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 Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

 Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

 Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

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 David Wong & Prabu Daveraj & Others

David Wong & Prabu Daveraj & Others

 Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

 Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

Eric Valles & Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

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Desmond & Eric at Books Actually

May 07, 2015 in Singapore, Writing

On 20 March at Books Actually, Eric Valles and Desmond Kon talked about the craft of writing, their literary journeys and their poetry and prose. Both poets have been journalists and have strong theological interests that shines through in their work.

Desmond spoke about his novel, Singular Acts of Endearment (Squirrel Line Press), which recently won an award at the Beverly Hills International Book Award. 

I really enjoy the rich, intricate, ambitious depths of Desmond’s fiction and poetry. I first met Desmond in 2010 at an NUS reading where he read some Haikus and I read my short story We Rose Up Slowly. Recently we caught the wrong bus from Speakeasy and I left him, late in the evening, stranded near a building site on the other side of One Raffles Quay.

Eric talked about his poetry collection After the Fall: Dirges among Ruins (Ethos Books). He read a wonderful poem about the restoration of a mural in Changi prison.

It was a very warm and pleasant evening.

Tags: BooksActually, Desmond Kon, Eric Valles, poetry, Singapore, literature, SGLit, SGlitftw
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