A transnational literary organization based in New York City, Singapore Unbound envisions and works for a creative and fulfilling life for everyone through the arts and activism.

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Opinion: Remove the Residency Requirement for Overseas Voting

As Singapore headed to the polls on May 3, nearly a quarter million of its citizens were unable to vote, shut out by an outdated rule: the residency requirement for overseas voting.

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Our weekly newsletter brings you opinions and news about human rights, books, and community events.

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SUSPECT

Suspect Blog
The Final Flame: Extinction’s Edge
The Final Flame: Extinction’s Edge

‘The first clean air came quietly. Felt wrong, almost. Like walking into your house after a funeral.’ – A short story by Ian Mark Ganut. 

“Cave as Museum of Explosions” and Other Poems
“Cave as Museum of Explosions” and Other Poems

Is the immovable “nation/of know” opposed to or running on an unstoppable force? Three poems by Ryan Phung.

#YISHREADS December 2025
#YISHREADS December 2025

This Christmas season, Ng Yi-Sheng takes us to the Middle East.

My Book of the Year 2025
My Book of the Year 2025

This year, 25 writers and thinkers recommend their favourite reads from and about Asia.

"That Happened," and Other Poems
"That Happened," and Other Poems

“Blackouts bring us together.” Three poems on civil war by Maung Htike Aung.

The Breath (With)Drawn
The Breath (With)Drawn

Ashley Marilynne Wong reviews Ling Ling Huang’s Immaculate Conception.

Review of House of Caravans by Shilpi Suneja (USA: Milkweed, 2023)
Review of House of Caravans by Shilpi Suneja (USA: Milkweed, 2023)

Excerpt: Shyamasri Maji reviews Shilpi Suneja’s House of Caravans.

#YISHREADS November 2025
#YISHREADS November 2025

This November, Ng Yi-Sheng reviews five literary works that deal with the legacy of HIV. 

Waste
Waste

‘A stub, a shard—discarded by most, but enough to begin again.’—an essay by Shumin Tan.

“While" and Other Poems
“While" and Other Poems

With these three poems, Abuyuan-Llanes shows us the tender passing of time – while “being too young”, while kissing men in clubs, while on highways.

Relearning OTHELLO: Director’s Cut
Relearning OTHELLO: Director’s Cut

‘I miss you until I can’t breathe sometimes. It’s nothing new.’–an essay by C. Zhang.

The Invention of Silence
The Invention of Silence

What is it that “no one wants to explain”? Three poems that echo around the world by Sabyasachi Roy.

SUSPECT’s 2nd Flash Fiction Contest Results
SUSPECT’s 2nd Flash Fiction Contest Results

Read the winners on a grandmother’s wok, a Sunday service, and an unrepentant clockmaker.

That Great Absence
That Great Absence

“[Doubt] contains within it a seed of desire, for one can only want what one does not immediately possess.” SUSPECT editor-in-chief Sharmini Aphrodite reviews Jonathan Chan’s bright sorrow.

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Gaudy Boy

Gaudy Boy
Heaven Has Eyes
Heaven Has Eyes

by Philip Holden
ISBN: 978-1-958652-22-0
eISBN: 978-1-958652-23-7
$19 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5” / 288
Gaudy Boy, January 2026
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The Unrepentant
The Unrepentant

by Sharmini Aphrodite
ISBN: 978-1-958652-20-6
eISBN: 978-1-958652-21-3
$19 / Paperback / 5.5" x 8.5" / 196 pages
November 2025
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Fablemaker
Fablemaker

by Mandy Moe Pwint Tu
978-1-958652-18-3
$16.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9” / 122 pages
Gaudy Boy, September 2025
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Eke: Poems
Eke: Poems

by Wahidah Tambee
ISBN: 978-1-958652-17-6
$16.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9” / 106 pages
Gaudy Boy, July 2025
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Memorial Club
Memorial Club

by Mozid Mahmud
ISBN: 978-1-958652-16-9
eISBN: 978-1-958652-15-2
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5” / 138 pages
Gaudy Boy, January 2025
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The Way You Want to Be Loved
The Way You Want to Be Loved

by Aruni Kashyap
ISBN: 978-1-958652-08-4
eISBN: 978-1-958652-09-1
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 256 pages
Gaudy Boy, October 2024
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Interrogation Records
Interrogation Records

by Jeddie Sophronius
ISBN: 978-1-958652-07-7
$16.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 120 pages
Gaudy Boy, April 2024
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Lovelier, Lonelier

by Daryl Qilin Yam
ISBN: 978-1-958652-04-6
eISBN: 978-1-958652-05-3
$24.00 / Paperback / 6” x 9" / 424 pages
Gaudy Boy, February 2024
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Bengal Hound
Bengal Hound

by Rahad Abir
9781958652022
$19.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 228 pages
Gaudy Boy, October 1, 2023
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Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight
Waking Up to the Pattern Left by a Snail Overnight

by Jim Pascual Agustin
978-1-958652-00-8
$16.00 / Paperback / 5.5” x 8.5" / 94 pages
Gaudy Boy, April 1, 2023
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Submissions

Opportunities
Call for Submissions: Archipelagic Entanglements
Call for Submissions: Archipelagic Entanglements

Deadline:  March 1st, 2026
SUSPECT pays USD100 for each accepted work/suite of work.

In May 2026, SUSPECT will publish a portfolio of writing and art putting the Southeast Asian and Caribbean archipelagos in conversation. We are interested in works that explore the histories, presents, and futures of the archipelagos through the nodes of plantation, patois, and possibility.

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"It is difficult to overstate the importance of literary organizations like Singapore Unbound. The healthy mind is curious about the imagined worlds in which SU traffics. SU brings us literature of profound interest, lively debate, and beautiful sound."

—Harold Augenbraum, honorary advisor and Former Executive Director, National Book Foundation