A chinese-malaysian living in London, L Kiew’s recent work explores the language of migration, drawing deeply on botanical and natural detail in a study of borders and belonging, place and people.

She holds a MSc in Creative Writing and Literary Studies from Edinburgh University. Her pamphlet The Unquiet was published by Offord Road Books in 2019. Her debut collection, More than Weeds, was published in February 2023 with Nine Arches Press.