Valerie Khoo

Valerie Khoo is the National Director of the Australian Writers' Centre which she established in 2005. The centre offers writing courses to the public in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth.[1] She is also a writer, podcaster, visual artist and former journalist.[2][3]

In 2018, Khoo was appointed the City of Sydney's Curator of the Sydney Lunar Festival.[4] Khoo is the co-host of the long-running podcasts So You Want to be a Writer (with children's author Allison Tait)[5] and So You Want to be a Photographer (with photographer Gina Milicia).[6] She also hosts the podcast series New stories, Bold Legends: Stories from Sydney Lunar Festival.[7]

Graduating from the University of Sydney with a Bachelor of Economics in 1991,[8] Khoo has since worked as an accountant, in public relations, as a features writer for magazines, and as a freelance journalist. She is the author of six books.[2][9] In 2000, she was awarded a Graduate Diploma in Communication from the University of Technology Sydney.[10]

Khoo was born in Singapore and migrated to Sydney with her parents when she was four years old.[4]

  1. ^ "Australian Writers' Centre writing courses – Ignite your creativity". Australian Writers' Centre. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  2. ^ a b "PropellHer". www.propellher.com. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Interview with Valerie Khoo from Australian Writers' Centre". Brand Tales. 24 September 2017. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  4. ^ a b "5 minutes with Sydney Lunar Festival curator | City of Sydney - News". news.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  5. ^ "So you want to be a writer Archives". Australian Writers' Centre. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  6. ^ "Podcast Archives". Gina Milicia Photography: Melbourne/Sydney lifestyle, celebrity, advertising & courses. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  7. ^ "About this podcast – NEW STORIES, BOLD LEGENDS". Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Alumni and Friends| News | The University of Sydney". sydney.edu.au. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  9. ^ Price, Sarah (26 January 2019). "Sydney Lunar Festival's Valerie Khoo". The Saturday Paper. Retrieved 2 February 2019.
  10. ^ "University of Technology Sydney 2005 Annual Report" (PDF).