GROWING UP ASIAN IN AUSTRALIA
ADULT NON-FICTION BOOKS
Joy Hopwood was a contributing writer for Growing Up Asian in Australia (Black Inc Books) edited by Alice Pung (OAM). She was also a contributing writer for Reflecting on Life (Pearson Education) and Chinese-Australian Women’s Stories by C.H.A.A. & Jessie St Library.
FAIRY JOY
CHILDREN’S BOOKS
Fairy Joy is an Australian tooth fairy who does good deeds. She first appeared in the Thank You Fairy Joy book, published in 1999 and developed into an animated series for children.
Thank You Fairy Joy & My Only wish books are available at selected good book stores and distributed by James Bennett for schools in Australia only.
To purchase a copy of Thank You Fairy Joy, contact James Bennett
$11 per copy (this covers postage within Australia.
N.B. Please allow 7 working days for regular Australia post deliveries)
THE WONG SIDE OF LIFE
The Wong Side of Life was originally performed as a theatre play in 2013 at The Concourse Theatre, with actors performing alongside puppets, written / directed / produced by Joy Hopwood. It’s an Australian drama-comedy musical set in the future - 2101 and is semi autobiographical, with a twist.
The play has a futuristic theme, combined with retro 80's icons such as bright fluoros, wild perms and original music, songs written by Joy Hopwood & Roy Nicolson, produced by Paul Wiltshire (Back St Boys, Human Nature, Delta Goodrem & Vanessa Amorosi).
Gone are the days where people travel by buses, cars, trains and planes as they now travel by supersonic jet packs. An initiative that covers issues such as bullying & racism, aimed for children from the age of 5 to adults. The play has now been revolutionised into a short video form & workshop for schools. The “Kindness is for free” workshop featuring the Wong Side of Life puppets, is aimed for stage one students (5-7 years) with great discussion points for children to watch, engage, role play and then create their personalised "Kindness is for Free" cards to exchange with each other at the end of the session.
The Wong Side of Life (for schools; an anti bullying and anti racism initiative)