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Ann Ang’s poetry, fiction and non-fiction have appeared in Eclectica Magazine, the Quarterly Literary Review of Singapore (QLRS), Ceriph, Kartika Review, The Common and elsewhere. Her first collection of short stories, titled Bang My Car (Math Paper Press, 2012), was launched at the Singapore Writers’ Festival 2012. An avid birdwatcher, she works as an educator in Singapore.

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Ann Ang's Blog: Wingdings

Southern Sojourn(s)

In recent months I have been working on an article about St. John's Island for Poskod, an excellent online magazine about the lesser known spots in Singapore. In the course of a year, I visited the island 4 times.

For the first time as a writer, I found myself delving into the National Archives and dredging up oral recounts of the days when St John's Island was a quarantine station and a detention Read more of this blog post »

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	Bang My Car 3.74 avg rating — 121 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Luxury We Cannot Afford: An Anthology of Singapore Poetry by Christine Chia (Editor), Joshua Ip (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Paul Grayson (Contributor) 3.89 avg rating — 100 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Balik Kampung 2B: Contemplations by Verena Tay (Editor Introduction Contributor), Marc Nair (Contributor), Ann Ang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.48 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One by Jason Erik Lundberg (Goodreads Author) (Series Editor), Ann Ang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Yu-Mei Balasingamchow (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.35 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	SingPoWriMo 2014 by Ann Ang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Joshua Ip (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Pooja Nansi (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.04 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Food Republic: A Singapore Literary Banquet by Daryl Lim Wei Jie (Goodreads Author) (Editor ), Ann Ang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tse Hao Guang (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.62 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Poetry Moves: An Anthology of Poetry by Esther Vincent (Editor), Ann Ang (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Angelia Poon (Editor) 3.52 avg rating — 21 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twenty-Four Flavours: Century Egg by Adan Jimenez (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Ann Ang (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Brandon Chew (Contributor) 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Burning Walls for Paper Spirits 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Waves Rising: Collected Works of Ho Poh Fun & Responses 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2024	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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