Tuesday Fiction: “Eagle Feathers” by Joyce Chng

Today's Tuesday Fiction is by Joyce Chng. Joyce lives in Singapore. She blogs at A Wolf's Tale (http://awolfstale.wordpress.com). She writes most of the time and tries to be normal... Her stories have been published in The Apex Book of World SF vol II, Crossed Genres, Bards and Sages Quarterly, M-Brane SF and Semaphore Magazine. Her...

Joyce Chng on YA in Singapore

Over at Visibility Fiction, Joyce Chng talks about writing YA and speculative fiction in Singapore. Here's an excerpt: Lack of exposure and the tendency for Westerners to fix Asians in pigeonholes are not helping the situation. What are Southeast Asians supposed to write about? Literary fiction about oppressive regimes, sad cultural traditions, tortured souls (who...

How to Write Science Fiction on a Post-Colonial World

Fabio Fernandes gathers a number of writers on SF Signal to discuss How To Write Science Fiction on a Post-Colonial World, with some fascinating answers. Participants are Joyce Chng, Ekaterina Sedia, Karen Lord, Jaymee Goh, Jeffrey Thomas, Farah Mendlesohn, Jeff VanderMeer, Karin Lowachee and Vandana Singh. I like this answer from Jaymee Goh: Jaymee Goh...

Monday Original Content: An Interview with K.S. Augustin (Malaysia)

This week on the World SF Blog, Joyce Chng interviews Malaysian writer K.S. "Kaz" Augustin. Can you tell me more about yourself? I'm not sure what to say. I was born in Malaysia, educated overseas, have worked on several continents and, right now, am temporarily back in Malaysia with my family. How do you balance...

Monday Original Content: (Global) Women in SF Round Table

I am delighted to introduce this week's original feature, a round table on women in SF, from a global perspective, with some of our favourite authors. Without further ado: (Global) Women in Science Fiction Round Table With: Aliette de Bodard (France), Joyce Chng (Singapore), Csilla Kleinheincz (Hungary), Kate Elliott (US), Karen Lord (Barbados), Ekaterina Sedia...

Monday Original Content: On The Russ Pledge, by Joyce Chng (Singapore)

We Don't Even Factor At All! by Joyce Chng Disclaimer: I am going to write this as catharsis, to get something off my chest. I have been watching the “Women in SF” debate juggernaut from the beginning, starting with the SF Signal Mind Meld right down to the Solaris Rising mess. Thoughts have been percolating...

Aliette de Bodard reviews Wolf at the Door

Aliette de Bodard reviews J. Damask (Joyce Chng)'s first novel, Wolf at the Door - the world's first Singaporean werewolf novel! So, I finally got a chance to read J. Damask’s Wolf at the Door (published by Lyrical Press)–and really, really liked it. It’s a urban fantasy set in Singapore: Jan Xu is part of the lang, the...

Werewolves in Singapore! Joyce Chng’s Wolf at the Door released

WSB contributor, Singaporean writer Joyce Chng's new novel, Wolf at the Door, has just been released! Singapore, 27 February 2011 – A rocky relationship between you and your sister may result in more bloodshed than you think – especially if the two of you happen to be werewolves. J Damask [Chng] has come out to...

Joyce Chng on Urban Fantasy in Singapore

Over at SF Signal, Joyce Chng talks about urban fantasy in Singapore and her quest to get her novel, Wolf At The Door (written as J. Damask) published. Why did I ever write an urban fantasy set in Singapore? What possessed me, anyway? These were the thoughts that crossed my mind when I started the process...

Three Views of Singapore Speculative Fiction

Over at the Apex Blog there are two new posts from Singapore. First is State of Singapore SFF: Hopeful for the Future, by (WSB contributor) Joyce Chng. She writes: We do exist. We do write SFF. We just need enough publicity to get the word out. I sometimes surf the Internet for that elusive Singaporean...