Out of the Jars of Babes

Singapore got authors also. Can. Lah. While the nation is not quite fifty years old, the Singaporean identity has existed for much longer. There are a number of distinctively Singaporean writers. A well documented example is Edwin Thumboo, who writes poetry and non-fiction.

This blog entry captures the Singaporean novelists I’ve found links to so far. In particular, the potential novelists of the future. I met many of these through the exceptionally well-run NaNoWriMo events at the Arts House.

Lots of these in this list

• Wena Poon – Singaporean now living in New York
• Raven Silvers †– “ML” (coordinator) for Singapore NaNo 2009
• Seriously Sarah †– “ML” (coordinator) for Singapore NaNo 2009
• Mint Kang – also an experienced commercial writer
• NotKieran †– If not then who ah?
• “Min-tea” †– pseudonyms sure are popular in Singapore
• “Rozen” †– Literary and Editorial consultants –
• Joelyn Alexandra †–  A real name! Or, it sounds like a real name!
• “Accidental Presidency” – A Pratchett fan
• ααα – also known as triplealpha
• The Laptop – also known as Mun Thye. He’s teaching machines to enjoy novels. Really!
• Clarence (kiaace) †
• Ziyang †
• Lutheia Wu
• Catherine Lim
• James Lee
• And many more writers whose web presence I could not figure out. Thanks for the intrguing booklet, bruise_d”!

† Thanks to Joelyn, I can now identify all of the authors of Happiness at the End of the World, an anthology from a group of NaNoists that formed in 2008. Rozen’s link above links to their press release. Now I should go put my head on the chopping block and review that book!