Jeremy Tiang

Growing up in Singapore, I was raised largely on books from the UK — a common enough experience in a former British colony. From a childhood diet of Enid Blyton and Beatrix Potter, I graduated to Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and Philip Larkin. There were writers from Singapore too, but these were few and far between, and I never heard them spoken of in the same reverential tones as books from the British motherland. Yet, wonderful as these authors were, I never saw myself in their work. I began writing as a way of making sense of the world around me. Things have changed since then — there is now a thriving writing and publishing scene in Singapore, and many of our authors are making waves far beyond our shores. Nonetheless, Singapore is a young country, still building a sense of self, and there are many stories yet to be told. I hope to continue adding my voice to this growing narrative, and hope the day will come when Singaporean children have a body of literature to call their own, rather than having to borrow someone else’s.

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