Press Releases

Press Release: Singapore Media and Advocacy Organizations Call for Lifting of Ban on Peaceful Public Assembly

Singapore Unbound’s Editorial Board, together with six media and advocacy organizations, has issued a public statement calling on the Singapore government to lift its blanket ban on peaceful public assemblies related to the war in Gaza. This call comes in light of the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Gaza and the need for Singaporeans to have a platform to express their grief, outrage, and solidarity with the victims of the conflict.

Press Release: Singapore’s Independent Media Unites to Launch NIMBUS, October 25, 2023

Press Release 2: Largest Gathering of Independent Media Outlets in Singapore Taking Place This Saturday (July 1), June 29, 2023

 

Press Coverage

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The Straits Times

Singaporean writers object to IMDA using their works to train a large language model.

Jom

1st Singapore Independent Media Fair mentioned in Jom’s newsletter.

Words Without Borders

Gaudy Boy featured in the Best Books of 2022 by Words Without Borders.

Jom

5th Singapore Literature Festival in NYC gives historian and writer Faris Joraimi food for thought.

World Literature Today

Gaudy Boy featured in World Literature Today’s 75 Notable Translations of 2022.

Kitaab

Gaudy Boy releases New Singapore Poetries – Edited by Marylyn Tan & Jee Leong Koh.

GMA News

Filipino poet awarded NY book prize for manuscript with martial law pieces

Jom

The biennial Singapore Literature Festival in New York City is back this year for its fifth edition.

Singapore Book Council

WINNER OF FICTION IN ENGLISH - Snow at 5 PM: Translations of an Insignificant Japanese Poet by Jee Leong Koh.

The Economist

Picking Off New Shoots Will Not Stop the Spring is selected by The Economist as one of seven books to read about Myanmar:

Announcements

Announcement: Winners of the 3rd Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures, October 5, 2023

Announcement: Winner of the 2023 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, September 19, 2023

Announcement: Finalists of the 2023 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, August 10, 2023

Announcement: Singapore’s 1st-Ever Independent Media Fair (July 1), June 20, 2023

Announcement: Invitation to Preview 5th Singapore Literature Festival in NYC, September 27, 2022

Announcement: Winner of the 2022 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, September 19, 2022

Announcement: Winners of the 2nd Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures, September 8, 2022

Announcement: “Archipelago Dreaming”: 5th Singapore Literature Festival in NYC (Oct 6-8, 2022), September 6, 2022

Announcement: Finalists of the 2022 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, August 30, 2022

Announcement: Winners of the 1st Singapore Unbound Awards for the Best Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore and Other Literatures, September 21, 2021

Announcement: Winner of the 2021 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, September 12, 2021

Announcement: Finalists of the 2021 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, August 17, 2021

Announcement: New Awards for Undergraduate Critical Essays on Singapore Literature, December 15, 2020

Announcement: Winner of the 2020 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, July 28, 2020

Announcement: Finalists of the 2020 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, July 7, 2020

Announcement: Singapore Unbound Initiates Relief Fund (SURF) for Singaporean Writers, March 19, 2020

Announcement: Two Writing Fellowships to Southeast Asia for Promising Younger Writers from Singapore, January 27, 2020

Announcement: Winner of the 2019 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, August 21, 2019

Announcement: Finalists of the 2nd Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize, July 15, 2019

Announcement: Ally Chua Awarded Third Singapore Unbound Fellowship (NYC), June 18, 2019

Third Singapore Unbound Fellowship to Bring Promising Singaporean Writer to New York, January 16, 2019

Say It Differently: 3rd Biennial Singapore Literature Festival Opens in New York This Week, October 3, 2018

New Poetry Book Prize: Gaudy Boy Announces Two Co-winners, August 22, 2018

Singapore Unbound: 3rd Singapore Literature Festival in New York Brings Together American and Singaporean Writers in Conversation, October 4-6, 2018

New Poetry Book Prize: Gaudy Boy Announces Five Finalists, July 16, 2018

Announcement: First Recipient of the first Singapore Unbound Fellowship (Thailand), April 23, 2018

New Poetry Book Prize: Gaudy Boy Establishes Annual Prize for Unpublished Manuscript of Anglophone Asian Poetry, April 2, 2018

New Writing Fellowship: Singapore Unbound Brings a Promising Young Singaporean Writer to Thailand, January 15, 2018

Gaudy Boy: New Independent Literary Press to Publish Asian Voices, January 11, 2018

Announcement: First Recipient of the Inaugural Singapore Unbound Fellowship June 14, 2017

New Writing Fellowship to Bring Emerging Singaporean Writer to New York City March 13, 2017

Singapore Literature Festival Presents An Evening of New Theatrical Works September 30, 2016

Singapore Unbound: 2nd Biennial Singapore Literature Festival Opens in New York This Week September 28, 2016

Announcement: Singapore Literature Festival in New York Returns September 28 – October 1, 2016

Public Statements

Opinion: IMDA Must Uphold Authors’ and Publishers’ Intellectual Property Rights, April 8, 2024

Opinion: Let Us Speak of Grief, November 21, 2023

Opinion: Not Nameless. Not Bygones., October 24, 2023

Opinion: We Call on the President-Elect to Lead Race Conversations, September 12, 2023

Opinion: Who Owns the Presidential Election?, August 29, 2023

Opinion: By Ignoring Race, We Are Ignoring the Truth, July 4, 2023

Public Statement on BooksActually, September 27, 2021

Public Statement: Singapore Unbound Calls for Review of School Treatment of LGBTQ Students, January 27, 2021

Public Statement: Singapore Unbound denounces the harassment of PJ Thum and New Naratif, September 21, 2020

Public Statement: Singapore Unbound condemns Jailing of Democracy Activist Jolovan Wham, August 24, 2020

Singapore Unbound: “The Politics of Hope”: 4th Singapore Literature Festival Captures the Zeitgeist of 2020 through Conversations about Literature and Society, August 18, 2020

Public Statement: Singapore Unbound strongly condemns PAP’s attack on Alfian Sa’at, June 25, 2020

Column on the Murder of George Floyd, “We Can Rebuild the Building,” June 4, 2020

Public Statement on the Singapore High Court Dismissal of 3 Challenges to Section 377A, April 2, 2020

Public Statement: Call on Singapore government to open Operation Cold Store archives, February 7, 2019

Public Statement: Call on Singaporean Writers to Condemn Seelan Palay’s Wrongful Imprisonment, October 22, 2018

Public Statement: Quash the Conviction and Sentence of Artist-activist Seelan Palay, October 9, 2018

Press Invite: Singapore Literature Festival Presents Medea by Cake Theater Oct 5 & 6, September 6, 2018

Singapore Unbound’s Submission to the Select Committee on Deliberate Online Falsehoods, February 27, 2018