Singa-Pura-Pura: A sonic adaptation of Singapore Malay speculative fiction

From a future of electronic doas and AI psychotherapists, sense-activated communion with forests and a portal to realms undersea, to a reimagined origin and afterlife, editor and translator Nazry Bahrawi brings together an exciting selection of never-before translated and new Malay speculative fiction stories by established and emerging writers from Singapore.

ila (@ilailailailaila_) writes speculative prose and poetry with a focus on peripheral narratives surrounding identity, space and histories that are less pronounced, particularly looking at kinships of and with geo-bodies amongst other things. ⁣She does art sometimes.

tysha khan (@tyshakhan) is an artistic force, known for her versatile acting and powerful writing. her practice centres around extracting truth, and finding engaging ways to present it in order to facilitate understanding. she is a graduate of the Intercultural Theatre Institute, and recipient of the Goh Chok Tong Youth Promise Awards.

she can be spotted mostly on TV, short films, and in medical schools and hospitals, where she puts her actor training into medical roleplay to make the world a better place.