Ceriph: Issue Six

Ceriph #6

by Wei Fen Lee (Editor), Amanda Lee Koe (Editor), Winnie Wu (Editor)

Ceriph is an independently run, quarterly book publication in Singapore. We seek to share Singaporean creative work in the form of prose, poetry, social commentaries, photography, and visual art. We wish to record and share these without inhibition, to celebrate these everyday musings.

The beginnings of this project are humble: whilst examining the local arts scene, we found many outlets for artistic expressions. However, most of these outlets concentrate on art or exclusively on one medium of expression over the other. Publications for local writing are even harder to come by, and cater mainly to professional and full time writers. Since then, it has been our dream to provide that space: a space that is neither too formal nor flippant, that combines word and form.

Consequently, we exist to provide an informal space for experimental or up-and-coming writers and artists to express themselves—here we present to you interesting works outside of awards and accolades that are created by ordinary observers with a pen and a voice.

Every name has a back-story, and this is ours: Ceriphs are semi structural details on the ends of alphabetical fonts that make up letters and symbols. Likewise, we hope to be the book covers and endings of these Singaporean creative pieces, to provide structural support—but at the end of the day, we hope that they speak for themselves, for you, and to you.

70 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 2013

About the author

Wei Fen Lee is the co-editor of Ceriph, a literary print journal based in Singapore that promotes the work of emerging writers and artists. She is also a freelance writer and researcher of South Asian diasporic literature in Southeast Asia. She recently co-edited Coast (2011), a mono-titular anthology of poetry and fiction by three generations of writers from Singapore, and her work has appeared in QLRS, Nether Magazine, and Softblow.

Reviews

[Jake · Rating 4 out of 5]

True to its branding, Ceriph offers a platform for experimentation outside the usual locus of Singaporean literature. Yet our authors (in this issue at least), far from detaching themselves from their surroundings or audience, use (or make use of!) Singaporean themes and poetics. It is just as exciting to see the Singlit scene burgeon and flourish in these last few years as it is to know that there are still many writers out there in Singapore who are ready to play with form, content, and modes of expression.

Though certain pieces were noticeably weak, overall this issue has been a refreshing read, from voices familiar and new alike; no doubt thanks to the editorial team behind Ceriph.

[Review 1 - 21/05/17.]