories) and thoughtful of thoughts (writing), hand-culled fresh off the vine (roughly weekly). You can expect posts containing writing about intriguing things I’m noticing on arts and society, my artwork, and graphic stories I’m working on. Click here for William’s online shop.
So grateful for this collective! Thank you so much for including me here ❤️
Thank you so much Tiffany for intuitively putting me in this particular room of AWC. You would be a brilliant party host. You are. Thanks for facilitating this with such fervour. So happy to share space with Shinjini and others who I will soon discover and fall in artistic joy with. ♥️