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Yeow Kai Chai is a poet, former Straits Times journalist,[1] and the former director of the Singapore Writers Festival.[2] With writings influenced by music videos and other forms of artistic impressions, he is a MA graduate in English Literature from the National University of Singapore, and has published three poetry collections: Secret Manta (2001), Pretend I'm Not Here (2006)[3] and One To The Dark Tower Comes (2021).[4] He is also an editor of the Quarterly Literary Review Singapore.[5]

In 2014, he participated in the International Writing Program's Fall Residency at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, IA.[6]

Appointed by the National Arts Council, he was the director of the Singapore Writers Festival from 2015-2018.[7] The 2015 event reached an audience of more than 19,700 with a broadened lineup featuring music, dance, drama and art events.[8]

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