Claire Ion
... is a British Korean writer and editor who was raised in Singapore. She holds a BA in English Language and Literature from the University of Oxford and an MA in Comparative Literature from UCL. She is currently based in London.
Writing Portfolio
Published Journalistic Work
'Giving a chance to the unknown', Ethos Books Attunement newsletter, June 2023
'A Letter About Emails', Ethos Books Attunement newsletter, April 2023
Podcast Interview with Rebecca Salter, The Isis Magazine, June 2022
‘Sun, Moon, Tooth, Bird’, Oxford Review of Books, January 2022
‘UK publishers could be hit by 'right to be forgotten' deletion requests after ECHR judgment’, Press Gazette, July 2021
‘Facebook local community reporters helped keep local groups informed during pandemic’, Press Gazette, June 2021
‘Planting New Roots: Minari and Korean Identity’, The Oxford Student, February 2021
‘Student Spotlight: Jacari’, The Oxford Student, February 2021
‘Thoughts on culinary othering’, The Oxford Student, November 2020
‘Oxford resumes COVID-19 vaccine trials after pause’, Cherwell, September 2020
‘Creating Harmony: In Conversation with Hyung-Joon Won’, Oxford Liberty in North Korea (LINK) blog, March 2020
Miscellaneous
'Life as an International Student' section, St Anne’s College Alternative Prospectus, February 2021
‘Domestic violence against girls and its causes: what can be done?’, Right for Education (R:Ed) Magazine, March 2020
Published Poetry and Fiction
'Solitariness Walks with Memory', The Hanok Review, November 2021
‘In a Taxi’, The Isis Magazine HT21 issue, March 2021
‘Out of Sync’, The Isis Magazine, March 2021
‘Crawling Order’, The Isis Magazine TT20 issue, June 2020
‘St Abbs’, ASH Magazine HT20, February 2020
Translation of Yoon Dong-Ju’s ‘The Sea’, Figure of Speech, February 2020