Published on 04 Oct 2019

​Congratulations | Graduate student Ng Yi-Sheng won Singapore Book Award for Best Literary Work for short story collection

SoH graduate student Ng Yi-Sheng has received the Singapore Book Award for Best Literary Work for his short story collection, Lion City.

Yi-Sheng, is currently pursuing his PhD in Creative Writing.

"I'm truly grateful to NTU for giving me the space and community that helped me finish writing this book. I hope the university continues to support many other projects in spirit of creativity, experimentation and intellectual freedom," said Yi-Sheng. 

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(Image by Paul Tan)

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(Image by Jason Erik Lundberg)

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(Image by Chris Toh)


The annual awards are given out by the Singapore Book Publishers Association and recognise the best in local book publishing.

Congraulations, Yi-Sheng!