Jemimah James Wei // 魏信子
@jemmawei.bsky.social
Big nap energy✨
THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, @doubledaybooks (US) / W&N (UK) 2025 //
Stegner Fellow @Stanford // De Alba Fellow @Columbia //
Rep: Jackie Ko at The Wylie Agency
THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, @doubledaybooks (US) / W&N (UK) 2025 //
Stegner Fellow @Stanford // De Alba Fellow @Columbia //
Rep: Jackie Ko at The Wylie Agency
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE, a certain v auspiciously gold book is now available for SIGNED & PERSONALIZED preorder from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social & Yu& Me books!!🌙✨ www.yuandmebooks.com/products/978...
January 28, 2025 at 3:00 PM
HAPPY LUNAR NEW YEAR TO ALL WHO CELEBRATE, a certain v auspiciously gold book is now available for SIGNED & PERSONALIZED preorder from @doubledaybooks.bsky.social & Yu& Me books!!🌙✨ www.yuandmebooks.com/products/978...
Just reread all of attack on titan and damn it just gets better and more prescient with each year
January 22, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Just reread all of attack on titan and damn it just gets better and more prescient with each year
My phone has started autocorrecting The Original Daughter to The Original Daiquiri so that's how life's going, apparently
January 16, 2025 at 2:05 AM
My phone has started autocorrecting The Original Daughter to The Original Daiquiri so that's how life's going, apparently
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some forthcoming 2025 books by women of color I’m excited about!!!
in this piece out today in @electriclit.bsky.social 🖤
electricliterature.com/48-books-by-...
in this piece out today in @electriclit.bsky.social 🖤
electricliterature.com/48-books-by-...
48 Books By Women of Color to Read in 2025 - Electric Literature
Books by Zora Neale Hurston, Laila Lalami, Andrea Long Chu, Angela Flournoy, and EL's own Denne Michele Norris are among the most anticipated
electricliterature.com
January 9, 2025 at 10:28 PM
some forthcoming 2025 books by women of color I’m excited about!!!
in this piece out today in @electriclit.bsky.social 🖤
electricliterature.com/48-books-by-...
in this piece out today in @electriclit.bsky.social 🖤
electricliterature.com/48-books-by-...
tried muay thai today and was suddenly very aware of how many things could go wrong, generally
January 8, 2025 at 3:25 PM
tried muay thai today and was suddenly very aware of how many things could go wrong, generally
New continent, new author photo✨
Shot on film by Amanda Wong for THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, published by
@wnbooks.bsky.social June 2025
Shot on film by Amanda Wong for THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, published by
@wnbooks.bsky.social June 2025
January 7, 2025 at 11:56 AM
New continent, new author photo✨
Shot on film by Amanda Wong for THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, published by
@wnbooks.bsky.social June 2025
Shot on film by Amanda Wong for THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER, published by
@wnbooks.bsky.social June 2025
I pulled a muscle in my neck from checking my blind spot while driving are you freaking kidding me safety was supposed to be sexy not a painful reminder of my ageing body's slow betrayal
January 7, 2025 at 5:46 AM
I pulled a muscle in my neck from checking my blind spot while driving are you freaking kidding me safety was supposed to be sexy not a painful reminder of my ageing body's slow betrayal
Hi this was SUPER COOL!!!!!!!! will never ever get over seeing 'Jemimah Wei, Author'!!!!!!
January 6, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Hi this was SUPER COOL!!!!!!!! will never ever get over seeing 'Jemimah Wei, Author'!!!!!!
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My novel BIG CHIEF is one of Goodreads Hottest, yes, Hottest Debut Novels of 2025! Some serious names here including HOMESEEKING by @karissachen.bsky.social and THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER BY @jemmawei.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
Meet the Hottest Debut Novels of 2025
One of the annual delights of maintaining a serious reading habit is the thrill of discovery. Each year, a new group of first-time authors rele...
www.goodreads.com
January 3, 2025 at 2:58 AM
My novel BIG CHIEF is one of Goodreads Hottest, yes, Hottest Debut Novels of 2025! Some serious names here including HOMESEEKING by @karissachen.bsky.social and THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER BY @jemmawei.bsky.social
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
www.goodreads.com/blog/show/28...
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Wrote about them here. "Driverless cars are often called autonomous vehicles – but driving isn’t an autonomous activity. It’s a co-operative social activity, in which part of the job of whoever’s behind the wheel is to communicate with others on the road." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Rebecca Solnit · In the Shadow of Silicon Valley: Losing San Francisco
I don’t know whether these billionaires know what a city is, but I do know that they have laid their hands on the city...
www.lrb.co.uk
January 1, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Wrote about them here. "Driverless cars are often called autonomous vehicles – but driving isn’t an autonomous activity. It’s a co-operative social activity, in which part of the job of whoever’s behind the wheel is to communicate with others on the road." www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
Reunited with Tash in Bangkok and yapped nonstop 🥰 it's been nearly a decade since we first met and SUCH a journey 🥹♥️
December 31, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Reunited with Tash in Bangkok and yapped nonstop 🥰 it's been nearly a decade since we first met and SUCH a journey 🥹♥️
It is a fucking delight to read every day and be like wtf, I have Thoughts
December 26, 2024 at 5:02 AM
It is a fucking delight to read every day and be like wtf, I have Thoughts
wow I am so skincared out this festive season I did a clay mask pore mask collagen night wrapping mask where you peel off a second skin like a lizard the next morning to emerge porcelain and rice polish scrub I feel like a total baby
December 25, 2024 at 1:59 PM
wow I am so skincared out this festive season I did a clay mask pore mask collagen night wrapping mask where you peel off a second skin like a lizard the next morning to emerge porcelain and rice polish scrub I feel like a total baby
woke up and had an egg and I was like what a GIFT eggs are, truly the perfect food
December 21, 2024 at 4:46 AM
woke up and had an egg and I was like what a GIFT eggs are, truly the perfect food
Had my first ever OG DAUGHTER event six months out from pub last night 🥹💓 my local distributor Pansing and gem of an indie bookstore Book Bar Singapore brought together a room of literary lovers, book clubbers, & writers, now the earliest local readers of the novel, for a special prelaunch party 😭💙📚
December 21, 2024 at 4:04 AM
Had my first ever OG DAUGHTER event six months out from pub last night 🥹💓 my local distributor Pansing and gem of an indie bookstore Book Bar Singapore brought together a room of literary lovers, book clubbers, & writers, now the earliest local readers of the novel, for a special prelaunch party 😭💙📚
being in your 30s is just eating mushy oats everyday and trying not to die
December 18, 2024 at 3:17 AM
being in your 30s is just eating mushy oats everyday and trying not to die
My UK early proofs are here and they are a VIBE AND A HALF!!!! This is the standard W&N proof cover till we get a cover design, and it feels so special to get to keep this edition! 💙📚
December 10, 2024 at 1:02 PM
My UK early proofs are here and they are a VIBE AND A HALF!!!! This is the standard W&N proof cover till we get a cover design, and it feels so special to get to keep this edition! 💙📚
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BIG CHIEF is on Debutiful’s Most Anticipated Debuts of 2025. Very happy to see it here!
(And right next to THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER by @jemmawei.bsky.social!)
(And right next to THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER by @jemmawei.bsky.social!)
December 9, 2024 at 4:36 PM
BIG CHIEF is on Debutiful’s Most Anticipated Debuts of 2025. Very happy to see it here!
(And right next to THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER by @jemmawei.bsky.social!)
(And right next to THE ORIGINAL DAUGHTER by @jemmawei.bsky.social!)
It in fact felt like time for a change 💕💇🏻♀️
December 8, 2024 at 2:53 PM
It in fact felt like time for a change 💕💇🏻♀️
I'm at my desk all day and then to reward myself I read till 4am because I have no self control then I wake up and sit at my desk again wondering why my brain is cotton candy..... Das December for you babies
December 5, 2024 at 5:43 AM
I'm at my desk all day and then to reward myself I read till 4am because I have no self control then I wake up and sit at my desk again wondering why my brain is cotton candy..... Das December for you babies
OG DAUGHTER IS HEADED TO THE NETHERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with a fresh cover and new name!!!!!!!!!!!! So so honored to be translated by Dirk-Jan Arensman for Meridiaan Publishers for the Dutch edition, and I'm so excited for her to meet her Dutch readers 🥹♥️ 💙📚
December 4, 2024 at 1:27 PM
OG DAUGHTER IS HEADED TO THE NETHERLANDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! with a fresh cover and new name!!!!!!!!!!!! So so honored to be translated by Dirk-Jan Arensman for Meridiaan Publishers for the Dutch edition, and I'm so excited for her to meet her Dutch readers 🥹♥️ 💙📚
mom trying to be encouraging as I look through old photo albums today 😂
December 1, 2024 at 11:39 AM
mom trying to be encouraging as I look through old photo albums today 😂
carb loading / signage / 3 hours of sleep / finish line hype crew --- we accompanied her on everything but the actual marathon😂
December 1, 2024 at 3:28 AM
carb loading / signage / 3 hours of sleep / finish line hype crew --- we accompanied her on everything but the actual marathon😂
Arcane's visual approach to montages is incredible wtf
November 30, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Arcane's visual approach to montages is incredible wtf
something a bit ridiculous about being sick as a dog post covid booster jab I've done this so many times by now why is it so painful every single round
November 28, 2024 at 12:41 PM
something a bit ridiculous about being sick as a dog post covid booster jab I've done this so many times by now why is it so painful every single round