| Author |
 Topic  |
|
|
alf
Singapore
92 Posts |
 Posted - 07 Jun 2004 : 23:56:17
|
| Is it a temporary lull, or a terminal malaise? Or is it really buzzing away behind the scenes? |
|
|
Cyril Wong
Singapore
16 Posts |
Posted - 10 Jun 2004 : 11:49:24
|
Darlings, CIDER PRESS REVIEW is out! Toh Hsien Min, Daren Shiau and I have poems in it. This is an American journal that has published such poets as (one of my personal favourites) Linda Pastan, who won the Pulitzer Prize (blah blah blah).
Singapore poets go places, get published in places. Aren't we grand! |
 |
|
|
M.Chu
Singapore
31 Posts |
Posted - 04 Jul 2004 : 10:08:59
|
Our poets are rather active, I thought. They've been going abroad, getting published, giving readings, and abuzzing with innovative 'outreaches'. The playwrights (quite a few fulltime ones) get to see their work come out to play.
Now, the truly quite ones are probably short story writers and novelists who have to work behind the scenes, polish their writing some more, and pray for publication. (I, for one, am keen to know what are the anthologies of Singapore short stories and novels which have come forth since 01-Jan-2003.) |
Edited by - M.Chu on 04 Jul 2004 10:10:48 |
|
|
|
Hsien Min
Singapore
49 Posts |
Posted - 05 Jul 2004 : 09:22:06
|
the truly quite ones are probably short story writers and novelists who have to work behind the scenes, polish their writing some more, and pray for publication
Don't poets also have to work behind the scenes, polish their writing some more, and pray for publication?
Cheers,
HM
|
|
|
|
Jacky Wu
Singapore
1 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2004 : 12:38:11
|
Hi everyone,
Love to read? Please support www.singaporewriting.com !It will improve your English while you read the stories! Feel free to join the forum and sign the guestbook! It's new, so hope you all can support! Thanks a lot!
Low Kay Hwa |
|
|
|
M.Chu
Singapore
31 Posts |
Posted - 20 Aug 2004 : 02:03:13
|
Dear All,
Point conceded to Hsien Min that poets have to work hard too behind the scene, and all, as with other writers.
The following is just a brief compilation of literature published or reprinted in Singapore from 2003 for us to get a ‘feel’ of the current state of Singapore literature based on a search done at Select books Online (you can use QLRS’ Link to get there) under its Singapore & Malaysia Literature category:-
5 Under 25: Prize-Winning Plays from the Writers' Lab
by Seet, K. K. (Editor), 2003
Breaking the Curse of the Green Dragon: A Hakka Story
by Kee J. P. , 2004
The Clay Marble (Reprinted 2004)
by Ho Minfong
The Crocodile Fury [Paperback, 2003]
by Yahp, Beth
David Marshall Trials, The [reprinted 2004]
by Josey, Alex
The Embalmer
by Chua, Douglas, 2004
Fistful of Colours (2nd Edition, 2003)
by Lim Suchen, Christine
The Gunpowder Trail and Other Stories
by Tham, Claire, 2003
[See QLRS Vol. 3 No. 2 Jan 2004 for Neil Murphy's review of The Gunpowder Trail and Other Stories]
[Me think she is a very good short story writer for having won the first prize of SPH-NAC Golden Point Award in successive years (twice, if I’m not mistaken). It was gracious of her to ‘disqualify’ herself from the competition by accepting nomination to be a Judge of the same. Anybody knows when she will be conducting a short story writing workshop soon?]
The Jade Bangle
by Wong, David W. F., 2004
The Koi Pond
by Wong, David W. F., 2004
A Leap of Love, A Novella
by Lim, Catherine, 2003
Lurking in the Dark: 13 Tales of Terror
by Moey, Nicky, 2003
The Manic Memoirs of Terry Ho
by Ho, Terry, 2003
Mines
by Elangovan, 2003
The Missing Chopstick
by Wong, David W. F., 2004
The Nuclear Countdown
by Chua, Douglas, 2004
The Sea in Blossom
by Chew, Eunice, 2003
(See QLRS Vol. 3 No. 3 Apr 2004 for Paul Tan's review of The Sea In Blossom.)
The Secret Goldfish and Other Follies
by Tan Teck Howe, 2004
Sing to the Dawn
by Ho, Minfong, 2004
The Singapore Letters of Benjamin Cook 1854-1855
by Marshall, Adrian G, 2004
The Song of Silver Frond
by Lim, Catherine, 2003
The Sword Has Two Edges, An Original Play
by Li, Lienfung, 2004
Tigers in Paradise: The Collected Works of Philip Jeyaretnam
by Jeyaretnam, Philip, 2004
Victor's Last Wish and More Yarns
by Jitab, Kris, 2004
Walk Like a Dragon: Short Stories
by Goh Sin Tub, 2004
[Source: http://www.selectbooks.com.sg/subcat/453.htm]
Please feel free to add or comment.
Keep writing and reading fiction.
|
Edited by - M.Chu on 24 Oct 2004 12:29:57 |
|
|
| |
Topic |
|
|
|
Why is the S'pore Lit Scene so quiet lately?
