Wednesday, July 9th, 7.00 – 8.30 pm
Book Bar, 57 Duxton Road, Singapore
Free but Limited to 10 Places
Applicants must be at least 15 years old
Application Deadline June 30, 2025

Workshop Description
How does one begin writing a poem? How does one choose between different possible beginnings? How does the beginning relate to the middle and the ending? This 90-minute writing workshop explores various answers to these questions. We will read several contemporary poems to learn from them and write a poem of our own. The workshop is free and open to all beginning poets and those who still consider themselves beginners.

Jee Leong Koh is the author of Steep Tea (Carcanet), named a Best Book of the Year by UK's Financial Times. His hybrid work of fiction Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an insignificant Japanese poet won the Singapore Literature Prize in English fiction. Originally from Singapore, Koh lives in New York City, where he heads the literary non-profit Singapore Unbound and the literary press Gaudy Boy. He is also the Poetry Editor of The Evergreen Review.

Apply to Jee at jkoh@singaporeunbound.org with a paragraph explaining your interest in writing poetry and in this workshop.