Month: August 2019

Do you have an issue?

I was asked to write a piece about the time I was pregnant and homeless. Writing pre that era in Chinglish was hard enough! But I’ve never revisited the time I was up the duff and living in a squat very often since it happened 28 years ago.

It was hard recalling all the details, including the time I had to scrabble around in gutters for pennies, but I saw how my story could inspire and show others that they have the power to change the course of their lives. I enjoyed doing the illustration though, as it does a good job getting the tragi-comic feel across!

You can find my story in edition #1373 of The Big Issue 

And now for some bonkers BBC news!

I’ve only gone and been invited by the BBC to talk about Chinglish! Little did I know that when I started writing this book, the public would be so interested in my loony life. Yes, I was expecting to do some promotion around my debut novel but the BBC? Wow, well that’s a pretty big deal.  Messages around diversity are growing and I’m proud to be riding the wave. A MASSIVE thanks to everybody that made this possible after so many years of hard work and collaboration. 

If you’d like to see and/or hear Sue Cheung talk about Chinglish on the BBC in September *DATES WILL BE POSTED HERE SOON*

Chinglish is out on 5th Setember 2019 and can be pre-ordered at Amazon.