Category: Eddie Tay

  • – The June 2011 issue of Asiatic is now live and we are very glad to see Cha‘s Reviews Editor Eddie Tay featured prominently in the edition. His latest poetry collection Mental Life of Cities is reviewed by Phillip Holden [pdf] whilst…

  • – Re-reading Eddie’s poem “Whose Woods These Are”, I am reminded of what Umberto Eco says in Six Walks in the Fictional Woods:1 There are two ways of walking through a wood. The first is to try one or several…

  • – Poetry doesn’t get better than this! “Visiting and local poets read their own and others’ work in a sticky, noisy and unpredictable mix, ring-mistressed by Viki Holmes. Ticket price includes a $30 drinks voucher redeemable at the door.” Friday,…

  • Thursday, 10 March 2011 Around A Round Table 19:00 – 21:00 Fringe Club Festival Poetry displayed and devoured, for discussion, delectation and delight. Join Arvind Mehrotra, Susan Scarlata, LK Holt and Eddie Tay in conversation with Andy Barker.  General Ticket…

  • – Cha contributors Martin Alexander, Andy Barker, Viki Holmes, Wena Poon, Xu Xi, Louise Ho, Leung Ping-Kwan and our Reviews Editor Eddie Tay will be appearing in The Hong Kong International Literary Festival 2011 (8-18 March). More details can be found here.– Read Martin’s…

  • Eddie Tay, Reviews Editor of Cha, is interviewed by Sapling, a weekly newsletter about the world of independent publishing published by Black Lawrence Press. Each issue of Sapling is packed with useful information including a literary contest currently accepting submissions;…

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  • –From the Kubrick Poetry website: 時間 Time:2010/12/26 (Sun) 5:00pm-6:00pm 地點 Venue: 油麻地 Kubrick (next to Broadway Cinemathèque, 3 Public Square St.) 主持 Moderators:Polly Ho, Adam Cheung, Florence Ng, Wong Wai Yim 詩人來賓 Guest Poet:Eddie Tay Born in Singapore, Eddie Tay…

  • – – From the Hong Kong University Press website: Colony, Nation, and Globalisation: Not at Home in Singaporean and Malaysian Literature by Eddie Tay Description and Author The literature of Malaysia and Singapore, the multicultural epicenter of Asia, offers a rich…

  • – Henry W. Leung, reviewer for Lantern Review, has written a review of Eddie Tay’s latest collection of poetry The Mental Life of Cities. You can read the review here. Henry also wrote a review of the current edition of…

  • – Henry W. Leung, reviewer for Lantern Review, has written an extensive review of the current edition of Cha (Issue #12); the review is now available on the LR blog. Henry emphasises, among other things, the Asian-themed poetry (‘Most of the…

  • Venue: Fringe Club Date: 3 Nov 2010 (Wed) Time: 8pm Akin Jeje will MC – if you’d like to read in the open mic section, please email us at poetryoutloud@gmail.com About The Mental Life of Cities This collection is a meditation on…

  • We are very pleased to announce Cha‘s nominations for the Pushcart Prize 2011. The sixth nominee was selected based on readers’ voting through email and on this blog.  1) Eddie Tay, “Night Thoughts” Read an analysis of this poem. (Issue…

  • This post was originally posted on 22nd October, 2010.  click image to enlarge We are very pleased and proud to announce that our Reviews Editor Eddie Tay, who is also a professor teaching creative writing and poetry at the Chinese…

  • – DEADLINE: 15 December, 2010. Midnight, wherever you are. – Cha: An Asian Literary Journal is now calling for submissions for its February 2011 issue (Issue 13). Please send in (preferably Asian-themed) poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction, reviews, photography & art for consideration. Submission…

  • Each nominee will receive a handmade dragonfly card from Cha. The cards are made by a former contributor. – *Voting is now closed. Cha co-editors Tammy Ho & Jeff Zroback will nominate the following poems for the Pushcart Prize 2010. There…

  • Eddie Tay is the Reviews Editor of Cha and has previously contributed poetry (“Whose Woods These Are”) and reviews to the journal. In the September 2010 issue, we are very delighted to have the opportunity to feature four poems from…

  • Clockwise from the top left:Sarah Brennan, Adeline Foo, Margaret Lim and Emily Lim. In the September 2010 issue of Cha, we will be publishing essays by four children’s picture book authors: Sarah Brennan, Adeline Foo, Emily Lim and Margaret Lim.…

  • Come to Poetry OutLoud!!! First Wednesday of the Month at 8pm at Fringe Studio, Hong Kong Fringe Club Next session is on the 1st of September 2010 The MC is Eddie Tay If you would like to read, please contact…

  • The June 2010 issue of Asiatic is now live. Read Eddie Tay’s review of Writing Singapore: An Historical Anthology of Singapore Literature pdf, Agnes Lam’s review of Tumasik: Contemporary Writing from Singapore pdf (edited by Alvin Pang), and a review…

  • Please note that we are no longer accepting submissions for “The China Issue”. We are, however, accepting works for the Fourth Anniversary Issue. See here. [Read the Chinese versions here or download the English call PDF here.] Cha: An Asian Literary…

  • The current issue of Cha features a review of Todd Swift’s latest poetry collection, Seaway: New and Selected Poetry. One of the poems in the book, “Kanada Post”, offers this meditation on the expatriate experience. I remember some other life…

  • Cha contributors Lee Yew Leong, Eddie Tay, O Thiam Chin and Toh Hsien Min have creative works published in the July 2009 issue of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore. Read Lee Yew Leong’s poem “On a Scale of 1: ∞“, Eddie…

  • We are very glad to welcome Eddie Tay, Singapore-born Hong Kong-based poet and academic to join the editorial board of Cha: An Asian Literary Journal as our staff book reviewer. Eddie is author of two collections of poetry, Remnants and…

  • Cha‘s nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2009 print anthology are: -“Whose Woods These Are” (poetry) by Eddie Tay, issue#2 February 2008 -“Smashing Up the Grand Piano” (poetry) by Martin Alexander, issue#3 May 2008 -“Flowers are as…

  • Reid Mitchell, Mani Rao, and Eddie Tay have new works published in the latest issue of Asia Literary Review (September 2008). Read Reid Mitchell’s Cha profile.  Mani Rao’s poetry was published in issue #1 of Cha. Read Eddie Tay’s Cha…