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{Written by Angus Whitehead, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Jennifer Anne Champion, Caterwaul, Math Paper Press, 2016. 71 pgs. In the back-cover blurb of this collection, Jennifer…
![[Review] “Pain and Desire: Jennifer Anne Champion’s 𝐶𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑎𝑢𝑙” by Angus Whitehead](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/jennifer-anne-champion.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Paul Jerusalem, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Ng Yi-Sheng, A Book of Hims, Math Paper Press, 2017. 87 pgs. When 2008 Singapore Literature Prize winner…
![[REVIEW] Preaching to the Queer: Ng Yi-Sheng’s A Book of Hims](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/a-book-of-hims-white11.jpg?w=811)
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{Written by Ann Ang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Sharlene Teo, Ponti, Picador, 2018. 304 pages. Three women. The heady atmosphere of an all-girls school, redolent of…
![[Review] An Elegy for Female Friendship: Sharlene Teo’s Ponti](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/sharlene-teo_ponti1.jpg?w=400)
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{Written by Theophilus Kwek, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} ❀ Kirstin Chen, Bury What We Cannot Take, Little A, 2018. 275 pgs. ❀ Suchen Christine Lim, The Man Who…
![[REVIEW] Stories for the Unseen: Kirstin Chen’s Bury What We Cannot Take and Suchen Christine Lim’s The Man Who Wore His Wife’s Sarong](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/stories-of-the-unseen.jpg?w=1024)
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UPDATED on Tuesday 19 March 2019: Due to unforeseen circumstance, Goldfish Press is unable to publish the “Engagement” anthology with Cha and hereby gives thanks and apologises to all who have submitted work. We are excited to announce a poetry…
![[Call for Submissions] A Joint Anthology by Goldfish Press and Cha](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/happ-1.jpg?w=1024)
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{Written by Ng Yi-Sheng, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} ❀ Kevin Martens Wong, Altered Straits, Epigram Books, 2017. 384 pgs. ❀ JY Yang, The Black Tides of Heaven, Tor.com,…
![[REVIEW] “The Rise of Queer Singaporean Sci-Fi: Kevin Martens Wong’s 𝐴𝑙𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑆𝑡𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑡𝑠 and JY Yang’s 𝑇𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑜𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 Series” by Ng Yi-Sheng](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/ng-yi-sheng_cha-review.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Angus Whitehead, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Samuel Lee, A Field Guide to Supermarkets in Singapore, Math Paper Press, 2016. 61 pgs. Recent Singapore poetry…
![[REVIEW] “Quirky Poems of Considerable Depth: A Review of Samuel Lee’s 𝐴 𝐹𝑖𝑒𝑙𝑑 𝐺𝑢𝑖𝑑𝑒 𝑡𝑜 𝑆𝑢𝑝𝑒𝑟𝑚𝑎𝑟𝑘𝑒𝑡𝑠 𝑖𝑛 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑎𝑝𝑜𝑟𝑒” by Angus Whitehead](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/7b60e333243381-56a5ead0b252a.png?w=1024)
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{Written by Patrick Jiang, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Gwee Li Sui, Spiaking Singlish: A Companion to How Singaporeans Communicate, Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2017. 200 pgs. As it…
![[REVIEW] “The Joys of Spiaking Singlish: Or, Rather, Reading It: Gwee Li Sui’s 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑖𝑛𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑠ℎ” by Patrick Jiang](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/krsea-spiaking-singlish-a-companion-to-how-singaporeans-communicate-678x381.jpg?w=678)
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{Written by Nina Powles, this review is part of Issue 41 (September 2018) of Cha.} {Return to Cha Review of Books and Films.} Grace Chia, Mother of All Questions, Math Paper Press, 2017. 89 pgs. I am not your creation. I…
![[REVIEW] “I Am Not Your Creation: Grace Chia’s 𝑀𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟 𝑜𝑓 𝐴𝑙𝑙 𝑄𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛𝑠” by Nina Powles](https://chajournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/mother-of-all-questions.jpg?w=480)
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As a part of the Cha Writing Workshop Series, I visited Valtorta College in Tai Po on Friday 6 July 2018 to speak to a group of 16 Form-5 students about spoken word poetry, and afterwards held a workshop on…
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