Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen is a Vietnamese-Australian writer, journalist and critic based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her work has been published widely in media and literary publications. She was an inaugural recipient of The Wheeler Centre’s Next Chapter fellowship, and has judged awards and prizes including the Victorian Premier's Literary Awards and the Neilma Sidney Travel Fund.

Works By Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Good Posture
What distinguishes acting out of care from acting like you care? Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen examines what Pitaya Chin’s The Director and the Daemon has to say about art masquerading as activism and activism masquerading as action.
6 June. 2025
Yellow Invisibility
In both books, the aspiration – to be the Asian actor who makes it big – is quickly diminished by the reality. It’s another version of the model minority myth, where even if you win, there’s an element of losing.
13 Nov. 2022
A Pond of Likenesses
Alone in my apartment in lockdown, water fills my mind. It carries adventures I once had, of stories from my life and other lives, of homes, dreams, memories. Vast and unknowable; endless and opportune.
31 Oct. 2021
The Process of Belief
Krasnostein’s generosity, curiosity and lack of judgment towards her subjects made me believe that there is a way to stay true to one’s rational self while also being open to other possibilities.
4 Aug. 2021
Performance
In her debut novel, A Lonely Girl is a Dangerous Thing, Jessie Tu paints a portrait of an artist on the brink. The neurotic protagonist, Jena Lin, was a child prodigy violinist who toured the world before her public breakdown at the age of 15. Now...
11 Nov. 2020

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Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Works By Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen

Good Posture

Yellow Invisibility

A Pond of Likenesses

The Process of Belief

Performance