As a journalist, Desmond most enjoyed covering entertainment and
lifestyle stories. Pictured here are some snapshots of his celebrity features.
These days, his writing seems more comfortable in poetry and fiction.
It’s the literary arts that consumes his time nowadays.
INTERVIEWS & READINGS
A Given Grace Anthology Reading
Series: Part Twelve
By Squircle Line Press
Walking Through Death’s Door
By Sebastian James
Poetry Festival 2024: Verse Unbound—
Featuring Desmond Kon, Ng Yi-Sheng, Inbha A., Joshua Ip, Yong Shu Hoong, Farihan Bahron, Yeow Kai Chai &
Chew Thean Phai
Hosted By Shilpa Dikshit Thapliyal
Read! Fest '23: Writing Off Grief—
Featuring Prionka Ray, Mahita Vas
& Desmond Kon
Hosted By National Library Board
Singapore Literature Prize 2022
Awards Ceremony
[Kon’s contribution between 1:41:00–1:49:36]
By Singapore Book Council
Off The Cuff: Featuring Desmond Kon, Jennifer Anne Champion & Robert Yeo
Hosted By Ow Yeong Wai Kit
The Library Report: Are Celebrity Memoirs Written Just For Publicity?—
Featuring Maliah Zubir & Desmond Kon
Hosted By Shabir Sulthan
Write and Burn Spoken Word Competition—Judges’ Reading
Hosted By Woodlands Regional Library
Poetry of Healing Workshop:
Developing Authenticity
Hosted By Bishan Public Library
The Poet Survivor: Being True to One’s Identity & Art in a Woke Age—
Featuring Aaron Lee, Crispin Rodrigues & Jollin Tan
Hosted By Desmond Kon
The Intersection of Faith & Creativity
By Nicole Ann Law
Proust Questionnaire: 17 Questions
By Yeow Kai Chai
Quarterly Literary Review Singapore
Sing Lit Poet Desmond Kon Tells Us About His Near-Death Experience
By Dewi Nurjuwit
Artflakes: Singaporean Literary Hub—
An Interview with Desmond Kon
By Mutiu Olawuyi
CBA (Codka Bariga Afrika) TV English
World Anthropocene Manifesto:
Featuring Speakers From 80 Territories
[Kon’s contribution starts at Session 2,
at approx. 1:20:55]
Hosted by Jérémy Cheval & Anne Laure Garcin
Conversations—Everyone Has a Story to Tell: Featuring Kan Shuyi, Aravinth Kuramasamy, Desmond Kon, Kamini Ramachandran & Malik Mazlan
Hosted By Rishi Budhrani
Spoke & Bird #37: Alfian Sa'at & Desmond Kon [double bill segment
starts at approx. 58:20]
Hosted By Stephanie Chan
Head2Head Conversations:
The Pleasures of Poetry Featuring Desmond Kon & Yong Shu Hoong
Hosted By Crispin Rodrigues
On Being Blue: In conversation with
the editors of Atelier of Healing
By Theophilus Kwek
An Interview with Poet and Post-Structuralist Thinker: Desmond Kon
By Jason Eng Hun Lee & Tammy Ho Lai Ming
938 Now Arts & Culture Feature:
Interviewing Desmond Kon
Hosted By Vanessa Fernandez
938 Now
Entry Points of Happy Chance
with Desmond Kon
By Azizah Siddique
Polymath Desmond Kon Talks About
His Near-death Experience, Religion,
Philosophy and Writing in The Good
Day I Died
By Elaine Chiew
Live Reading With Desmond Kon
By Dewi Nurjuwit
The Changing State of Singapore Poetry:
Featuring Koh Tai Ann, Desmond Kon
Zhicheng-Mingdé & Yeow Kai Chai
Hosted By Margaret Devadason
Love Radio on Night Spin 182.7:
Trio of Poems by Desmond Kon
[segment starts at approx. 5:20]
Produced By Deborah Emmanuel
Singapore Writers Festival
Hold the Line by Pierre Vinclair:
Ethos Books Launch Video
[Kon’s contribution starts at approx. 3:05]
Produced By Jeremy Ho & Ng Kah Gay
Featuring Poets From France & Singapore
Candid Conversations With Desmond Kon
By Shafiq Guee
Philosopher, Hermit, Journalist, Historian, Poet
By Zafar Anjum
The Tiger Moth Review: Poets Reading Video Series (Desmond Kon)
Invited By Esther Vincent
Having Fun With First-Person Narration With Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
Invited By Sydney Liu
Desmond Kon Reads Forty-Two Poems
I Want to Write
Invited By Paul Munden, Alvin Pang
& Shane Strange
12th Feature of #25otm: Desmond Kon
Hosted By Annabelle Fabia-de Arroz
In Conversation With Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
By Goa Arts & Literature Festival
Featured Author Interview
By Lark Vernon Timmons
On Meeting Gertrude Stein with
Local Wordsmith Desmond Kon
By Cally Cheung
In Love with Words
By Ashley Choo
Goal: An Interview with Poetry World Cup Winner Desmond Kon
By Zafar Anjum
Of Theology, Forms, and Absence
By Divya Victor
Writer’s Spotlight
Invited By Lisa Lip
The Anti-Art Author
By Althea Duncombe
Of Pots and Poets
By Shermaine Yeo
Poet of the Month
By Jacob Silkstone
Wrestling with Words
By Elizabeth Goh
The Metaview: Desmond Kon
Invited By Julie Innis & Frank Hinton
Ask the Author
By Roxane Gay
Featured Author Interview
By Pamela Ho
Works by Desmond Kon
By Shermaine Yeo
Catching Up With Kon
By University of Notre Dame
Episode 22: Poems by Karen Greenbaum-Maya & Desmond Kon [Podcast]
By Jae Newman & Amy Watkins
Three Poems Plus Q&A
By Press 53
Author Showcase:
Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
By Jessica Otto
CRITICISM & REVIEWS
Critical Introduction
By Samuel Caleb Wee
Review: The Gift of Returns:
Reckoning With Desmond Kon’s
The Good Day I Died
By Ho Kin Yunn
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
Digital Communities At Work:
Singapore Poetry Writing Month
By Joshua Ip, Ann Ang & Cheryl Julia Lee
Review: The Good Day I Died – By Desmond Kon
By Mitali Chakravarty
Review: The Arbitrary Sign
By Mandy Pannett
Singapore Shelf: Free E-Books That Reimagine Past And Future Singapores
By Olivia Ho
The Talented Local Poets
You Need On Your Bookshelves
By Dewi Nurjuwit
Dissecting Love & Language
By Stephanie Studzinski
Cha: An Asian Literary Journal
Review: I Didn’t Know Mani Was
A Conceptualist
By Mandy Pannett
Sound, Sense, and Story: Narrativity
and Poeticity in the Contemporary
Lyric Poem
By Samuel Wee Ting Han
DR-NTU Institutional Repository
Literary Commentary:
“First Language, Second Tongue:
Singapore Literature in English”
Edited by Koh Tai Ann
Singapore Chronicles: Literature
Literary Commentary:
“Burning In Your Hands:
Singapore’s Queer Literary Tradition”
By Ng Yi-Sheng
Singapore Literature & Culture: Current Directions in Local & Global Contexts
Literary Commentary:
“dame de compagnie :: lady of company”
By Paul Hetherington & Cassandra Atherton
Review: Singular Acts of Endearment
By Mandy Pannett
World Poetry Day: Verse vs. Virus
By Elaine Chiew
The Zoom Boom
By Irie Aman
Creating Artifice: Between Page
and Objet d’Art
By Desmond Kon
Where Have All The Critics Gone?
By Joshua Ip
Mining the Limits of Literary
Experience
By Lark Vernon Timmons
Gertrude Stein’s Apraxia/Aphasia
By Desmond Kon
Raffles Reads: The Good Day I Died
By Tan Yu You
Review: Sanctuary Short Fiction
By Breadley Winterton
Review: Babel Via Negativa
By Mandy Pannett
Top Writing Tips
By Desmond Kon
Singapore Shelf: 10 Reads for February
By Olivia Ho
Blurb: Mok Zining’s The Orchid Folios
By Desmond Kon
Blurb: Love and Life at the Gallery (Edited by Ow Yeong Wai Kit & Genevieve Wong)
By Desmond Kon
Blurb: Elaine Chiew’s The Heartsick Diaspora, and Other Stories
By Desmond Kon
Blurb: S. Mickey Lin’s Uncanny Valley By Desmond Kon
Review: I Didn’t Know Mani Was
A Conceptualist
By Eileen Tabios
Review: Sanctus Sanctus Dirgha
Sanctus
By Mandy Pannett
Summer Reads: Desmond Kon
Zhicheng-Mingdé’s Top Three
By Mia Ayumi Malhotra
Singapore Shelf: Anima Methodi
By Olivia Ho
Singapore Shelf: Ars Moriendi
By Akshita Nanda
Review: Union Anthology
By Linda Ashok
Editors’ Corner: Books We’re
Looking Forward To
By Iris A. Law
By Desmond Kon
By Desmond Kon
By Desmond Kon
By Desmond Kon
By Desmond Kon
Review: I Didn’t Know Mani
Was A Conceptualist
By Robin Choo
Summer Reads: Issue 1 Contributor Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé
By Mia Ayumi Malhotra
PRESS
Poetry Festival Singapore Publishes Award-Winning Catholic Poet’s Book Dedicated to Pope Francis
By Signis Asia
World Catholic Association for Communication
Singapore Festival Publishes Poetry Collection to Mark Papal Visit
By LiCAS•news
Poetry Festival Singapore Publishes Award-Winning Catholic Poet’s Book Dedicated to Pope Francis
By International News
Poetry Festival Singapore Publishes Award-Winning Catholic Poet’s Book Dedicated to Pope Francis
By Asia News
Singapore-Philippines Catholic Editors Break World Record Twice with 2023 Living Now Book Awards Gold Win
By Signis Admin
World Catholic Association for Communication
The Big Read: Singapore Writers Are Going Places But What’s the Next Chapter for SingLit?
By Nicole Lam
The Big Read: Are Public Libraries Dying? Not in Singapore—Far From It
By Renald Loh
Catholic Editors Break World Record Twice with 2023 Living Now Book Awards Gold Win
By International News
Love Enabled: Docuseries Episode 5—
Featuring Stephanie Esther Fam,
Poet with Cerebral Palsy
[Kon’s contribution between 9:11–13:27]
By OGS Official
Richest Singapore Book Prize Worth $30,000 Launched by SUSS
By Clement Yong
Singapore-Philippines Editors Break World Record Twice with Living Now Book Awards Win
By Press Office
Singapore Catholic Editors Win US Literary Award
By UCA News Reporter
The Union of Catholic Asian News
Filipino, Singaporean Authors Receive
Top Prize at Illumination Christian
Book Awards
By LiCAS•news
Filipino, Singaporean Authors Receive
Top Prize at Illumination Christian
Book Awards
By SIGNIS Asia
World Catholic Association for Communication
Singapore Catholic Editors Win US Literary Award
By UCA News
Singapore Catholic Editors Win US Literary Award
By UCA News
A Friendship Borne Out Of Prose
And Poetry
By Edmund Lim & Gerry Faigal
Why Are S'poreans Waking Up Exhausted Even After 7 Hours Of Sleep?
By Akshita Nanda
How The Singapore Literary
Ecosystem Tackles Mental Health
By Sarah Tang
Singapore Writers Get Comfortable
With Death
By Olivia Ho
Art Picks: Free E-Books From Ethos, Objectifs’ Digital Library, And More
By Ong Sor Fern
Ethos Books Is Offering Six
Of Its Titles Online For Free
By Dewi Nurjuwit
Writing Workshops, Singlit Comics
Event Go Online
By Aditi Bharade
Must We Define Singapore’s Literary Voice For It To Be Recognised?
By Beatrice Bowers
Spoke & Bird Poetry Open Mic:
Alfian Sa'at And Desmond Kon
By Olivia Ho
The Straits Times Life! Happenings
HYPE Goes Digital!
By Shafiq Guee, Ruth Chan & Tan Yan Hui
Arts Picks: Dragonflies
By Ong Sor Fern
5 Things To Check Out From Home:
An Arty Game Night, Modelling Lessons With Layla Ong & More
By Keng Yang Shuen
Things To Do This Week:
Workshops And Livestreams To Help
You Stay Connected And Sane
By Sophie Hong
The Arts House Introduces Home-Based Writing Workshops For Circuit Breaker
By Bakchormeeboy
Bakchormeeboy Arts & Culture Review
From a Light Maze on The Padang to Promenade Theatre by Disabled Performers: 7 Highlights of the Light To Night Festival 2020
By Ong Sor Fern
7 Breathtaking Programmes You Can’t Miss at Light to Night Festival 2020
By Time Out Singapore in partnership
with National Gallery Singapore
S’pore’s Light To Night Festival 2020 Returns 10 Jan With Interactive Art Installations Inspired By Local Poets
By Vera Leng
Light to Night 2020 at Asian
Civilisations Museum
By Singapore Art Week
Escape Into Art
By Ong Sor Fern
Light to Night Festival 2020–Bring
Your Imagination to the Invisible Cities
By Rachel Neoh
Sonnets Commissioned by Light to
Night Festival 2020: Invisible Cities
By National Gallery Singapore
Poetry Forms in Fashion
By Olivia Ho
10 Books to Look Out For in
Singapore’s Bicentennial Year
By Olivia Ho
Singapore: Top 12 Writers and Titles
to Watch
By Teri Tan
An Irish Literary Summer School
in Singapore
By Neil Murphy
Winners of the SLP: English Poetry
By Singapore Book Council
Celebrating Our Writers 1992–2018
Local Writers and Readers Mourn
Nobel Laureate V. S. Naipaul
By Olivia Ho
Desmond Kon Wins Gold at
2016 Living Now Book Awards
By Zafar Anjum
Best Singapore Poems Over Past
Two Years Collected in a Book
By Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh
Singapore’s First Migrant Festival
By Tristan Chan
Singapore Author Wins American
Book Award
By Lee Jian Xuan
Country Spotlight: Singapore
By Teri Tan
New Museum to Publish 2015
Triennial Poetry Book
By Dan Duray
Graphic Novel Gets Nod
for Lit Prize
By Lee Jian Xuan
Desmond Kon’s Twin Win at 2015
Living Now Book Awards
By Zafar Anjum
In Search of the Great Singapore Novel
By Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh
Singapore Literature Prize Hands Out
24 Awards to 22 Authors
By News Desk
Leonard Cohen: Singapore Writers
and Musicians Pay Tribute to Him
By Eddino Abdul Hadi
Author Behind Hit Netflix Series
13 Reasons Why Will Be at
Singapore Writers Festival
By Mayo Martin
Sonny Liew’s ‘Charlie Chan’ Leads Singapore Literature Prizes
By Dennis Abrams
Read Local
By News Desk
The 19th Singapore Writers Festival Attracts Record Attendances
By Media Centre
Poetry Festival Singapore Features
First Poetic Drama
By Olivia Ho
Singapore’s Literary Scene
Enjoying Revival
By Lee Jian Xuan
Mapping the Literary Roots Between ASEAN and India
By Mitali Chakravarty
Singapore Literature Prize
By News Desk
S’pore Writers Fest 2015: On
Translations, Paintings and Football
By Mayo Martin
Historic Poetry Win at National
Indie Excellence Book Awards
By Zafar Anjum
S’pore Art: Top Picks for 2014
By Mayo Martin
The Ekphrases of Eye/Feel/Write:
Writing About Architecture
By Sucharita Dutta-Asane
American Writers Festival in
Singapore
By News Desk
Singaporeans in Ipoh Old Town
By Ista
Singapore: Poetry at the Planetarium
By Team Kitaab
The Ten Best Poets From Singapore
By Tarandip Kaur
Record Number of Awards at 2016 Singapore Literature Prize Ceremony
By News Desk
Kon Clinches Silver at 2015
Independent Publisher Book Awards
By Zafar Anjum
State of the Arts: July 12 to 19
By Mayo Martin
Ten Singaporean Poets You Must
Know About
By Karen George
Kon’s Double Win at Beverly Hills International Book Awards
By Zafar Anjum
Singapore Writers Festival 2015:
A Party of Words, Pop, Drama
By Media Centre
Poetry 2.0
By Tan Teck Heng
S’pore Wins Poetry World Cup Against Pakistan
By Mayo Martin
Writers Fest Ends on a High
By Corrie Tan
Desmond Kon: Singular Acts of Endearment
By National Arts Council
Poetry in Motion
By Loretta Perera
CausewayEXchange In Ipoh
By Ili Aqilah Yus Amirul
Kon’s Four-Region Sweep at the
2016 USA Regional Excellence
Book Awards
By Zafar Anjum
Inaugural Writers-in-the-Gardens Residency Programme
By Media Centre
5 Fun Events to Attend at Singapore
Writers Festival—Even if You Hate
Reading
By SG-Promoted
Four Paths To Joy: Poetry Reading
& Discussion
By Olivia Ho
Frightfully Good Writers’ Festival
By Victoria Barker