Louisa C. Lim | |
|---|---|
 In an online discussion in 2021 | |
| Born | Hong Kong |
| Other names | 林慕蓮 |
| Education | University of Melbourne (PhD) |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Website | www |
Louisa C. Lim is a journalist and author.[1] She is the co-host of The Little Red Podcast, a podcast covering China.[2]
Lim holds a PhD in journalism from the University of Melbourne. Her thesis is titled In Search of the King of Kowloon: Hong Kong’s Identity Crisis and the Media Creation of an Icon.[3] She is currently a Senior Lecturer at the University of Melbourne where she teaches audio journalism and podcasting.[4]
Lim was born in Hong Kong to an ethnic Chinese Singaporean father and a British mother.[5][6] She worked as a journalist, living in China for around 10 years, and having experience working for BBC and National Public Radio (NPR). She has stated that her level of speaking Cantonese was "shamefully basic" but she identifies as a Hong Konger regardless.[5]
The People's Republic of Amnesia was shortlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Helen Bernstein Book Award for Excellence in Journalism.[7] Indelible City was shortlisted for the 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Nonfiction,[8] the 2023 Stella Prize[9] and the 2023 Nonfiction Book Award at the Queensland Literary Awards,[10] and also for the Nonfiction Award at the 2023 Prime Minister's Literary Awards.[11]
- ^ "Louisa Lim | Kellogg Institute For International Studies". kellogg.nd.edu.
- ^ "Little Red Podcast". 20 December 2016.
- ^ Lim, Louisa C. (2021), In Search of the King of Kowloon; Hong Kong's Identity Crisis and the Media Creation of an Icon, University of Melbourne, retrieved 15 December 2022
- ^ "Louisa Lim". The Wheeler Centre.
- ^ a b Qin, Amy (18 May 2022). "In Hong Kong, the Search for a Single Identity". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ Smith, Michael (20 May 2022). "Vanishing Hong Kong: 'I knew I was crossing a line but I didn't care'". Australian Financial Review. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
- ^ "Indelible City: Dispossession and Defiance in Hong Kong". 6 June 2022.
- ^ "The 2023 Victorian Premier's Literary Awards". The Wheeler Centre. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
- ^ Harmon, Steph (29 March 2023). "Stella prize 2023 shortlist: small publishers dominate Australian literary award". The Guardian. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
- ^ "Queensland Literary Awards 2023 shortlists". Books+Publishing. 2 August 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ "Prime Minister's Literary Awards 2023 shortlists announced". Books+Publishing. 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
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