Singaporean Alvin Pang is a poet, writer, editor, anthologist, translator and literary entrepreneur. He has been featured in major festivals, anthologies and journals across the world – including those in Sydney, Melbourne, Adelaide and Perth – and has been translated into over a dozen languages. He was named Singapore’s Young Artist of the Year for Literature in 2005 and received the Singapore Youth Award in 2007 for Arts and Culture, as well as the 2008 JCCI Foundation Education Award. A fellow of the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program, his many publications include ‘City of Rain’ (Ethos Books), and ‘Tumasik: Contemporary Writing from Singapore’ (Autumn Hill Books, USA). He also directs The Literary Centre – a non-profit initiative promoting interdisciplinary capacity, multicultural communication, and positive social change. In 2004, the centre organised WORDFEAST – Singapore’s first international poetry festival – and it now plays a leading role in major literary initiatives, translations and other projects that transcend communal and national boundaries. A former teacher, journalist and new media director, Alvin is also the founding editor of an internationally circulated public policy journal.