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Ethos Books
Established in 1997, Ethos Books is an independent book publisher based in Singapore. It is an imprint of Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd, a communications and design house. Ethos Books specialises in publishing literary works of fiction, non-fiction and poetry primarily from writers in Singapore. It has published several award-winning poetry volumes and anthologies by authors such as Felix Cheong, Alvin Pang, Alfian Sa'at, Cyril Wong and Daren Shiau. In recent years, it has published critical works on Singapore studies by scholars and activists such as Cherian George, Loh Kah Seng, Kevin YL Tan, Thum Ping Tjin, and Teo You Yenn. History In 1997, publisher Fong Hoe Fang founded Ethos Books, an imprint of Pagesetters Services, an advertising and communication design agency, to lend voice to diverse and emerging writers and to help foster a thriving literary culture. He launched it with a trio of titles by newcomers – namely Aaron Lee's A Visitation of Sunlight, Alvin Pang's Testi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fong Hoe Fang
Fong may refer to: *the Bulu tribe of the Beti–Pahuin people of Cameroon *various Chinese surnames **the Hong Kong Government Cantonese romanization of the surname Fāng () **the Taishanese pronunciation of the Chinese surname Kuàng () **a Malaysian–Singaporean form of Féng ( **a Taiwanese form of Fèng () List of people with the surname * Ching-Yao Fong, Chinese physicist *Cory Fong (born 1972) Unspecified *Adam Fong (born 1980), California futuristic composer *Alec Fong Lim (1931–1990) *Angela Fong (born 1985) *Christian Fong (born 1977) * Craig Fong (born 1970) * Danielle Fong (sport shooter) (born 1991) *Danielle Fong (born 1987), co-founder and chief scientist of ''LightSail Energy'' *Evan Fong (born 1992) *Fong Chi Chung (born 1968) *Fong Yee Pui (born 1991), Hong Kong sprinter *Gary Fong (born 1960) *Grace Fong *Harold Michael Fong (1938–1995) *Heather Fong (born 1956) * Ivan K. Fong (born 1961) *Katrina Fong Lim (born 1961) *Larry Fong *Leo Fong (1928-2022) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Felix Cheong
Felix Cheong is a Singaporean author and poet. Cheong has written two young adult fiction books used as part of a national education campaign – ''The Call From Crying House'' () and its sequel, ''The Woman In The Last Carriage'' (). Cheong's first collection of poetry, ''Temptation and Other Poems'' () was published in 1998 followed by a second collection in 1999, ''I Watch the Stars Go Out'' (), ''Broken by the Rain'' () in 2003, and ''Sudden in Youth: New and Selected Poems'' () in 2009. Cheong won the National Arts Council's Young Artist of the Year for Literature Award in 2000 and the poetry slam A poetry slam is a competitive art event in which poets perform spoken word poetry before a live audience and a panel of judges. While formats can vary, slams are often loud and lively, with audience participation, cheering and dramatic delivery. ... at the Hong Kong International Literary Festival in 2004. His more recent writing such as in the ''Singapore Siu Dai'' serie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alvin Pang
Alvin Pang (Chinese: 冯啟明; pinyin: ''Féng Qǐ Míng''; born 1972, Singapore) was named 2005 Young Artist of the Year (Literature) by the National Arts Council Singapore. He holds a First Class Honours degree in English literature from the University of York and an Honorary Fellowship in Writing from the University of Iowa's International Writing Program (2002). In 2020, he was awarded a PhD in Writing from RMIT University, and appointed to the honorary position of Adjunct Professor of RMIT University in 2021. For his contributions, he was conferred the Singapore Youth Award (Arts and Culture) in 2007, and the JCCI Foundation Education Award in 2008. He is listed in the ''Oxford Companion to Modern Poetry in English'' (2nd Edition). Works His first volume of poems, ''Testing the Silence'' (Ethos Books, 1997), was listed as one of the Top Ten Books of 1997 by The Straits Times and was short listed for the National Book Development Council of Singapore (NBDCS) Book Award i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alfian Sa'at
Alfian bin Sa'at (born 18 July 1977), best known as Alfian Sa'at, is a prolific Singaporean playwright, poet, and writer. He is known for penning a body of plays, poems, and prose that often tackle issues considered taboo in the island-state, such as race, sexuality, and politics. Alfian has received a number of national literature awards, such as the 2001 Young Artist Award and three ''Life!'' Theatre Awards for Best Original Script. Alfian is the resident playwright of theatre group W!LD RICE. Biography Early life Alfian bin Sa'at is a Muslim Singaporean of Minangkabau, Javanese and Chinese Hakka descent. An alumnus of Tampines Primary School, Raffles Institution, and Raffles Junior College, Alfian was the chairman of the drama societies, both known as Raffles Players, in both RI and RJC. He also took part in the Creative Arts Programme twice – once at fifteen, and a second time at seventeen – both times under the mentorship of Haresh Sharma. He has since returned to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cyril Wong
Cyril Wong (; born 27 June 1977) is a poet, fiction author and literary critic. Biography Born in 1977, Cyril Wong attended Saint Patrick's School, Singapore, and Temasek Junior College, before completing a doctoral degree in English literature at the National University of Singapore. His poems have appeared in journals and anthologies around the world, including the ''Atlanta Review'', ''Fulcrum'', '' Poetry International'', ''Cimarron Review'', ''Prairie Schooner'', ''Poetry New Zealand'', '' Mānoa'', '' Ambit'', ''Dimsum'', ''Asia Literary Review'', ''The Bungeishichoo'' (Japanese translation), the Norton Anthology '' Language for a New Century'', and ''Chinese Erotic Poems'' by Everyman's Library. He has been a featured poet at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, the Hong Kong International Literary Festival, the Sydney Writers' Festival, and the Singapore Writers Festival. ''Time'' magazine has written that "his work expands beyond simple sexuality ... to embrac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daren Shiau
Daren Shiau, Bintang Bakti Masyarakat, BBM, Pingat Bakti Masyarakat, PBM (Chinese: 萧维龙, born 1971), is a Singaporean novelist, poet, conservationist, and lawyer in private practice qualified in Singapore, England and Wales. He is an author of five books. Education Shiau was born in Singapore in 1971, and of Hakka people, Hakka and Peranakan grandparentage. He was educated at Raffles Institution, Raffles Institution (Junior College), Raffles Junior College, and graduated from the National University of Singapore Faculty of Law, Law Faculty of the National University of Singapore on the Dean's List in 1996. A Fulbright Program, Fulbright scholar, and an alumnus of the East–West Center, East-West Center in Honolulu established by the United States Congress in 1960, Shiau was the Visiting Writer in Fall 2003 to the University of California, Berkeley, University of California, Berkeley (Centre for Southeast Asian Studies). Literary career Shiau is the author of Heartla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherian George
Cherian George is a Singaporean academic, currently a professor of Media Studies at Hong Kong Baptist University. Early life and education Cherian George studied at Hwa Chong Junior College for his pre-university education. He then graduated from the University of Cambridge with a bachelor's degree in social and political sciences. Thereafter, he attained his master's degree from Columbia University's School of Journalism. Journalism career Cherian George worked as a journalist at ''The Straits Times'' for a decade, of which he was its art and photo editor for three years. He was also assigned to the paper's political desk during his initial years there. He then went to Stanford University where he was awarded Doctor of Philosophy in communications. During his time with the paper, he had established himself as a critic of the Singapore government and the nation's politics, and was mentioned in a quote alongside Catherine Lim, who wrote a commentary criticising the then Prime ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Loh Kah Seng
Loh may refer to: People * Betty Loh Ti (1937–1968), Chinese actress * Christine Loh Kung-wai, Hong Kong university professor * John M. Loh (born 1938), USAF Chief of Staff * Loh Boon Siew (1915–1995), Penangite businessman * Loh (Ramayana) in Hindu mythology * Valerie Solanas, aka Onz Loh, U.S. writer * Sandra Tsing Loh (born 1962), US writer * Loh Kean Yew, Singaporean badminton player Places * A locality of Affoltern am Albis, Zürich, Switzerland * A misspelling of Lo Island, Vanuatu Others * ''Loh Kooi Choon v Malaysia'' (1977), a legal case about the constitution * A variant spelling of the Chinese surname, Lu () LOH may refer to: *Loss of heterozygosity in genetics *Light Observation Helicopter, US * HAL Light Observation Helicopter * Lostock Hall railway station, England, National Rail code * Ciudad de Catamayo Airport, Loja, Ecuador, IATA code *Late-onset hypogonadism Late-onset hypogonadism (LOH) or testosterone deficiency syndrome (TDS) is a condition in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin YL Tan
Kevin () is the anglicized form of the Irish masculine given name (; mga, Caoimhghín ; sga, Cóemgein ; Latinized as ). It is composed of "dear; noble"; Old Irish and ("birth"; Old Irish ). The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicized from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictionary of First Names''. Oxford University Press (2007) s.v. "Kevin". The feminine version of the name is (anglicised as ''Keeva'' or ''Kweeva''). History Saint Kevin (d. 618) founded Glendalough abbey in the Kingdom of Leinster in 6th-century Ireland. Canonized in 1903, he is one of the patron saints of the Archdiocese of Dublin. Caomhán of Inisheer, the patron saint of Inisheer, Aran Islands, is properly anglicized ''Cavan'' or ''Kevan'', but often also referred to as "Kevin". The name was rarely given before the 20th century. In Ireland an early bearer of the anglicised name was Kevin Izod O'Doherty (1823–1905) a Young Irelander and politician; it gained popularity from the Gaelic revival of the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thum Ping Tjin
Thum Ping Tjin () (born 17 December 1979), also known as PJ Thum, is a Singaporean historian, journalist, podcaster, activist and former swimmer. Thum was a national swimmer who participated in the 1996 Summer Olympics, and was the first Singaporean to swim the English Channel. He was a research associate and coordinator of Project Southeast Asia, a collective of scholars of Southeast Asian studies at Oxford, and is an academic visitor of the university. He is a founder and manager of online journalism outlet '' New Naratif'' and creator of ''The History of Singapore'' podcast, which originally ran as a radio show on BFM 89.9. His advocacy has led to a number of legal and public disputes with Singaporean politicians and authorities. Early life Born on 17 December 1979 in Singapore, Thum received his early education at five of the Anglo-Chinese Schools. Swimming career At the age of 16, Thum represented Singapore in four swim races at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
