Publication History

Poetry

Elegy for Opportunity - my debut book of poetry, available now!
- Read a sneak peek of the collection: “If Mary Can Do It”
arrhythmia - my debut chapbook (Rahila’s Ghost Press, 2022)
"Arrhythmia" - winner of the 2018 CBC Poetry Prize

“conversations with mom” - Watch Your Head, November 2020
“the science of holding on” - Best Canadian Poetry 2020, Biblioasis
“all this to say” - Watch Your Head: Responding to the Climate Crisis, Coach House Books
“after Adelia died” - Arc Poetry Magazine 92, Summer 2020
“Epilogue” - Flowers & Machinery: a zine for the way things could be, March 2020
"fun facts" - Parentheses, Issue 8, Winter 2020
“aftermath” | “eighth grade” | “love letters” - The /tƐmz/ Review, Issue 10, Winter 2020

“conversations with mom” | “one-poem wonder” - Room Magazine, Issue 42.4, Winter 2019
“the science of holding on” - Maisonneuve, Issue 74, Winter 2019
“artistic license” | “rattle on home” - talking about strawberries all of the time, Issue 3, Fall 2019
- and corresponding playlist!
“Elegy for Opportunity” - PRISM international, Issue 57.4, Summer 2019
"& instead" - SFU Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, April 2019
“how do you tell someone you’ve written a poem about them?” | “six months and counting” - Honey & Lime Lit, Issue 2, April 2019

my (small press) writing day - my (small press) writing day, September 2019
Poems vs. Papers - Not as Different as You’d Think! - SFU Student Learning Commons, February 2019

2025

Dead Poets Reading Series finds new life on YouTube - The Vancouver Sun, April 2020
Taking the poet out of imposter syndrome: a conversation with Natalie Lim - SAD Mag, April 2020
Dead Poets Reading Series - CBC’s North by Northwest (interview starts at 1:00:45), March 2020
- Check out my contribution to the virtual Dead Poets Reading Series!

5 Questions - poetry mini interviews, November 2019
Interview with Natalie Lim - Marías at Sampaguitas, June 2019
Young Writers: On Navigating the Publishing Industry - PRISM international, May 2019