Yeow Kai Chai

Yeow Kai Chai is a poet, fiction writer, and editor from Singapore. He has three poetry collections: Secret Manta (2001); Pretend I’m Not Here (2006); and One to the Dark Tower Comes (2020), which was awarded the 2022 Singapore Literature Prize. He has worked as editor-in-chief, entertainment editor and music reviewer in the media, for nearly three decades. He co-wrote The Adopted: Stories from Angkor (2015); Lost Bodies: Poems Between Portugal and Home (2016); and Lilla Torg: A Scandinavian Journey (2023), with three other authors. A co-editor of Quarterly Literary Review Singapore, he was Festival Director of Singapore Writers Festival from 2015 to 2018.