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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's talk page or in a deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.

The result was keep. (non-admin closure) DavidLeighEllis (talk) 02:02, 29 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

Alice Pung[edit]

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fails WP:AUTHOR. Out of her 3 published works, the only 2 awards are minor eg a state award. She's not an established writer in the same league as other authors on Wikipedia. LibStar (talk) 16:02, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]

  • Delete Has not yet reached the level of notability.John Pack Lambert (talk) 16:07, 22 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
  • Weak delete keep Has won two "newcomer" awards, but by now they are getting a bit dusty and she hasn't "old-come" yet. Was able to find book reviews of first book (I added those refs); no idea how important those Australian publications are. I'm torn between keep and delete, but with only one book I find it hard to support notability as an author. LaMona (talk) 19:07, 23 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Changed !vote to weak keep thanks to cites found by duffbeerforme, Still not sure she's more than an average author. LaMona (talk) 18:28, 25 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
Note: This debate has been included in the list of Australia-related deletion discussions. Grahame (talk) 00:45, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
In addition to this article (from LaMona) already in the page, articles primarily about her include
Bogle, Deborah (22 September 2007), "Another's perspective", The Courier-Mail
Neill, Rosemary (8 November 2014), "Hard Lessons", The Australian - url is subscriber only.
There are also many lenghty reviews of her books
Her Father's Daughter
Stubbings, Diane (10 September 2011), "Daughters in a family minefield; MEMOIR", Canberra Times
Starford, Rebecca (17 September 2011), "Love lies at the heart of a harrowing tale", The Age
Walker, Brenda (1 September 2011), "'Her Father's Daughter' By Alice Pung", The Monthly
Unpolished Gem
Hughes, Juliette (2 September 2006), "A walk between cultures", The Age
Hetherington, Alison (30 September 2006), "Gem to make you go wah", Herald-Sun
Harrison, Jessica (1 February 2009), "'Gem' poignant tale of family, cultural ties", Deseret Morning News
Growing up Asian In Australia
Farouque, Farah (21 June 2008), "Other voices, shared lives", The Age
Laurinda
On, Thuy (19 October 2014), "Schoolgirl tyrannies come to life", Sunday Age
Shorter reviews of Our Australian Girl: Meet Marly
"REVIEWS:", The Advertiser, 8 March 2015
On, Thuy (22 February 2015), "THE BOOKSHOP", Sunday Age
Note that Deseret Morning News is outside Australia, as it a short review un USA Today - Memmott, Carol (22 January 2009), "Memoirs ; Roundup", USA Today
Her website indicates other coverage.
Other independent writers have created teacher's notes for her books. [1]
See also Auslit. duffbeerforme (talk) 03:45, 24 December 2015 (UTC)[reply]
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