Yue Du

An enthusiastic bilingual writer who has travelled to more than 20 countries and is currently moving to Australia, looking for jobs in customer service and education. Global working and volunteering experience. Can-do attitude.

Apr 2021 - Feb 2023

Rotten Mountain

• Rotten Mountain is contemporary fiction with a wisp of magical realism. The novel follows five people whose lives were affected by the two Malaysian airline tragedies in 2014. Its 145k words explore themes of love, loss, friendship, marriage, parent-child relationships, cultural and racial differences and more.
• The manuscript has been shortlisted for the Janklow & Nesbit Bath Spa Prize 2022 and was requested by Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency, London.

Sep 2023- Current

The Last Wishlist

• The Last Wishlist is a semi-autobiographical novel that tells the story of a young woman’s serendipitous journey to Australia. The author seeks to illustrate not only the subtle differences between Anglosphere societies, for example, the UK and Australia, from an external perspective, but most importantly, the notion of home and the protagonist’s evolving sense of belonging when exposed to three or even more cultures and ideologies.

Alpha Academy - Volunteer Fencing Coach
Karachi & Lahore, Pakistan  

10/2017 – 11/2017, 02/2018 & 05/2018

• Worked with Pakistan Olympic Association and Pakistan Fencing Association, to introduce the sport of fencing into local primary schools.

Pilgram Primary School - School Volunteer
Plymouth, UK  •  01/2016 - 04/2016

• Helped overseas ESL students adapt to a local primary school in Plymouth to the best of their abilities.