You’ve asked for it, we’ve heard you and here it is. The whole Singapore Siu Dai experience, in one packaging. Savour the digs at the government. Laugh at our oddball Singaporean-isms. Felix serves out all these, and more, with his brand of sharp observations, crisp language and in-your-face humour.
Each box set contains:
Singapore Siu Dai: The SG Conversation in A Cup
Singapore Siu Dai 2: The SG Conversation Upsize!
Singapore Siu Dai 3: The SG Conversation Dabao!
For Singapore Siu Dai: The SG Conversation in A Cup:
“Tantalising morsels of Singapore life — some sweet, some tart, some which bite back. Die-die must buy!”
—Colin Goh, creator, TalkingCock.com and director, Singapore Dreaming
For Singapore Siu Dai 2: The SG Conversation Upsize!:
“The chatter, mutterings, moans and groans you hear every day on this crowded island? Felix Cheong filters them through the coffee sock and serves up a distilled and compact punch of sharp observations on the real Singapore Conversation.”
—Benjamin “Mr Miyagi” Lee
For Singapore Siu Dai 3: The SG Conversation Dabao!:
“It’s like reading five years’ worth of social media’s greatest posts about Singaporeans: addictive, and without ads!”
—Otto Fong, author of Sir Fong’s Adventures In Science
Felix Cheong is a well-known figure in the Singapore literary scene and the author of eight books, including four volumes of poetry (I Watch The Stars Go Out, Sudden In Youth) and two young adult novels. His third poetry collection, Broken by the Rain (2003), was shortlisted for the Singapore Literature Prize and his collection of short stories, Vanishing Point, was long-listed for the prestigious Frank O’Connor Award in 2013. His work has been widely published in journals, anthologized and featured on radio and TV. Felix has been invited to writers’ festivals all over the world, including Edinburgh, West Cork, Sydney, Christchurch and Hong Kong. Recently, he has also published satirical flash fiction in Singapore Siu Dai and Singapore Siu Dai 2.
In 2000, he was conferred the Young Artist of the Year Award by the National Arts Council. Felix holds a master’s degree in creative writing from the University of Queensland and is currently an adjunct lecturer with Murdoch University, University of Newcastle, LASALLE College of the Arts and Temasek Polytechnic.
