Over There – Poems from Singapore and Australia
ISBN: 978-981-05-9461-9
Editors: John Kinsella (Australia) / Alvin Pang (Singapore)
Price: $35.00 (before GST)

About the Book
Curated by two of the foremost literary figures of their generation, the ground-breaking
Singapore-Australia anthology of poetry brings together for the first time the contemporary
work of the finest poets at work in Singapore and Australia today. The anthology will feature a
fresh selection of established as well as previously unreleased work from writers such as
Edwin Thumboo and Cyril Wong from Singapore, and Dorothy Porter and Kevin Hart from
Australia. Over 20 writers from each territory will be featured, representing the diverse and
interesting voices currently at play in both territories, and creating an ongoing discourse between
the exciting literary cultures of the two Pacific neighbours. The anthology ranges across many
themes: from an ever-shifting sense of cultural, urban and personal identity to place, politics, sex,
religion and more, with clear resonances and connections bridging the two territories.
The book will be made available in both territories, marking the first time that a major Singaporean
literary anthology is released to the wider Australian market.

About the Editors
JOHN KINSELLA is a poet, novelist, critic, publisher and journal editor. He is the author of
more than thirty books whose many prizes and awards include The Grace Leven Poetry Prize,
the John Bray Award for Poetry from The Adelaide Festival, The Age Poetry Book of The
Year Award, The Western Australian Premier’s Book Award for Poetry (three times), a Young
Australian Creative Fellowship from the former PM of Australia, Paul Keating, and senior
Fellowships from the Literature Board of The Australia Council. He is the editor of the
international literary journal Salt and has edited numerous other Australian and international
literary journals. John Kinsella is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge University, and
was appointed the Richard L Thomas Professor of Creative Writing at Kenyon College in the
United States for 2001, where he is now Professor of English. His latest works include
Peripheral Light: New and Selected Poem, The New Arcadia and Fast, Loose Beginnings: a
Memoir of Intoxications.

ALVIN PANG was named 2005 Young Artist of the Year (Literature) by the National Arts
Council, Singapore and was awarded the Singapore Youth Award (Arts and Culture) for 2007.
He holds First Class Honours in Literature from the University of York in England and an
Honorary Fellowship in Writing from the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program
(2002). His first volume Testing the Silence was listed as one of the Top Ten Books of 1997
by The Straits Times. City of Rain, his second volume of poetry, was the only Singaporean
book to be named to the Straits Times Top Ten List for 2003. He is the co-editor of No Other
City: The Ethos Anthology of Urban Poetry, a key text on university syllabuses and one of the
Straits Times’ Top Ten Books for 2000, and LOVE GATHERS ALL: The Singapore-Filipino
love anthology. He has also made many contributions to literary projects, events and
expeditions in support of Singapore writing, and has appeared in major festivals around the
world, including the Edinburgh and Sydney writers’ festivals.

Launch Date
Friday 6 December 2007, 7-8pm, Earshot Café, The Arts House
For further information: http://www.ethosbooks.com.sg/store/index4.html