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Rachel Ang

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artist, writer, architect, comrade 🧧🧿
I ATE THE WHOLE WORLD TO FIND YOU out now from @drawnandquarterly & @scribepub

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Hello friends, apologies for infrequent posting; please enjoy these photos of the beautiful advance copies of my upcoming book I ATE THE WHOLE WORLD TO FIND YOU.

I don't know how other authors feel when they first see and hold a new book for the first time - but it's brought up such a strong mix of intense feelings. I worked on this collection through a huge period of change in my life and have brought every side of myself to it, sides hitherto unkown. I'm still in a state of (happy) disbelief at how lucky I am to have the trust of the teams who worked on this weird little goblin of a book. Especially thank you to @tracyhurren @dbinks and David Golding :)

Some endorsements etc:

‘Here are stories of the body’s darkest moments and profoundest ecstasies, bound up in a lush, strange, genre-defying collection. I adored this book.’
Carmen Maria Machado, author of IN THE DREAM HOUSE

"Introducing a bold new voice — one of the most exciting short-story writers working in comics today.

A coworker-turned-prospective-lover confesses a hard-to-swallow fetish. A train ride fantastically goes off the rails. Cousins revisit summer holiday bliss — or was it really horror? Exes fumble an attempt to reconnect over a dip in the pool. And an expectant mother slips into uncharted territory as she enters a communion purer than language.

I ATE THE WHOLE WORLD TO FIND YOU maps the topography of trauma, treasures, and loss imposed onto the body of Jenny, a twenty-something-going-on-thirty-something partial hot mess who’s making her way more firmly into adulthood. As she navigates friendship, family, and romantic relationships, will her inability to communicate destroy her, or ultimately be her rebirth?"

In stores this April (she's an Aries) but please preorder whether you live in Australia/New Zealand (from the @scribepub website or your favourite independent bookshop) or the Rest of the World (from @drawnandquarterly website). You can actually order either version from @readingsbooks Ask your local library to get it in. It really does make a difference. And if you are a writer/critic interested in a review copy, please slide into my DMs.

🌏 Έφαγα όλο τον κόσμο για να σε βρω by @rtwa

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🎉📣In the EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY, the award goes to:

The Passenger
by Rachel Ang @rtwa

💧Listen to Rachel talking about The Passenger!

💧Our heartiest congratulations to Rachel, and to everyone who submitted to the Monsoon Awards, including all our wonderfully talented Finalists!💙

✨💖Keep making comics, everyone!

#comicsaward #asiancomics #comics #monsoonawards by @rtwa

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Excited for the very first @makecomicsfestival? Here are some of the comics, books and little guys I'll be bringing to the Market Hall on SUNDAY OCTOVER 11, Kensington Town Hall, 1000-1600hrs!

Ps. The long boy bookmark is designed by @stacygougoulis by @rtwa

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New dream diary zine launching at @makecomicsfestival, a beautiful risograph affair printed by @glompress. Can't wait to see you all there.

Reading some dreams The Wheeler Centre alongside some stars 🌟 this Friday Oct 9, 8-9.30pm. A momentous lineup curated by local legend/sweet boy @dillings Tickets at @wheelercentre website. 🎟 by @rtwa

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What can comics do that words alone can’t?

Graphic storytelling is having a moment in Australian literature, expanding the possibilities of narrative through the interplay of image and text.

Join Rachel Ang and Tommi Parrish, in conversation with Janice Falsone, as they discuss their acclaimed new works, I Ate the Whole World to Find You and Men I Trust — blending realism with speculation, humour with heartbreak, and the personal with the political.

A conversation about comics, creativity and the art of telling stories through words and images.

🎟️ Tickets on sale now headlandfestival.com.au or link in bio

#HeadlandWritersFestival #HWF2026 by @rtwa

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🥁 ANNOUNCING THE FINALISTS FOR THE BEST EXPERIMENTAL CATEGORY! 🥁

“Temporar” by Nadim Sulthan @gvdnite

“The Passenger” by Rachel Ang @rtwa

“what we have where we live” by @electromilk

🎉CONGRATULATIONS!!!! 🥳

🤩🤓Excerpts from their work will be exhibited as part of the @bangkok_comics_art_festival from 6-18th October at the Bangkok Art and Culture Centre @baccbangkok ! Do check out the exhibition if you are in Bangkok!

📣The Winner will be publicly announced on October 17th at the Monsoon Awards Ceremony-Party in Bangkok!🪩

💖Social media images kindly made by @helloditta one of our jurors!!💖

💧Next up, our final@category: Best Graphic Novel (English) coming soon🤓✨

#comicsawards #asiancomics by @rtwa

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GUEST ANNOUNCEMENT: Rachel Ang (she/they)

Rachel Ang is an artist and writer who makes comics. Their work has been published in international journals such as The New Yorker and kuš!, and Australian periodicals like The Age and Meanjin. Their new book, a collection of short stories in comics form titled I Ate The Whole World to Find You, is out now through Drawn and Quarterly and Scribe, and was shortlisted for an Ignatz Award.

We’re so lucky to have Rachel joining us this year! Rachel’s comics are thoughtful and dreamlike, and it’s no wonder that their comics have been snapped up by major international literary comics publishers.

Find them at @rtwa and drawbyfour.com ! by @rtwa

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Sing along if you know the words!

The very first Melbourne Alternative Komics Expo @makecomicsfestival is next month, October 9-11. Come along for readings, panels and workshops. @stacygougoulis and i will be tabling on Market Day on the Sunday Oct 11 10am-4pm at @kensingtontownhall. by @rtwa

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We are so delighted and excited that graphic novelist @rtwa and agent @danielle.binks will be part of the inaugural @makecomicsfestival!

Melbourne Alternative Comics Festival (MAKE) celebrates all things comics, graphic novels and graphic storytelling.

“Our inaugural festival in 2026 showcases the finest graphic storytellers from across Australia and features a rich programming of artist talks, publisher insights, live performances and an all-ages market day with zines, comics and graphic novels from over 100 creators.”

With massive thanks to @fabliaux for the vision ❤️

Happening October 9, 10 and 11

Check out 🙌 https://makecomics.com.au 👏 for details!

#MakeFestival #MelbourneAlternativeComicsFestival #RachelAng #DanielleBinks #MelbourneComics by @rtwa

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waterbirth

I'm going to be reading a comic at a special edition of Speaking to Pictures, the opening event of the very first @makecomicsfestival. It's on Friday October 9, 8-9.30pm at The Wheeler Centre and features some incredible artists including Shaun Tan and Mandy Ord. And tickets are only $15, available at @wheelercentre website. See you there 😌 by @rtwa

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On the internet nobody knows if you are a cat. And whether you are a cat, human or ghost you are welcome to attend this online comics workshop i am running for young people through @signalarts!

September 9, 6-8pm.
Free, bookings essential, link in bio.

This interactive comics workshop encourages participants to bring a problem (emotional, political, financial, romantic, culinary etc.) to a group of your creative peers, in the same way someone might ask a tarot deck for advice. You will then swap your dilemmas with your peers and attempt to create a comic strip based on someone else's prompt.

We will use comic techniques to unpack, sample and interpret these problems. By drawing someone’s dilemma you will explore possible solutions and pull from the language of dreams to create personal, essayistic and expansive comics.

While a short workshop on Zoom can’t guarantee to solve everyone’s problems, we hope participants will leave with useful new tools to create and interpret their own comics stories! by @rtwa

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Little peek at a totally sane regular degular new short story for @corditepublishing. If you'd like to read the rest please head to Cordite Poetry Review cordite.org.au to access the latest issue, which also features: a stunning comic by @splitpeacomics 🥰
13 artworks by Jackie Saunders,
and a huge smorgasbord of new writing, reviews and interviews 🍽
And big thank you to @roguedyke for being so patient with me 🫪 by @rtwa

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