Marylyn Tan

Balli Kaur Jaswal

Darryl Whetter

Paul Tan

Yong Shu Hoong

Ruth Tang

Daryl Qilin Yam

Will Beale

Ian Chung

Barrie Sherwood

Samuel Lee

Renee Ting

Ashley50

Cyril Wong

Pooja Nansi & Cyril Wong

Cyril Wong

Speakeasy #30 The Valentines Edition 2017

February 15, 2017 in Speakeasy

Original post here

Christine Chia

Yu-Mei Balasingamchow & Zhang Ruihe

J Y Yang

Rodrigo Dela Pena

Kirat Kaur

Jon Gresham - shot by Alvin Pang

Daryl Qilin Yam & Zhang Ruihe

Benzie Dio

Alvin Pang

In Transit Launch @ Books Actually

November 23, 2016

Pooja Nansi introduces Speakeasy #29

Tania De Rozario

Pooja Nansi introduces Alfian Sa'at

Alfian Sa'at

Pooja Nansi introduces Cyril Wong

Cyril Wong

Cyril Wong

Pooja Nansi

Prashant

Speakeasy #29 with Tania de Rozario, Alfian Sa'at & Cyril Wong

November 23, 2016

Raising the profile of Asian literature

Laksmi Pamuntjak, Linh Dinh & Desmond Kon

Eun Heekyung & Koh Jee Leong

Launch of Deeds of Light & The End Comes Reaching

Joshua Ip moderating David Wong & Tse Hao Guan

Kenny Leck & Joshua Ip plotting the downfall of nations

Kenny Leck & Joshua Ip

Kenny Leck & Sarah Tang aka Wednesday Addams

Hau Huang & David signing their debut poetry collections

Words over Water with Ghazali Muzak, Michael Cheng, Verena Tay & Dee Palanisamy

MIchael Cheng

Verena Tay

Michael Cheng

Verena Tay & her mother

Words over Water

Short does not mean easy

Stephanie Ye, Daren Shiau, Ken Liu & Philip Holden

Stephanie Ye, Daren Shiau, Ken Liu & Philip Holden

Anthology of Short Stories by NAC ITBM Yayasan Obor

It Never Rains on National Day

Jeremy Tiang, Desmond Kon & Joshua Ip

Verena Tay

Kenny Chan & Alvin Pang

Alvin Pang, co-editor of Union

UNION with Fong Hoe Fang, Alvin Pang & Ravi Shankar

Ravi Shankar & Chandran Nair

Andy Ang

Annaliza Bakri reads Mohamed Latiff Mohamed

Rafaat Haji Hamzah

Verena Tay

Ann Ang

Jason Erik Lundberg

Bashir Basalamah & his daughter

Jerrold Yam & Desmond Kon in conversation ... something about conceptual poetry (the prose writer's eyes glazed over)

Lontar Launch with Jason Erik Lundberg, Christina Sng, Daryl WJ Lim, Jerrold Yam, Desmond Kon

Singapore Writers Festival 2015 No 1

November 04, 2016

Jason Eric Lundberg, Gwee Li Sui, Laremy Lee & Richard Angus Whitehead discuss Big Mole

Jeremy Tiang, Yong Shu Hoong, Stephanie Ye & O Thiam Chin on Literary Reviews

Question from Zhang Ruihe

O Thiam Chin & Aaron Lee

Contemplating a career in politics perhaps?

Christian Bok Goes Interstellar

Among Us: Migrant Poets moderated by Alvin Pang

Among Us: Migrant Poets

Lamppost by Mohmir

Faizal Tehrani, Annaliza Bakri & Emelda Jumari

Amir Muhammad, Faizal Tehran & Kwok Kian Woon

Faizal Tehrani, Annaliza Bakri & Emelda Jumari

Yeow Kai Chai, Christian Bok & Desmond Kon on their 'weird' writing

Yeow Kai Chai, Christian Bok & Desmond Kon

The Closing Debate with Joshua Ip

Closing Debate with Hirzi Zulkiflie

Closing Debate with Shamini Flint

Closing Debate with Adrian Tan

Singapore Writers Festival 2015 No 2

November 04, 2016

Paul Muldoon & Robert Pinsky

Desmond Kon (& friends) launching three new books

Jason Eric Lundberg with Cyril Wong & Justin Ker. launching their new books

Ruihe Zhang, Joshua Ip, Cyril Wong & Gwee Li Sui on Love

Georges Szirtes with Alvin Pang

Barry Lopez, Robin Hemley & Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer & Robin Hemley

Geoff Dyer signing books

Marc Nair, Agaration of Empathy

Question from a former colleague of the then University of Singapore to Paul Theroux

Ben Slater & Paul Theroux

Singapore Writers Festival 2014

November 04, 2016

Fong Hoe Fang, Publisher, Ethos Books

Rajib Shil Jibon, Enamul Haque, Md Sharif

The High Commissioner of Bangladesh & Md Mukul

Hoe Fang, Md Mukul, Dr Tan Lai Yong

Hoe Fang, Publisher, Ethos Book

Me Migrant Launch at The Arts House

November 02, 2016

Christine Chia, Teng Qian Xi, Desmond Kon, Loh Guan Liang, Yong Jian Yi, Chairul Fahmy Hussaini & Yeow Kai Chai

Desmond Kon, Ann Ang & Deborah Emmanuel

Christine Chia, Loh Guan Liang & Ei-Leen Tan

Deborah Emmanuel, Yeow Kai Chai, Mhd Leoaidil

The Control Booth

Poets Under the Stars 2016

November 01, 2016

Gwee Li Sui

Lee Wei Ling, Cheong Yip Seng & others witness the launch

Goh Eck Kheng, Publisher, & Gwee Li Sui, Editor

Koh Buck Song

Muhammad Sharif Udin

Meira Chand

Marc Nair

Monir Ahmod, Goh Eck Kheng, Muhd Sharif Udin, Mahbuba Hasan Dipu

Written Country Launch at Kinokuniya

November 01, 2016

Launch of Sony Liew's The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye at Kinokuniya

Kenny Chan (Kinokuniya), Edmund Wee (Epigram Books) & Sonny Liew before the launch

Kenny Chan (Kinokuniya) & Sonny Liew

Sonny Liew launches The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye at Kinokuniya

Sonny Liew & The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Robert Yeo asks a question - who is Charlie Chan Hock Chye?

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye book launch at Kinokuniya

The crowd at the launch of The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye

Selling fast & sold out before the Q&A session had ended

The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye Launch at Kinokuniya

November 01, 2016

Deborah Emmanuel

Speakeasy #19 at Artistry

Deborah Emmanuel

Speakeasy #19 at Artistry

Deborah Emmanuel

Speakeasy #19 at Artistry

Deborah Emmanuel

Speakeasy #19 with Deborah Emmanuel

November 01, 2016

Kenny & Pico

Paul Tan

reading from his story The Cat Auntie of Lengkok Bahru included in From The Belly Of The Cat

Samantha Toh

with help from Kenny Leck, reading from her story The Jump included in From The Belly Of The Cat

Joshua Ip

with help from Pico in a box, reading from his story Robotz Attackz The Citeh included in From The Belly Of The Cat

Jollin Tan

reading her work from the anthology Body Boundaries

JY Yang

introduced by Alvin Pang, about to read from her work in the anthology Body Boundaries

Stephanie Dogfoot

reading her work from the anthology Body Boundaries

Amanda Lee Koe & Alfian Sa'at

… in the wake of their FB conversation, engage in a delightfully civilised discussion on Amanda's book, Ministry of Moral Panic, and Alfian's body of work.

Alvin Pang & Lemon

… in the Blofeld pose, ready to pose a really challenging question for Amanda Lee Koe & Alfian Sa'at

Alvin Pang asks Amanda & Alfian ...

… what don't you like in each other's work?

Amanda Lee Koe & Alfian Sa'at

Do not mention the void decks

Kenny, Lemon & Renee

Joshua Ip & Kenny Leck

Joshua about to ask a question

Kenny, Amanda & Alfian

Help yourself to coffee & Roti Prata

24 Hours at Books Actually

November 01, 2016

A Luxury We Cannot Afford - introduced by Joshua Ip

Pooja Nansi reading Christine Chia

Alfian Sa'at, The Government of the Self

Sandesh Sambhi, Rehearsal

Robert Yeo, The Eye of History

Ng Yi-Sheng, Snow White

Teh Su Ching, The Wrestler

Shawn Hoo, 02/10/10

Ann Ang - introducing the SingPoWriMo Anthology

Ian Chung

Charlene Shepherd

Kenneth Lim

Aliya Gilmore

Two Davids performing Darryl Lim

Joshua, Pooja & Ann taking questions ... & providing answers

Robert Yeo

A Luxury We Cannot Afford & Singpowrimo

November 01, 2016

Alvin Pang & Ng Yi Sheng

Victoria Lim

Joel Tan

Yeow Kai Chai

Alvin Pang & Ng Yi Sheng

Ng Yi Sheng

Jee Leong Koh

Philip Holden with the professorial bag

Philip Holden

Alvin Pang

Pooja Nansi

Divya Victor

Cyril Wong, Sheo Rai & Philip Holden

Desmond Kon

Rohini Ramanathan

Huzir Sulaiman

Kenny Leck & Renee Ting

Cyril Wong

Cyril Wong & Pooja Nansi

Kenny Leck & Renee Ting

Cyril Wong & Pooja Nansi

Pooja Nansi asking Jee Leong to read "Come on straight boy & make gay love with me"

Jee Leong watches as Pooja Nansi reads "Come on, gay boy and make straight love with me"

Speakeasy #18 Valentine's Edition

November 01, 2016

Paul Muldoon & Robert Pinsky

Desmond Kon (& friends) launching three new books

Jason Eric Lundberg with Cyril Wong & Justin Ker. launching their new books

Ruihe Zhang, Joshua Ip, Cyril Wong & Gwee Li Sui on Love

Georges Szirtes with Alvin Pang

Barry Lopez, Robin Hemley & Geoff Dyer

Geoff Dyer & Robin Hemley

Geoff Dyer signing books

Marc Nair, Agaration of Empathy

Question from a former colleague of the then University of Singapore to Paul Theroux

Ben Slater & Paul Theroux

Singapore Writers Festival 2014

November 01, 2016

Migrant Worker Poetry Competition 2015

Rolinda O Espanola, poet

Rolinda's poem, My Wish

Grimaldi Nora Rioflorido, poet

Mohan Khan, poet

Ratini, poet

Hou Wei, poet

Banglar poets

N Rangarajan, poet

Sandeep Kaur, poet

Pujiati, poet

Glory Ann R Balista, poet

Monir Ahmod (Shromik), poet

Guan Zhiqiang, poet

Amrakajona Zakir, poet

Migrant Worker Poetry Competition 2015

Sharasyamsi Yahya, poet

Rolinda O Espanola, poet

Zhang Haitao, poet

Banglar Kantha fashion show

Alvin Pang, one of the judges

AKM Mohsin, Alvin Pang, Amrakajona Zakir (1st Prize) & Shivaji Das

Migrant Worker Poetry 2015

November 01, 2016

Shivaji Das

AKM Mohsin, Editor in Chief, Banlar Kantha

Syedur Rahman Liton

Md Jahangir Islam

Wonderful music & dancing

Two of the judges: Alvin Pang & Kirpal Singh

Md Jahangir Alam (Babu) dancing

Zakir Hussain Khokon, First Prize Winner, Pocket 2

Rabil Shil Jibon , 2nd place, Shades of Light & Dark

N Rengarajan, 3rd place, Lessons from Circumstance

Migrant Worker Poetry 2014

November 01, 2016

Kenny Leck introducing Tash Aw at BooksActually

Tash Aw @BooksActually

November 01, 2016

Starry Island Launch, Kinokuniya, Singapore, August 2014

Starry Island Launch @Kinokuniya

November 01, 2016

Pooja Nansi introducing Speakeasy #17

A Bengali poet & Marc Nair

Pooja Nansi introduces Alvin Pang

Mhd Jahangir Alam & Tania De Rozario

Mohar Kahn & Jennifer Champion

Asit Kumar Bangali & Alvin Pang

A Bengali Poet & Jennifer Champion

Syedur Rahman Liton & Cyril Wong

Mhd Janhangir Islam

Speakeasy #17 Migrant Worker Poets

November 01, 2016