BUZZ have just reprinted my conversation about Art, Memoir and The Books that Read Us with the amazing Holly Sykes that was first published by The Hooghly Review. Thanks to editor Robin Bradbeer for championing not just me but the writers and artists I am fortunate enough to work with and champion. Buzz and The Hooghly Review have reciprocal arrangement where Buzz reprint The Writer’s Gauntlet as Battle of The Wits within 48 hours of The Hooghly Review publishing it.
I’m spending more time conversing with Holly Sykes than her husband these days! This conversation, just published by The Hooghly Review, is called Judging Books Judging Us – Art, Memoir, And The Books That Read Us. It was inspired by Holly’s substack, Beyond the Book Cover firing rockets into my neurodivergent brain and getting me unhealthily fixated on the concept of books reading us. There is treatment, according to my psychiatrist, but it’ll cost me…
https://thehooghlyreview.com/sadie-kaye-and-holly-sykes-go-beyond-the-book-cover/
My other conversation with Holly about mapping loss and loneliness in a crowded city was one of two columns published by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal on Saturday and can be found here.
The Writer’s Gauntlet will be back in The Hooghly Review on Thursday (with a Friday reprint in Buzz.) Who will be the latest intrepid writer to brave my Gauntlet? This gets harder and harder to decide as there are now a mind-boggling number of subs to choose from!
Thanks to Ankit, co-editor of The Hooghly Review, for the kind comment on X.
Issue 14 of The Apostrophe on the theme of GOLD is now out on Substack and published as a pdf. This one contains a stunning cover, ‘Dart Reflections’ by the super-talented Shaun Dérioz, a French photographer based in Totnes, UK, alongside many other talented artists. The theme for the next issue is FALL. I look forward to receiving your art!
As the Year of the Fire Horse continues to gallop away at breakneck speed, there’s also a Fire Horse let loose in The Apostrophe. Issue 13 is out! The one had a record number of subs! Enjoy and don’t forget to follow us on Substack!
Cover photo by Christopher Woods
My latest column for Cha: An Asian Literary Journal dives into the life and story of Indian-American artist Sai Pradhan and the inspirations for her exhibition, With Regard to Myths. It’s got geckos and dogs in it. What more could you want from art? I had the pleasure of attending Sai’s mythical preview tonight and you definitely don’t want to miss it!!!
Thanks so much Tammy Ho Lai-ming for the care and attention you put into making every piece pop! You can read my first conversation for Cha with fine artist George Tang Kwok-wing here.
I’m excited to be taking part in another epic exhibition celebrating the 5th year anniversary of Mind HK‘s trailblazing More Than A Label anti-stigma project! The exhibition will explore ambassadors‘ journeys through art, poetry, audio, films and stories. It will be held at The Rotunda, Exchange Square, Central, from 13-26 April. Please save the dates!
My conversation with fine artist George Tang Kwok-wing was published by Cha: An Asian Literary Journal yesterday. Thanks to editor Tammy Ho Lai-Ming for presenting it so beautifully 💟 and HUGE congrats, George, on a stunning exhibition at Fine Art Asia!
https://chajournal.blog/2025/10/07/george-tang-kwok-wing/
I am bouncing off satellites to learn that four of my poems will be published in The Awakenings Review, an award-winning American literary journal published by The Awakenings Project in Chicago! Thank you Editor-in-Chief Robert Lundin for sparking my day! 💛
The Awakenings Review is one of the USA’s leading literary journals dedicated to publishing works by artists, writers, and poets with lived experiences of mental illness. Established in 2000 with the support of the University of Chicago, their biannual publication features contributors who have a personal connection to mental illness and offer insight and resilience without being demoralising.
The next publication, which I’ll be in, drops Spring 2026!
I love connecting with established and emerging visual artists as art editor for the HKWC‘s quirky lit mag! Issue 9 of The Apostrophe on the theme of ‘ROOTS‘ featured a cracking cover by Bethan Clark and stand-out artwork by Sai Pradhan and Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan, who has also been Mental Ideas‘ most prolific contributor in quite some time!
The theme for Issue 10 was PASSION. This one featured an exquisite cover by Ilos Ilyas Elias Kirkan and more delectable artwork by Jade Bryant (cover artist Issue 1), Anthony Roussell, Carl Scharwath, Susan Pollet, Tiziana Rasile and Ricky Sadiosa. If you’re passionate about art and would like to submit to our next issue (theme is ‘FLEX’), please reach out!
Excited to be one of the ambassadors taking part in Mind HK’s summer 2025 exhibition at Our Gallery, Wan Chai. Last summer’s Here and Now exhibition at the 3812 Gallery was epic! This one is called Listen to the Beat. My contribution is a handwritten letter. The last thing I wrote by hand was my signature – it was declined by my bank as illegible.
I’ll also be sharing my story in a panel alongside two other ambassadors this coming SAT (2 Aug) from 3.30-5pm. Tix are free but you must sign up! The exhibition is open 1-15 Aug. If you’re sweating in the city this summer, swing by!
