Recommended Reading
Available at the Piper Writers House
Lloyd Fernando
Scorpion Orchid (fiction)
Boey Kim Cheng
After the Fire (poetry)
Suchen Christine Lim
Fistful of Colours (nonfiction)
Poetry
Arthur Yap
The Space of City Trees
Edwin Thumboo
A Third Map: Selected Poems
Alvin Pang
Testing the Silence
City of Rain
Alving Pang, ed.
No Other City: The Ethos Anthology of Urban Poetry
Alfian Sa'st
One Fierce Hour
A History of Amnesia
Cyril Wong
The End of His Orbit
Laksmi Pamuntjak
Ellipsis
The Anagram
Fiction
Daren Schiau
Heartland (a novel)
All of these books won or were recognized as commendable by the Singapore Literature Prize committee (with the exception of Thumboo and Yap). These recommendations take into account balance of fiction and poetry, gender of author, language (all are in English) and availability.
The Bondmaid: Catherine Lim (Fiction)
The Space of Trees: Arthur Yap (Poetry)
Mammon Inc.: Hwee Hwee Tan (Fiction)
Driving Into Rain: Paul Kim Liang Tan (Poetry)
Wives, Lovers, and Other Women: David Leo (Fiction)
Tangerine: Colin Cheong (Fiction)
From the Belly of the Carp: Singapore River Voices (Poetry)
Fistful of Colours: Su-Chen Christine Lim (Fiction)
The Seed from the Tree: Rosemary Lim (Fiction)
A Third Map: New and Selected Poems: Edwin Thumboo (Poetry)
