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]
As a journalist and editor, Khoo worked for various publishing houses including Pacific Magazines, Fairfax and ACP Magazines (now Bauer) in both Sydney and Singapore. [2] [11] She was a regular contributor to Fairfax's Enterprise site, writing on small to medium-sized business and entrepreneurs. [12] [13]
She is the author of several books, mostly focused on small business and career advice. Her most recent book was Power Stories: The 8 Stories You Must Tell to Build an Epic Business (Richmond, Vic. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013). [14]
More recently, Khoo has worked as a visual artist. [15]
In 2002, with her friend Kylie Taylor, Khoo established Taylor & Khoo, a charity to assist Sunrise Angkor Children's Village, an orphanage in Cambodia. [16] The social enterprise sold products manufactured in Cambodia, with proceeds going towards the orphanage. The venture wound down in 2008. [17]
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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]
As a journalist and editor, Khoo worked for various publishing houses including Pacific Magazines, Fairfax and ACP Magazines (now Bauer) in both Sydney and Singapore. [2] [11] She was a regular contributor to Fairfax's Enterprise site, writing on small to medium-sized business and entrepreneurs. [12] [13]
She is the author of several books, mostly focused on small business and career advice. Her most recent book was Power Stories: The 8 Stories You Must Tell to Build an Epic Business (Richmond, Vic. : John Wiley & Sons, 2013). [14]
More recently, Khoo has worked as a visual artist. [15]
In 2002, with her friend Kylie Taylor, Khoo established Taylor & Khoo, a charity to assist Sunrise Angkor Children's Village, an orphanage in Cambodia. [16] The social enterprise sold products manufactured in Cambodia, with proceeds going towards the orphanage. The venture wound down in 2008. [17]
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