Abstract
References
1.
Singapore National Bibliography National Library Board (Singapore) <http://snb.nl.sg/catIndex/> [regularly updated online lists of all books published in Singapore and deposited at the Singapore National Library].
2.
Language, Capital, Culture: Critical Studies of Language and Education in Singapore eds Viniti Vaish, S. Gopinathan and Yongbing Liu vi+268pp Sense Publishers (Rotterdam) US $49.
3.
Renaissance Singapore?: Economy, Culture, and Politics ed Kenneth Paul Tan xi+276 pp NUS Press (Singapore) S $28.
4.
Singapore: From Place to Nation Lee Soo Ann x+206pp Pearson (Singapore) S $33.41.
5.
Writers Resource Kit vii+41pp National Book Development Council of Singapore <http://www.bookcouncil.sg/swc/070321WRK.pdf>.
6.
Alina Rastam Diver & Other Poems 47pp Cricket Communications (Kuala Lumpur) RM35.
7.
Salleh ben Joned Adam's Dream 128pp Silverfish Books (Kuala Lumpur) RM30.
8.
Shahril Nizam If Only 140pp Gores Press (Kuala Lumpur) RM35.
9.
Solomon, Anushka Anastasia Please, God, Don't Let Me Write Like a Woman (Georgetown, Kentucky) Finishing Line Press US $14.
10.
Bani Haykal Sit Quietly in the Flood 64pp Word Forward (Singapore) S $16.90.
11.
Jaensch, Terry and Cyril Wong Excess Baggage & Claim 79pp Transit Lounge (Yarraville, Australia) AU $22.
12.
Koh Jee Leong Payday Loans: Poems 30pp Poets Wear Prada (New Jersey) US $10.
13.
Lee, Aaron Soon Yong Five Right Angles: Poems 64pp Ethos Books (Singapore) S $14.90.
14.
Mohamed Jeeshan The Event of Being 68pp Self-pub S $20.
15.
Nair, Marc Daniel Along the Yellow Line 64pp Word Forward (Singapore) S $16.90.
16.
Nansi, Pooja Stiletto Scars 64pp Word Forward (Singapore) S $16.90.
17.
Seah, Jasmine and Jennifer Koh Light Is like Water 72pp Ethos Books (Singapore) S $20 [poetry by Seah and photographs taken by Koh].
18.
Tan, Colin The Evidence of the Senses 79pp Ethos Books (Singapore) S $14.90.
19.
Zou Mengjie Wings of My Expression 96pp Candid Creation (Singapore) S $9.
20.
Elangovan P 90pp self-pub S $15.
21.
Choong, Tinling FireWife 224pp Nan A. Talese / Doubleday (New York) US $21.
22.
Flint, Shamini Mahadevan Criminal Minds 246pp Heliconia Press (Singapore) S $18.
23.
Halim, Tunku 44 Cemetery Road: The Best of Tunku Halim xiv+334pp MPH Publishing (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) RM 32.90.
24.
Kam Raslan Confessions of an Old Boy: The Dato' Hamid Adventures xi+259pp Marshall Cavendish Editions (Shah Alam, Malaysia) US $10.90.
25.
Khoo, Kheng-Hor Mamasan 506pp Pelanduk Publications (Subang Jaya, Malaysia) US $16.50.
26.
---Nanyang: The Lure of the Southern Ocean to Lands of Opportunity & Danger 476pp Pelanduk Publications (Subang Jaya, Malaysia) US $16.50.
27.
Lee Chew Kang Family Ties That Bind 176pp Marshall Cavendish (Shah Alam, Malaysia) US $8.50.
28.
Lim Cheng Inn Untamed Libido 240pp Midnight Press (Batu Cave, Malaysia) RM 29.
29.
---Waltz of the Mousedeer 335pp Midnight Press (Batu Cave, Malaysia) RM 27.50.
30.
Tan Twan Eng The Gift of Rain 448pp Myrmidon Books (Newcastle upon Tyne) GB £12.99.
31.
Teoh Choon Ean Nine Lives 202pp Utusan Publications & Distributors (Kuala Lumpur) RM 15.
32.
Yee, Chua Kok, Shih-Li Kow and Rumaizah Abu Bakar News from Home 140pp Silverfish Books (Kuala Lumpur) RM30.
33.
Cheong, Felix The Woman in the Last Carriage 101pp Landmark Books (Singapore) S $7.30.
34.
Lau Siew Mei The Dispeller of Worries 192pp Brandl & Schlesinger (Blackheath, Australia) US $21.95.
35.
Lim, Christine Suchen The Lies That Build a Marriage: Stories of the Unsung, Unsaid and Uncelebrated in Singapore 216pp Monsoon Books (Singapore) S $22.50.
36.
Manzur, S. Dying to Marry & Other Stories 176pp Asiapac Books (Singapore) S $9.
37.
Mooney-Singh, Chris The Laughing Buddha Cab Company 78pp Word Forward (Singapore) S $16.90.
38.
Ng, Ronnie Yang Boey Curse of Jeju Island 120pp Candid Creation (Singapore) S $15.05.
39.
Ooi, Peter E. C. Trishaw Rides 105pp Refiner's Spark (Singapore) S $10.20.
40.
Poon, Wena Lions in Winter: Stories 209pp MPH Publishing (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) RM32.90 [introduction by Kirpal Singh].
41.
Wong, Cyril The Boy with the Flower That Grew out of His Ass 39pp Math Paper Press (Singapore) S $26.
42.
The Almost Complete Collection of True Singapore Ghost Stories, Book 16 eds Russell Lee et al. 160pp Angsana Books (Singapore) S $9.95.
43.
A Getai Singer's Love Affair with a Ghost and Other True `Hungry Ghost' Stories ed Ralph Modder 122pp Horizon Books (Singapore) S $15.
44.
Island Voices: A Collection of Short Stories from Singapore eds Angelia Poon and Sim Wai Chew xii+220pp Learners Publishing (Singapore) S $14.30.
45.
Over There - Poems from Singapore and Australia eds John Kinsella and Alvin Pang 324pp Ethos Books (Singapore) S $35.
46.
So You Think You Can Write a Novel? ed Rosemary Lim 206pp Marshall Cavendish (Singapore) S $12 [excerpts from nineteen shortlisted Singaporean novels submitted to an international novel-writing competition].
47.
Wiring Heartlands eds Yong Shu Hoong and Tan Keow Mui xvii+117pp UniPress (Singapore).
48.
`Boutique Multiculturalism and the Consumption of Repulsion: Re-Disseminating Food Fictions in Malaysian and Singaporean Diasporic Novels' Tamara S. Wagner Journal of Commonwealth Literature 42(1) pp31-46.
49.
focas (Forum on Contemporary Art & Society) 6: Regional Animalities: Cultures, Natures, Humans & Animals in South East Asia ed Lucy Davis 433pp focas (Singapore) S $25.
50.
Peninsular Muse: Interviews with Modern Malaysian and Singaporean Poets, Novelists and Dramatists Mohammad A. Quayum 305pp Peter Lang (Bern) 61.40.
51.
`Prolegomena to a Literary History of English in Southeast Asia' Rajeev S. Patke Writing Asia ed Thumboo [see this section] pp89-100.
52.
`The Self as Hybrid Contestation: Three Autobiographical Stories from Singapore and Malaysia' Tam Kwok-Kan Oral and Written Narratives and Cultural Identity: Interdisciplinary Approaches eds Francisco Cota Fagundes and Irene Maria F. Blayer vii+314pp Peter Lang (New York) pp138-52 [studies of Kirpal Singh, Kee Thuan Chye and Mary Loh Chieu Kwuan].
53.
Writing Asia: The Literatures in Englishes, Volume 1: From the Inside ed Edwin Thumboo 512pp Ethos Books (Singapore) S $60.
54.
`Away with Words [1]' Damian Tan Weekend Mail 27 October p32 [two-part article on whether Malaysian English-language authors can survive as full-time writers].
55.
`Away with Words [2]' Damian Tan Weekend Mail 3 November p32.
56.
`Bringing Reading to the Masses' Nurjehan Mohamed New Sunday Times 15 Apr p2.
57.
`A "Centre" at the Margin: An Account of Malaysian Literature in English from (the) In/Out/Side' Mohammad Quayum Writing Asia ed Thumboo [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional] pp300-317.
58.
Colonial Visions, Postcolonial Revisions: Images of the Indian Diaspora in Malaysia Shanthini Pillai xiv+123pp Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Newcastle) £29.99.
59.
`The Familiar and Unknown' 15 Apr New Sunday Times p2.
60.
`Integrating Patterns of a Coolie Past, Literature and the Figuring of Contemporary Malaysian Indian Identity' Shanthini Pillai Border Crossings: Moving between Languages & Cultural Frameworks eds Lee Su Kim,Thang Siew Ming and Lee King Siong 224pp Pelanduk Publications (Subang Jaya, Malaysia) pp166-182 US $16.50.
61.
`Interrogating Malaysian Literature in English: Its Glories, Sorrows and Thematic Trends' Mohammad Quayum One Sky Many Horizons pp52-79 [see this section].
62.
`Kuala Lumpur Kicks off Region's Literary Festival Program' Kadek Krishna Adidharma Jakarta Post 1 Apr p15.
63.
`"News" from 30-Somethings' New Sunday Times 9 December p26 [review of Chua Kok Yee, Shih-Li Kow and Rumaizah Abu Bakar's News from Home [see Fiction: Malaysia].
64.
`On Becoming Good Women: A Study on the "Fragmented Self" in Malaysian Muslim Women's Writing in English' Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf Feminist Studies in English Literature 15(2) pp113-33.
65.
One Sky Many Horizons: Studies in Malaysian Literature in English Mohammad A. Quayum xi+342pp Marshall Cavendish (Shah Alam, Malaysia) RM49.90.
66.
`Playing Catch-Up: Recent Censorship of Culture and the Arts in Malaysia' Kathy Rowland focas 6 ed Lucy Davis [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional] pp352-363.
67.
`Poets Are Taking over the World ... or Klang Valley' Nisha Sabanayagam New Straits Times 23 Apr p10.
68.
`Translating Cultures: Between Hope and Despair' Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf Writing Asia ed Thumboo [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional] pp318-324 [discussion of the works of Syed Adam Aljafri, Che Husna Azhari and Karim Raslan].
69.
`2006 Singapore Censorship Report' Ng Yi-Sheng focas 6 ed Lucy Davis [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional] pp332-351.
70.
`Artists, Activists and the Death Penalty in Singapore' Seelan Palay focas 6 ed Lucy Davis [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional] pp242-253.
71.
`Arts Festival Makes a Splash' Canberra Times 8 July p24 [review of the 2007 Singapore Arts Festival].
72.
The Asian Modern: Culture, Capitalist Development, Singapore C.J.Wan-Ling Wee xiii+210pp NUS Press (Singapore) S $58.
73.
`Back from the "Dead"' Juliana June Rasul Today 25 June p30 [attempt to reinvent Singaporean horror fiction].
74.
`Be Mindful of the Affective Gap' Catherine Lim Straits Times 5 Apr [the novelist's views on the government's measurement of quality in monetary terms].
75.
`Captured - In Words' Ong Sor Fern Straits Times 1 July [the effect of enforced conscription on literary creativity].
76.
`Cash-Strapped Arts Mag Needs Help' Adeline Chia 15 February Straits Times [on the problems faced by the arts magazine FOCAS].
77.
`Cat's Entertainment: Feline Performance in the Lion City' Paul Rae TDR: The Drama Review 51(1) pp119-37 [on the use of feline and leonine imagery in Singapore culture and the arts].
78.
`Getting Out of the Cultural Desert' David Chew Today 15 January p34 [the celebration of two theatre companies' twentieth anniversary and the future of the arts in Singapore].
79.
`Hub, Spoke or Rim: Singapore Literature in the Asia-Pacific' Philip Jeyaretnam Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp164-169 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
80.
`I-Publish, Pte Ltd' David Chew Today 8 February p44 [self-publishing by Singapore writers].
81.
`Keeping Faith with Ithaca: Reflexive Mythopoeics in "Merlion Poems"' Colin Tan Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp275-281 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
82.
Making Visible the Invisible: Three Decades of the Singapore Arts Festival Venka Purushothaman 249pp National Arts Council (Singapore) S $26.17.
83.
`More Singaporean Stories Please' Chua Mui Hoong Straits Times 10 August [on the importance of non-fictional stories of Singapore's past].
84.
`The Network Within: Singapore's Artscommunity e-group' Alvin Tan, Mathieu O'Neil and Lucy Davis focas 6 ed Lucy Davis pp278-297 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
85.
`A New Epoch for Ethos' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 14 January [revival of Ethos Books, one of the major literary publishers in Singapore].
86.
`New Rule for Golden Point' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 4 May [Singapore's major short-story writing competition, Golden Point, is now restricted to unpublished writers].
87.
`The Next Stage' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 4 January [twentieth-anniversary celebration of the Necessary Stage, the most important mainly English-language theatre company in Singapore].
88.
`No Big Deal?' Mayo Martin Today 14 September p116 [discussion on the staging of three sex-themed English plays by Singaporean playwrights in three months].
89.
`Now Showing in Bookstores' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 15 April [the novelization of three Singaporean films].
90.
`Now You See It, Again' Huang Lijie Straits Times 11 July [the revival of the Singaporean online literary journal Quarterly Literary Review Singapore].
91.
`Of Bibiks, Baba Black Sheep, and Victorian Walrus Moustaches: Minority History and Self-Irony in Singaporean Fiction' Tamara Silvia Wagner Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp291-299 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
92.
`A Pandora's Box in Singapore' Martha Ann Overland Chronicle of Higher Education 22 June 53(42) p38 [problems of creativity and freedom in Singapore].
93.
`A Personal Reflection on SOIL: Migrant Voices and Drama Box's Forum Theatre Initiative with Migrant Workers in Public Spaces in Singapore' Sha Najak and Prashant Somosundram focas 6 ed Lucy Davis [see Criticism: General Studies: Regional].
94.
`Play It Again, and Again, and Again' Adeline Chia Straits Times 12 Apr [on the spate of theatrical revivals at the beginning of the year].
95.
`Singapore Arts Festival: Building a Cultural Image' Kurniawan Hari Jakarta Post 3 June p9.
96.
`Singapore: History, Ethnicity, Literature' María C. Brito Vera Insights and Bearings: Festschrift for Dr. Juan Sebastián Amador, Manuel Brito et al. 389pp Universidad de La Laguna (Tenerife) pp157-65.
97.
`So What Makes Singapore Lit?' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 13 September [on the plan to edit a Singapore literary anthology by three academics].
98.
`Text, Subtext and Context: Layers of Meaning in Singaporean Poetry' Aaron Maniam Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp170-181 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
99.
`TNS: Staying the Course and Proving Its Worth' Parvathi Nayar Business Times 26 Jan [on the twentieth anniversary of the theatre company, The Necessary Stage].
100.
`Turning Poetry into Music' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 8 March [poetry reading by Singapore poets, followed by a computer-generated rendering of their reading].
101.
`Two Renaissances: Singapore's New Poetry and Its Discontents' Gwee Li Sui Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp199-213 [see Criticism: General Studies: Regional].
102.
`Voices of Singapore' Nazry Bahrawi Today 17 September p26 [on the plan to edit a Singapore literary anthology].
103.
`Where are the Women?' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 8 Apr [on the apparent decline in the number of women writers of literary works in Singapore].
104.
`Write of Passage' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 6 May [on foreign-born writers in Singapore].
105.
Adibah Amin `Adibah Amin: An Appreciation' Eric C. Forbes eric forbes's book addict's guide to good books 27 January <http://goodbooksguide. blogspot.com/2007/03/adibah-amin-as-i-was-passing-vols -i-ii.html> [blog].
106.
---`Decades Pass but a Ruby Still Glows' Amir Muhammad New Straits Times 26 July p16.
107.
---`Living Colours of Malaysian Life' Jessica Rajandran New Straits Times 17 February p59 [review of This End of the Rainbow see Journal of Commonwealth Literature 42(4) p116].
108.
Alina Rastam `Impressive Debut' Sharon Bakar The Star Online <http:// thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2007/7/27/lifebookshelf/ 18392102&sec= >.
109.
---`Try It On For Size - Diver & Other Poems' Aphrodite Notes from Venus <http://www.notesfromvenus.com/blog/?author=154> [blog].
110.
Awang Goneng `Former Bernama Journalist Launches Book in Singapore' Bernama News Agency 7 Dec.
111.
Aw, Tash `The Harmony Silk Factory by Tash Aw' Kate Saunders Time (London) 3 May.
112.
---`I Was Caned for not Bringing my Book' Suzieana Uda Nagu New Sunday Times 13 May p15.
113.
---`A Tale to Tell' Suzieana Uda Nagu New Sunday Times 29 Apr p2.
114.
Che Husna Azhari `Che Husna Azhari (1955-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp235-258 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
115.
---`Translating Cultures' [see Criticism: General Studies, Malaysia]. Choong, Tinling `Asian Fiction' Tim Cribb South China Morning Post 28 Jan p6.
116.
Chuah Guat Eng `Chuah Guat Eng (1943-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp141-153 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
117.
Dina Zaman `Dina Zaman (1969-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp293-305 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
118.
---`A Trio of Malaysian Musings' Rehman Rashid New Straits Times 21 September p18 [review of Dina's I Am Muslim, see Non-Fiction: Malaysia, and Kam Raslan's Confessions of an Old Boy, see Fiction: Malaysia].
119.
Fernando, Lloyd "Between Worlds: Charting the Singapore National Identity in Lloyd Frenando's Scorpion Orchid' Mohammad Quayum One Sky Many Horizons pp132-150 [see Criticism: General Studies, Malaysia].
120.
---`"My Country"/"Our Country": Race Dynamics and Contesting Nationalisms in Lloyd Fernando's Green Is the Colour and Shirley Geok-lin Lim's Joss and Gold Mohammad A. Quayum Crossroads 18(2) pp65-89.
121.
Huzir Suleiman `Introducing Malaysia' Precocious Playwright in English: An Interview with Huzir Suleiman' Mohammad Quayum One Sky Many Horizons pp309-327 [see Criticism: General Studies, Malaysia].
122.
---`Mirror Play' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 9 June [review of the performance of Huzir's play, Cogito].
123.
---`A Question of Identity' Parvathi Nayar Business Times 9 June [review of Cogito].
124.
---`Seeing Double' Adeline Chia Straits Times 31 May [preview of Cogito].
125.
---`Singapore 20 Years Hence!' Business Times 6 June [preview of Cogito].
126.
Jit, Krishen `Icon, Guru, Beloved Friend: A Tribute to Krishen Jit' Kathy Rowland focas 6 ed Lucy Davis pp379-385 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
127.
---` Theatre of Krishen Jit: The Politics of Staging Difference in Multicultural Malaysia' Charlene Rajendran and C. J. W.-L. Wee TDR: The Drama Review 51(2) pp11-23.
128.
Kam Raslan see Dina Zaman, this section.
129.
Kee Thuan Chye `Kee Thuan Chye (1954-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp221-234 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
130.
---`Self as Hybrid Contestation' [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
131.
Kugan, Jerome `Jerome Kugan,A Poet with a Laptop and a Guitar' Paul F. Agusta The Jakarta Post 22 Sept p21.
132.
Lee, Ann `Malaysian Play Dissects Politics of Imprisonment' Paul F. Agusta The Jakarta Post 6 Dece p23 [review of the performance of Lee's play Tarap Man]
133.
Lee Su Kim `Superficial Differences' Rachael Philip New Sunday Times 18 Nov p2 [interview with Lee on her book A Nyonya in Texas, see Non-Fiction: Malaysia].
134.
Lee, Yvonne `Honk! If You Are a Housewife' Su Aziz New Straits Times 5 May p2 [interviews with Lee, on her book The Sky Is Crazy (2005) and with Lydia Teh, on her book Honk! If You're Malaysian, see Non-Fiction: Malaysia].
135.
Leow Puay Tin `The Storyteller's Stage' Vimala Seneviratne New Sunday Times 7 Oct p16 [interview].
136.
Lim, Shirley Geok-lin `The Maternal Imagination in the Poetry of Shirley Lim' Andrew Ng Women: A Cultural Review 18(2) pp162-81.
137.
---`Monolingual Exile: Language, Autobiography and Exteriority in Shirley Lim' Joanne Leow Quarterly Literary Review Singapore 6(2) < www.qlrs.com/essay.asp?id=581 >.
138.
---`Shirley Geok-lin Lim (1944-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp155-172 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
139.
---`"My Country"/"Our Country"' [see Criticism: General Studies, Malaysia].
140.
Louis, Marie Gerrina `Marie Gerrina Louis (1964-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp259-272 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
141.
Maniam, K. S. `Cartographies of Dis-location: K. S. Maniam and the Indian Diaspora' Vijay Devadas Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp325-340 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
142.
Moses, Balan `Chronicle of Halcyon Days' Rehman Rashid New Straits Times 20 Jan p56 [background to Moses' Brickfields, see Non-Fiction: Malaysia].
143.
---`On Brickfields, with Love' Sam Cheong New Straits Times 15 Jan p68 [interview with Moses on Brickfields].
144.
---`Orphanage to Benefit from Sale of Book by Journalist' Bernama News Agency 16 Jan.
145.
Muhammad Haji Salleh `Muhammad Haji Salleh (1942-) Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp123-139 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
146.
Salleh ben Joned `Poetic Ammo' Sheila Rahman New Sunday Times 1 July p22 [interview].
147.
---`Writer as an Iconoclast: An Interview with Salleh Ben Joned' Mohammad Quayum One Sky Many Horizons pp261-267 [see Criticism: General Studies, Malaysia].
148.
Tan Twan Eng `Gifted Tan in Booker Longlist' Haliza Hashim-Doyle Weekend Mail 18 Aug p19.
149.
---`Insights Balanced by Melodrama and Cliché' Nigel Krauth The Australian [5 - All-Round Review section] 22 December p10 [review of Gift of Rain (henceforth, GR)].
150.
---`A Refreshing and Readable Debut Effort' Cheah Ui-Hoon Business Times 6 April [GR review].
151.
---` Richly Rewarding World War 2 Drama' Lesley Byram Cape Times 17 August p10 [GR review].
152.
---`The Student of Aikido' Su Lin Lewis Times Literary Supplement 22 June p19 [GR review].
153.
---`Torn between Worlds' Rick Sullivan The Advertiser 27 October p19 [GR review].
154.
---`Why a Novel about the Colonial Past Can Be Hard to Get into Print' Sonia Kolesnikov-Jessop South China Morning Post 6 May p7 [interview].
155.
---`Writing Comes Easily to Him' Cheah Ui-Hoon Business Times 6 Apr [interview].
156.
Teh, Lydia `Enterprising Writers - Buzz Your Books to Success' Yang-May Ooi FusionView <http://www.fusionview.co.uk/2007/07/enterprising-writers-buzz-your-books-to-success-by-lydia-teh/> [blog].
157.
---`Three Decades and Still Loving It' Su Aziz New Straits Times 2 May p2 [interview].
158.
---Lee, Yvonne, see this section.
159.
Wong Phui Nam `Getting to Speak without a Language' Wong Phui Nam Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp33-45 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
160.
---` Poetic Trial on Stage' Gan Teik Chee New Sunday Times 4 Feb p18 [review of a performance of Wong's verse drama, Anike].
161.
---`Sparkling Glass' Shirley Geok-lin Lim Quarterly Literary Review Singapore 6(2) <http: //www.qlrs.com/essay.asp?id=580> [review of Wong's collected poems (2006)].
162.
---`Wong Phui Nam (1935-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp71-94 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
163.
Yahp, Beth `Same Just Different' Loke Poh Lin New Straits Times 21 April p8 [dramatization of a short story by Yahp].
164.
Alfian Sa'at `Alfian's Last Boot Camp' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 28 June [on Alfian's Happy Endings (henceforth HE), the final instalment of his dramatic trilogy Asian Boys, and related matters].
165.
---`Being Sad to Be Happy' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 16 July [review of performance of HE]
166.
---`Happy to End It' Mayo Martin Today 10 July p36 [preview of HE].
167.
---`Making Visible What Is Invisible' Amanda De Guzman Business Times 6 July [preview of HE].
168.
---`Playwright's Relief Teaching Application Rejected' Derrick A Paulo Today 12 June p8 [speculations on the rejection of his relief teaching application, including the suspicion that it was due to his anti-establishment plays].
169.
---`Poet Rejected as Relief Teacher' Adeline Chia Straits Times 12 June [further speculations on the rejection].
170.
---`Poet Sends "Civil" E-Mail Apology So NMP Drops Plan to Sue Him' Li Xueying Straits Times 1 Nov [Alfian's obscene email to a nominated member of parliament (NMP) and law professor, based on his belief that she was anti-gay].
171.
---`Police Question Poet over E-mail to NMP' Chong Chee Kin Straits Times 30 October [discovery that an obscene email written to an NMP was written by Alfian].
172.
---`Who Says Writing Is Like Clearing Your Nose?' Straits Times 4 March [interview].
173.
---`Will NMP Sue Poet for Defamation?' Leong Wee Keat Today 31 Oct p4 [the possible consequence of Alfian's obscene email to the NMP].
174.
Cheong, Colin `The Anxiety of Influences: Dis-Locating Authority, Culture and Identity in the Novels of Colin Cheong' Robbie B H Goh Journal of Commonwealth Literature 42(3) pp45-62.
175.
Cheong, Felix `Homegrown Writer Chases the Spectre of Terrorism' Juliana June Rasul Today 10 March p34.
176.
Chong Tze Chien `"Dreams" an Uneven Blend of Real and Surreal' Parvathi Nayar Business Times 15 June [review of performance of Chong's Wong Kar Wai Dreams (henceforth WKWD)].
177.
---`Empty Dreams' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 15 June [WKWD review].
178.
---` Fodder for the Stage' Subhadra Devan New Sunday Times 27 May p18 [preview of WKWD and interview].
179.
---`Such Stuff as Dreams Are Made Of' Parvathi Nayar Business Times 12 June [preview of WKWD and interview].
180.
---`Theme for a Dream' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 5 June [preview of WKWD and interview].
181.
---`Write and Relax' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 31 Aug [on his play Real Men, Fake Orgasms].
182.
Chua, Jocelyn `Her Own Notes on a Scandal' David Chew Today 16 March p62 [Chua reveals that her play about a student-teacher relationship, A Brief Affair with Infinity, is drawn from personal experience].
183.
---`Self-Indulgent Affair' Ng Yi-Sheng Straits Times 29 March [review of performance of A Brief Affair with Infinity].
184.
Elangovan `Staging a Mutiny' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 17 Aug [preview of his play, Transportation].
185.
Goh Poh Seng `He's Back, after 21 Years' Christie Loh Today 8 Dec p4 [interview on his self-exile in Canada].
186.
---`A Pioneer Returns Home' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 18 Nov [telephone interview with Goh, before his return to Singapore, after an absence of 21 years].
187.
---`Singapore Still Has a Place in His Heart' Tan Yi Hui Straits Times 3 Dec [on Goh's return to Singapore after 21 years].
188.
---`A Visionary Looks Back' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 16 Dec [views Goh as a man ahead of his time].
189.
Goh Sin Tub `Staying Wired' Loh Keng Fatt Straits Times 20 December [views Goh's collection of personal stories, Walk like a Dragon (2004), as an inspirational book].
190.
Jeyaretnam, Philip `Philip Jeyaretnam (1964-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp273-282 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
191.
Kaur, Balli `Teacher Wins British Writing Fellowship' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 10 September [Kaur won the David T.K. Wong Fellowship at the University of East Anglia].
192.
Kuo Pao Kun `Comic Turn to Death' Max Koh New Sunday Times 4 March p17 [staging of Kuo's The Coffin is Too Big for the Hole in Malaysia].
193.
Lau Siew Mei `Lau Siew Mei (1968-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp283-292 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
194.
Lee, Aaron `Artists in Step' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 10 June [some background information on Lee].
195.
---`Hot off the Press' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 10 June [review of Lee's Five Right Angles, see Poetry: Singapore].
196.
Lee, Johan S. `A 15-Year Journey in Words' Ken Kwek Straits Times 27 July [dramatization of Lee's novel Peculiar Chris (1992)].
197.
Lee, Madeleine `Poetic Love' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 11 Dec [review of theatre y grec, a theatrical production inspired by Eleanor Wong and Lee's collection of poems, y grec (see Journal of Commonwealth Literature 41(4) p127)].
198.
---`Poetry in Motion' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 30 November [preview of theatre y grec].
199.
Leong Liew Geok `Leong Liew Geok (1947-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp173-186 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
200.
Lim, Catherine `Catherine Lim (1942-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp107-121 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
201.
---`Climate of Fear May Lead to Singapore Decline' Daryl Loo Reuters News 14 December [interview on Singapore's politics].
202.
Lim, Jonathan `Chestnuts Still Roasting' Clara Chow Straits Times 4 January [preview of the tenth instalment of Lim's satirical theatrical series Chestnuts, entitled Forbidden Chestnuts - Portrait of a Brokeback Geisha].
203.
---` Claw Culture' Today 10 Jan p28 [interview with Lim on Chestnuts, and related matters].
204.
---`Singaporeans Poke Fun at Themselves in Satire' Nauval Yazid Jakarta Post 21 Jan p16 [review of Forbidden Chestnuts].
205.
Lim, Suchen Christine `Hot off the Press' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 9 Sept [review of Lim's The Lies That Build a Marriage, see Fiction: Singapore].
206.
---`Suchen Christine Lim (1948-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp187-204 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
207.
---` What Lies Beneath' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 9 Sept [interview with Lim on Lies That Build a Marriage].
208.
Lo, Leona `Not Just a Woman' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 11 November [interview with Lo on her book From Leonard to Leona, see Non-Fiction: Singapore].
209.
---`Singapore Transsexual Battles Culture of Shame' Agence France Presse 10 September [interview].
210.
Lum, Lucy `Magic of Childhood Outlived a Tyrant's Rule' Eithne Farry Daily Mail 6 April p70 [review of Lum's memoir, Thorn of Lion City, see Non-Fiction: Singapore].
211.
Modder, Ralph `A Time of "Tuans" and "Mems"' Fong Leong Ming New Straits Times 20 January p57 [review of The Red Cheong-Sam, see Journal of Commonwealth Literature 42(4) p116].
212.
Mosbergen, Rudy `World War II through the Eyes of a Teenager' Chua Mui Hoong Straits Times 13 August [review of and background to In the Grip of a Crisis, see Non-Fiction: Singapore].
213.
Ng Yi-Sheng `Analysing Annabel' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 5 Apr [preview of Ng's play 251, based on the life of Singaporean pornographic actress Annabel Chong].
214.
---`Homegrown Musical with Great Potential' Charmian Kok Business Times 11 June [review of Georgette the Musical (henceforth GM), a musical on the earlier life of Singaporean artist, Georgette Chen, before she went to permanently settle in Singapore]
215.
---`An Overly Simplistic Portrayal of Annabel' Geoffrey Eu Business Times 13 April [review of 251].
216.
---` Portrait of an Artist as a Young Woman' Juliana June Rasul Today 8 June p56 [preview of GM].
217.
---`Song for Georgette' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 6 June [preview of GM].
218.
---`This Georgette is Witty' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 12 June [review of GM].
219.
Ong Keng Sen `A Little Notorious' Straits Times 31 Dec [interview with Ong on his travels around the world during the year, going through airports, etc.].
220.
O Thiam Chin `O, He's Published' Trisha Suresh Straits Times 5 Aug [on the difficulties of publishing his collection of short stories, Free-Falling Man (2006)]
221.
Seah, Jasmine `Labour of Light' June Cheong Straits Times 5 April [review of Light Is like Water, see Poetry: Singapore]
222.
Sharma, Haresh `Always Look on the Bright Side of Death' Mayo Martin Today 26 October p68 [preview of the staging of his play, Good People].
223.
---`First S'pore Play Adapted into Textbook Gets Restaged at Esplanade' Channel NewsAsia 20 May [restaging of Off-Centre, which has been selected as an O-level text].
224.
---`Haresh Sharma Comes under Study' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 9 Aug [review of Haresh Sharma by Birch; see the entry below].
225.
---Haresh Sharma: The Cultural Politics of Playwriting in Contemporary Singapore (Vol. 6 of Interlogue: Studies in Singapore literature) David Birch 284pp Ethos Books (Singapore) S $22.80.
226.
---`It's All in the Mind' David Chew Today 26 Apr p50 [preview of restaging of Off Centre].
227.
---`The Necessary Playwright' Michelle Tay Straits Times 5 Nov [interview].
228.
---`Off Centre Is Right On' Adeline Chia Straits Times 15 May [review of Off Centre].
229.
---`Playing up Differences' Adeline Chia 6 November Straits Times [review of the performance of his play Good People].
230.
---`Real People, Real Issues' Sangeetha Madhavan Business Times 9 Nov [review of Good People].
231.
---`Separation Anxiety' Adeline Chia Straits Times 5 Apr [commissioning of the play Eclipse, on the India-Pakistan separation, by the Scottish theatre company, 7:84].
232.
---`Study Guide for Local Play' Adeline Chia Straits Times 3 May [writing of a study guide for Off Centre].
233.
---`The World ... His Stage' Judith Tan Straits Times 7 Feb [interview].
234.
Sim, Desmond `Love Letter for Grandma' Adeline Chia Straits Times 8 Nov [preview of premiere of Sim's one-woman play, Postcards From Rosa].
235.
---`Postcards of a Familiar Life' Parvathi Nayar Business Times 23 Nov [review of the premiere of Postcards From Rosa].
236.
Singh, Kirpal `Kirpal Singh (1949-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp205-220 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
237.
---`Self As Hybrid Contestation' [see Criticism, General Studies: Regional].
238.
Tan Mei Ching `Magical Mystery Tours' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 21 Jan [interview].
239.
Tay, Jean `Acclaimed Play Set for a Second Run' Clara Chow Straits Times 11 Jan [restaging of Tay's play Everything but the Brain].
240.
---` Elegant with Poetic Touches' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 23 January [review of performance of Everything but the Brain].
241.
---` The Supremacy - And Cruelty - of Time' Parvathi Nayar Business Times 26 January [review of Everything but the Brain].
242.
Thumboo, Edwin `The Critic-Poet Edwin Thumboo and His Refiguring of "Post-Colonial Creativity"' Thiru Kandiah Writing Asia ed Thumboo [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
243.
---`Edwin Thumboo (1933-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp29-69 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
244.
---`A Linguist Reading "Poet Reading"' Jonathan James Webster Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp238-254 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
245.
---`Native Voices: Comparing the Singapore Poetry of Edwin Thumboo with the Poetry of Native American Indians' Carlotta Abrams Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp269-274 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
246.
---`The Representation of Nation and Nationalism in Edwin Thumboo's Poetry: Can Poetry Be Political?' Robert Imre and Sunil Govinnage Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp255-268 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
247.
---`Re-privileging Asian Concepts of Cultural Criticism: Reflections on Edwin Thumboo's Poetry' Wimal Dissanayake Writing Asia ed Thumboo pp214-226 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
248.
Wong, Cyril `A Fairy Tale Goes to Press' Stephanie Yap Straits Times 17 May [on Wong's first fictional publication, The Boy with the Flower, see Fiction: Singapore].
249.
---`Merlion Heart' Ishaan Tharoor Time International (Asia) 170(23) 10 Dec [feature on Wong].
250.
---`Poets on the Brink of Asia' Jaya Savige The Australian 3 October p22 [review of recent poetry books by Australian writers, including Excess Baggage and Claim, which Wong co-wrote with the Australian poet Terry Jaensch].
251.
Wong, Eleanor `Cracking the JBJ Code' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 27 Sept [review of the restaging of Wong's play on the opposition politician, J. B. Jeyaretnam].
252.
---Lee, Madeleine, see `Poetic Love' and `Poetry in Motion', this section.
253.
Yeo, Robert `Robert Yeo (1940-)' Mohammad A. Quayum Peninsular Muse pp95-106 [see Criticism: General Studies, Regional].
254.
Yew, Chay `Bergen Theater Probes the Criminal Mind' Peter Filichia The Star-Ledger 2 May p41 [review of performance of Yew's Porcelain].
255.
---`In Probing "Red," Political Ties May Prove Thicker than Blood' Geoff Gehman, The Morning Call 17 April [review of performance of Yew's Red].
256.
---`"Language" of Identity, Love' Eric Marchese The Orange County Register 13 Apr [review of performance of Yew's Language of Their Own].
257.
Yu, Ovidia `Hitting on a Raw Nerve' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 16 Aug [review of performance of Yu's Hitting (on) Women].
258.
---`The Play That Won't Quit' Hong Xinyi Straits Times 9 Aug [preview of Hitting (on) Women].
259.
---`Unravelling the Ties That Bind a Relationship' Cheah Ui-Hoon Business Times 17 Aug [review of Hitting (on) Women].
260.
Awang Goneng Growing up in Trengganu 336pp Monsoon Books (Singapore) S $23.50.
261.
Dina Zaman I Am Muslim 240pp Silverfish Books (Kuala Lumpur) RM30.
262.
Lee Su Kim A Nyonya in Texas: Insights of a Straits Chinese Woman in the Lone Star State xii+186pp Marshall Cavendish (Shah Alam, Malaysia) RM29.90
263.
Moses, Balan Brickfields: A Place,A Time,A Memory 207pp BN Communications (Kuala Lumpur) RM30.
264.
Teh, Lydia Honk! If You're Malaysian xx+286pp MPH Group Publishing (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) RM29.90.
265.
Zhang Su Li A Backpack and a Bit of Luck: Stories of a Traveller with No Sense of Direction 272 pp Marshall Cavendish (Shah Alam, Malaysia) S $14.95.
266.
Khoo Swee Chiow Singapore to Beijing on a Bike 208pp Angsana Books (Singapore) S $15.95.
267.
Lo, Leona From Leonard to Leona: A Singapore Transsexual's Journey to Womanhood 124pp Select Books (Singapore) S $18.60.
268.
Lum, Lucy The Thorn of Lion City: A Memoir 231pp Fourth Estate (London) £14.99.
269.
Mosbergen, Rudy In the Grip of a Crisis: The Experiences of a Teenager during the Japanese Occupation of Singapore, 1942-45 278pp self-pub S $18.60.
270.
Tan Mei Ching Towards the Blue: Adventures of a City Wimp 348pp Ethos Books (Singapore) S $23.90.