Teaching Staff

Barrie Sherwood is a novelist and Assistant Professor in the School's English programme. He took a PhD in Creative and Critical Writing at the University of East Anglia. His publications include The Pillow Book of Lady Kasa (DC Books, Montreal, 2000), Escap​​e from Amsterdam (Granta,​ London, 2007; St Martin’s Press, New York, 2008), as well as short fiction and non-fiction in various magazines.

Boey Kim Cheng is a poet and Associate Professor in the School's English programme. He is one of Singapore’s post-1965 English language poets whose lyrical writings explore thematical images of homeland, identity, nostalgia, and exile. After reading English Literature at the National University of Singapore, Boey pursued German Studies in Murnau and attended the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa in 1994. Two years later, he moved to Australia with his wife, where he completed his PhD at the University of Macquarie. His debut collection, Somewhere-Bound (1989), won the National Book Development Council’s Book Award for Poetry; Another Place (1992) received the commendation award, while Days Of No Name (1995) was awarded a merit at the Singapore Literature Prize. His most recent collection is After the Fire (2006). A recipient of the National Arts Council’s Young Artist Award, he teaches creative writing at the University of Newcastle in Australia. Giramondo published his book of personal essays, Between Stations.

Ben Slater is a writer and a film critic whose writings on film have been published internationally in publications such as Cahiers du Cinema, Screen International and in numerous books, most recently the afterword to the book Wit's End published by Make-Do Press in 2013. His book, Kinda Hot: The Making of Saint Jack in Singapore was published by Marshall Cavendish in 2006. He's script edited four produced feature films, including Helen (2008), HERE (2010) and Mister John (2013) and is the co-author of the feature Camera (2013) and writer of the short film The Legend of the Impacts (2012). Recently, a short story of his was included in the anthology of Singapore-based speculative fiction Fish Eats Lion, published by Math Paper Press in 2013. He writes online occasionally in various places including poskod.org and his own blog sporeana.blogspot.com.