Siang Lu

Miles Franklin–winning novelist and co-creator of The Beige Index, known for the novels Ghost Cities and The Whitewash and for speaking about persistence and failure in writing.

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Apr 2, 2026 • 54min

Six years of writing, 200 rejections — how Miles Franklin award-winning writer Siang Lu learned to live with failure

Siang Lu, Miles Franklin–winning novelist and co-creator of The Beige Index, reflects on six years of work and 200+ rejections. He discusses reframing rejection, writing through failure, shelving and revisiting projects, and adopting a process-focused, martial-arts mindset. Short anecdotes and readings punctuate a talk about persistence, practice, and the strange paths to recognition.

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