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Shawn Hoo

Shawn Hoo, a poet from Singapore, is the author of Of The Florids (Diode Editions, 2022), winner of the Eric Hoffer Medal Provocateur Award.

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Shawn Hoo

Shawn Hoo, a poet from Singapore, is the author of Of The Florids (Diode Editions, 2022), winner of the Eric Hoffer Medal Provocateur Award. His poems have been featured in Poetry Daily, Queer Southeast Asia and New Singapore Poetries (Gaudy Boy, 2022). His translations from Mandarin Chinese have been published in the Journal of Practice, Research & Tangential Activities (PR&TA) and Exchanges: Journal of Literary Translation. A former Translation Tuesdays Editor at Asymptote, he also reviews books.

Festival Events

Poetry Salon @ The Press

DATE April 5 TIME 5:30 pm WHEREThe Press Book House Book now

Lion City Lit: The Singapore Salon

DATE April 6 TIME 11:30 am WHEREWatt Space Gallery Free

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Of the Florids

Newcastle Writers Festival would like to acknowledge the Awabakal and Worimi peoples, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which the festival takes place, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay our respects to Elders past, present and emerging and extend this respect to all First Nations people attending our festival.

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