Julia Desiree Merican
is a writer and editor
Julia Desiree Merican is a writer from Kuala Lumpur and an archivist of small scraps of human experience. She holds a Master of Studies in English (1900 - Present) from Oxford and a Writing MA from the Royal College of Art.Her words have appeared in various print and digital publications, and once, quite excitingly, on an unfurling scroll in a gallery. For more personal scrawls, she invites you to subscribe to her occasional newsletter, Glimmers and Inklings.Currently, Julia lives in London and is finding writing in the third person quite a lot of fun. She thinks often about liminal or ruined spaces, the ancillary prettiness of an em dash, how heritage is made and broken, and the art of living so gently you barely make a sound.If you are interested in commissioning her writing, you can reach her at [email protected].
forthcoming
Plain Things for Lustrous
Antigone Editions, 2026
The Inconsolable Secrets
MA BIBLIOTHÈQUE, 2026
personal essays
being foreign, abroad and at home MUSOTREES, 2020
gift exchange BLANK CANVAS GALLERY, 2022
the olive branch and the poetics of reconciliation LINSEED JOURNAL, 2024
minding the gaps: a sonic essay ART ON THE UNDERGROUND, 2024
protecting the flame MULA ZINE, 2024
travelogues
the cerebral and the sensual CEREAL, 2020
let the land be NEW MANDALA, 2022
a silent dwelling CEREAL, 2022
signs of the times SEARCH MAGAZINE, 2023
criticism
at the core of it OXFORD REVIEW OF BOOKS, 2021
dressing up for noodles MULA ZINE, 2022
the directness of apples LINSEED JOURNAL, 2022
monitoring the belt and road initiative THE EDGE, 2022
diasporic dysphoria WASAFIRI, 2023
the power of critical sensemaking in shaping futures SUPERFLUX, 2024
serious play SUPERFLUX, 2025
what's in your blue razz lemonade? SUPERFLUX, 2025
impressionsgallery in a state of undress CHA JOURNAL, 2023
allom! amatai! allom! C MAGAZINE, 2023
only lemons: will calver’s lovely, ordinary, perishable things TOLKA, 2024
playing the fool ARE WE THERE YET?, 2024
random access memory MKH, 2025
mariana cordoba's asemic writing MKH, 2025
feast with the beasts: a VR allegory MKH, 2025
yula kim's avian archipelagos MKH, 2025
qloud collective's poems of creation MKH, 2025
vidushi gupta and the art of paying attention MKH, 2025
the end of the good story REVIEW31, 2025
a seat at the table MKH, 2026
the limitless in-between MKH, 2026
interviewshow i settle myself OXFORD REVIEW OF BOOKS, 2021
a conversational art with larissa pham OXFORD REVIEW OF BOOKS, 2021
an interview with amina cain TOLKA, 2024
tea and frequency PROCESS MAGAZINE, 2024
short storiesmeta morphosis SINE THETA, 2020
unlucky AESTHETICA, 2020
proximity OBSCURAS, 2024
exhibition texts
'fragmented bodies' wall text STPI GALLERY, 2019
‘hidden lines' exhibition text FRANCIS GALLERY, 2021
poetrykintsugi OUTHOUSE MAGAZINE, 2025
editorial work
the key press
the dodo newspaper
search magazine
the oxford review of books
cereal magazine
palatinate
ft. lighthouse
copywriting
studio macbride
moro dabron
cereal magazine
francis gallery