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Lily Chan
Lily Chan is a Melbourne writer and the author of Toyo: a memoir.
- The year that changed me
- Family
I didn’t realise at the time, but it was the last summer I would spend with my little brother
My childhood home abuts a forest reserve called Foxes Lair and I trawled its depths with Seva, my 11-year-old brother, spotting echidnas, blue-tongue lizards and galahs.
- Lily Chan
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My least favourite thing
Age journalists and writers share their humorous, poignant and thought-provoking tales about the objects in their lives that they just can’t seem to get rid of.
- Opinion
- My Least Favourite Thing
My parents feared earrings would corrupt me – I didn’t listen
Each orphan earring I own is a relic in my personal museum - the aftermath of an attempt at a micro-reinvention or a relationship break-up.
- Lily Chan
- Opinion
- Life in the ’burbs
Pyjamas as outerwear? Nobody takes any notice in this inner-west wonderland
Footscray is a place layered with lore. It’s a multifarious wonderland where the Anglo heteronormative presence is a side dish to what’s really going on.
- Lily Chan