Shawn Hoo

Authors / Writer

A writer and editor from Singapore. His chapbook Of the Florids, won the 2021 Diode Editions Chapbook Prize. His poems are anthologised in New Singapore Poetries. His translations appear in the Journal of Practice, Research and Tangential Activities (PR&TA) and Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation.

In the Headlines

Straits Times / As Seen On
Oct 18, 2025

Will South-east Asia ever win its first Nobel Prize in literature?

Straits Times / All Things Books
Sep 14, 2024

Nuril Basri’s Maya is a lightweight coming-of-age tale set on board a cruise ship

Straits Times / All Things Books
Aug 26, 2023

Indonesian novel 24 Hours With Gaspar melds detective fiction and sci-fi

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