NG YI-SHENG
Publications and Performances of Literary Work
Solo Publications
1.“Loud Poems for a Very Obliging Audience”, 2016 [spoken word collection]
2.“Eating Air”, 2008 [movie novelisation]
3.“On His Wings: Soaring”, 2008 [commemorative book on ACS (Independent)]
4."SQ21: Singapore Queers in the 21st Century", 2006 [creative non-fiction]
5."last boy", 2006 [poetry collection]
Edited Publications
1.”HEAT”, 2016 [Co-Editor, anthology of Southeast Asian stories by Fixi]
2.“Eastern Heathens: An Anthology of Subverted Asian Folklore”, 2013 [Co-Editor]
3.“GASPP: a Gay Anthology of Singapore Poetry and Prose”, 2010 [Head Editor]
4.“Roots and Wings: A Selection of Works by Writers from the Creative Arts Programme”, 2009 [Co-editor]
5.“Onewinged: An Anthology of Young Writing”, 2000 [Head Editor]
6.“First Words: A Selection of Works by Young Writers in Singapore”, 1996 [Co-editor]
Translations
1.“The New Village” by Wong Yoon Wah, 2010 [poetry translated from Mandarin into English]
Poetry Anthologies
1.“We Contain Multitudes: Twelve Years of Softblow”, 2016
2.”SingPoWriMo 2016: The Anthology”, 2016
3.”SingPoWriMo 2015: The Anthology”, 2015
4.”A Luxury We Cannot Afford”, 2014
5.”Fifty on 50”, 2009
6.“Reflecting on the Merlion”, 2009
7.“Double Skin: New Poetic Voices from Italy and Singapore”, 2009
8.“Over There: Poems from Singapore and Australia”, 2007
9.“In Our Own Words: Volume 7”, 2007
10.“Cider Press Review: Volume 8”, 2007
11.“Love Gathers All: The Philippines-Singapore Anthology of Love Poetry", 2003
12."No Other City", 2001 “Tributaries”, 1995
Fiction Anthologies
1.“This Is How You Walk on the Moon”, 2016
2.“The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two”, 2015
3.” UEA Creative Writing Anthology Prose Fiction 2014”, 2014. [UEA graduation anthology]
4.“The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One”, 2013
5.“The Substation Fairy Tales: Stories in the End”, 2013 [three-author fiction collection]
6.”Fish Eats Lion”, 2013 [speculative fiction anthology]
7.”Crime Scene: Singapore”, 2010 [crime writing anthology]
Drama Anthologies
1.“5 Under 25”, 2003 [Singapore young people's drama anthology]
Essay Collections
1.“A Logbook of Public Ideas Volume 2”, ed. Vertical Submarine, 2013
Mixed Anthologies
1.“Union”, 2015
2.“Manoa, vol. 26, no. 1, Starry Island: New Writing from Singapore”, 2014 [academic anthology of Singapore literature]
3.“поехать в С-пур”/”To Go to S’pore”, 2013 [an anthology of Singapore literature in Russian]
4.“man/born/free”, 2011
5."Tumasik: Contemporary Writing from Singapore”, 2009
6.“Writing Singapore: An Historical Anthology of Singapore Literature”, 2009
7.“Roots and Wings: A Selection of Works by Writers from the Creative Arts Programme”, 2009
8.“Onewinged: An Anthology of Young Writing”, 2000
9.“Eye on the World: Imprinting the Journey”, 1998
10.“First Words: A Selection of Works by Young Writers in Singapore”, 1996
11.“Eye on the World: Envisioning Community”, 1995
Literary Journals
1.“Columbia Journal”, 2016
2.“Mithila Review”, Issue 5+6, July/August 2016
3.“On Spec”, #106, 2016
4.“The Jewish Mexican Literary Review”, Vol. 5, 2016
5.“LONTAR #6: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction”, 2016 [Singapore-based print journal]
6.“LONTAR #5: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction”, 2015
7.“LONTAR #4: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction”, 2015
8.“Storygraph”, 2014 [UK-based online journal]
9.”Praire Schooner”, 2014 [US-based online journal]
10.”CERIPH 4”, 2011 [Singapore-based print journal]
11.”Moving Worlds”, 2010 [international transcultural magazine]
12.“Asian Cha”, 2009 [Hong Kong-based online journal]
13.“Red River Review”, 2006 [US-based online journal]
14.“Softblow”, 2006 [Singapore-based online journal]
15.“Quarto“, 2005, 2004 [Columbia university-based print journal]
16.“queer”, 2005 [Harvard university-based print journal]
17.“Tablet”, 2005, [Columbia university-based print journal]
18.“Quarterly Literary Review of Singapore”, 2005 [Singapore-based online journal]
19.“The 2nd Rule” 2004,2002 [Singapore-based online journal]
20.“Asian Journal”, 2003 [Columbia university-based print journal]
Performances of Dramatic Work
1.”Painted Shadows: A Queer Haunting of the National Gallery”, Nov 2016
2.”Sheares”, staged reading by Watch This Space, Oct 2013
3.“Perfection of 10”, dir. Sean Tobin, Sep 2012
4.“The Lan Fang Chronicles”, May 2012
5.“Mee Pok Man, The Musical”, part of “6 Five Foot Broadway Mini Musicals”, Musical Theatre Limited, Jul 2010; Italia in Cucina, Mar 2011
6.”The Patriarch Always Pays”, DramaBox, Aug 2009
7."Reservoir", Theatreworks, Aug 2008
8."The Last Temptation of Stamford Raffles", W!ld Rice, Aug 2008; excerpts performed by Esplanade Theatre Studios, Apr 2015
9.“V.I.S.T.A Lab 2.0: Interference”, Theatreworks, Dec 2007
10.“V.I.S.T.A Lab 1.0: Impetus”, Theatreworks, Sep 2007 “Riots and Roses: the Singapore Nurses Association Musical”, Fly Entertainment, Jul 2007
11.“Philips Sketch”, Fly Entertainment, Jul 2007
12."The IBM Musical", Circus Max and IBM, Jan 2007
13."Georgette", Musical Theatre Singapore , Jun 2007
14.“Frostbite”, Short and Sweet Singapore, Singapore Drama Educators Association, Short and Sweet Sydney, Apr, Jul 2007, Jan 2008
15."251", Toy Factory Theatre Ensemble, Apr 2007
16."Founders", St Hilda's Secondary School, Mar 2006
17."Serve", The Ordinary Theatre, 2006
18.“Redhill Blues”, Republic Polytechnic Drama Club, 2005; Creative Arts Programme Alumni, 1999
19."Serve" (staged reading), The Necessary Stage, 2001
20."Snake", Stage Right, 1999
21."Hungry", Theatreworks, “charging up memory lane” theatre festival, 2001; “got to go: play till dawn” theatre festival, 1998; also by various school groups thereafter, including NUS, Singapore Polytechnic, Anderson Secondary School and International Islamic University, Malaysia
Screenwriting
1.“Snake”, Eusoff Hall Productions, 2002
Interdisciplinary Collaborations
1.“Unending Singapore Literature”, Jul 2013, Word Forward [performance art and installation event in collaboration with artist Lee Wen for Lit Up]
2.“Rhyme and Punishment”, Word Forward, Oct 2011 [performance art/performance poetry/drama staged as part of the Singapore Writers Festival Fringe]
3.“The City Limits”, Word Forward, July 2011 [performance poetry/dance/music/drama staged as part of Lit Up!]
Various songs inspired by “last boy”, Esplanade, Jan 2010 [songs written with indie music group Sam and Clarence in response to poetry]
Experiencing Singapore Literature, National Library, Oct 2009 [advisor and performer for all-night symposium on Singapore literature in all genres]
4.“Nostalgia”, Substation Magazine, Oct 2009 [short story written and performed via podcast, in response to artwork in Singapore Art Show]
5.”Bird Call”, Arts Fission, June 2009 [text and performance with dance group]
6.“Biennale Poetry Project”, Singapore Biennale, Sep-Nov 2008 [commissioning poets to create works inspired by visual art]
Design and MC work, FARM, Sep 2007-Jan 2009 [work for ROJAK, an interdisciplinary presentation series by local artists and designers]
ContraDiction, Aug 2006-Aug 2009 [curating writers and songwriter-musicians for popular annual queer literary reading]
7.“A Loud Poem to be Performed for a Very Obliging Audience” included as performed poem in "Poetic Licence", STAGES, 2005
Critical Writing and Journalism
Critical Writing
1.“A History of Singapore Horror”, in “Biblioasia”, Vol 13, Issue 02, Jul-Sep 2017
2.“Othman Wok, the Man and His Literary Legacy”, in “Karyawan”, July 2017
3.“Burning in Your Hands: Singapore’s Queer Literary Tradition”, in “Singapore Literature and Culture: Current Directions in Local and Global Contexts”, 2017 “Joining the World: The Flying Circus Project 2013 in Burma”, in “Theater”, Vol 44:1
4.“The Age of Festivals” in ”Shifting Boundaries”, 2011
5.“2006 Singapore Censorship Report”, in “FOCAS 6: Regional Animalities”, 2007
Reviews
1.Theatre and dance reviewer for The Straits Times since Dec 2006 Theatre and dance reviewer for The Flying Inkpot Reviews, Sep 2005-Mar 2015
2.Theatre reviewer for Singapore Art Gallery Guide, Sep-Dec 2009 Art and theatre reviewer for The Substation Magazine Sep 2007-Feb 2009 Journalism Reporter for Element Magazine since Mar 2013
3.Reporter for What's Up: News for Kids since Mar 2008 Reporter for Fridae.com since Mar 2006 72-13 quarterly, Theatreworks, Jan 2007-Nov 2009 Commentary writer for Today, Nov-Dec 2006
Documentary Blogging
1.Official blogger, Singapore International Festival of the Arts, Jun-Sep 2015
2.Official blogger, ILGA World Conference 2014, Oct 2014
3.Official blogger, ILGA Asia Conference 2013, Mar 2013
4.Official documenter, Flying Circus Project, TheatreWorks, Jan 2013
5.Official blogger, ILGA World Conference 2012, Dec 2012
6.Official blogger, The Canvas: the National Art Gallery Blog, Feb-Jun 2011
7.Official blogger, Singapore Arts Festival Blog, May-Jun 2010
8.Official documenter, Flying Circus Project, TheatreWorks, Nov 2009-Jan 2010
9.Official blogger, Singapore Biennale, Sep-Nov 2008
10.Official documenter, Flying Circus Project, TheatreWorks, Nov 2007