AustLit
Eileen Chong
b. 1980
(186 works by fr. 2004)
Born and raised in Singapore as third-generation Singaporean-Chinese, Eileen Chong moved to Sydney in 2007, where she started on a Master in Creative Writing at Sydney University. She previously taught Linguistics, Literature and Drama, having trained and worked as a high-school teacher in Singapore. Chong won the 2010-11 Poets Union Youth Fellowship. Her work has been shortlisted for most of Australia's primary poetry awards, including twice for the Prime Minister's Literary Awards.
Eileen Chong. Painting Red Orchids
single work
criticism
— Appears in: World Literature Today , January - February vol. 91 no. 1 2017 2017 (p. 86-87) y
— Appears in: World Literature Today , January - February vol. 91 no. 1 2017 2017 (p. 86-87) y
Siobhan Hodge Reviews Eileen Chong
single work
review
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 November no. 40.0 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 November no. 40.0 2012 2012 y
Interview : Eileen Chong
Robert Wood
(interviewer),
single work
interview
— Appears in: Liminal , January 2018 2018 y
— Appears in: Liminal , January 2018 2018 y
Review Short: Eileen Chong’s Painting Red Orchids
single work
essay
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 80 no. 2017 2017 y
— Appears in: Cordite Poetry Review , 1 May vol. 80 no. 2017 2017 y
Lens Flare by Benedict Andrews and Peony by Eileen Chong
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014 2014 y
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , October no. 16 2014 2014 y
Eileen Chong Interviews Joanne Burns
Eileen Chong
(interviewer),
single work
interview
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 28 2019 2019 (p. 97-103) y
— Appears in: Rabbit , no. 28 2019 2019 (p. 97-103) y
Merit in Quietude : Two New Poetry Collections by Eileen Chong and Thuy On
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 433 2021 2021 (p. 53-54) y
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 433 2021 2021 (p. 53-54) y
Kim Cheng Boey Reviews Burning Rice by Eileen Chong
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 11 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , June no. 11 2012 2012 y
Geoff Page Reviews Painting Red Orchids by Eileen Chong
single work
review
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , September no. 19 2016 2016 y
— Appears in: Mascara Literary Review , September no. 19 2016 2016 y
Proust Questionnaire : 17 Questions with Eileen Chong
Shu Hoong Yong
(interviewer),
single work
interview
— Appears in: Quarterly Literary Review Singapore , 2 April vol. 19 no. 2 2020 2020 y
— Appears in: Quarterly Literary Review Singapore , 2 April vol. 19 no. 2 2020 2020 y
The Accumulation of Instances : Martin Langford Launches ‘Peony’ by Eileen Chong
single work
review
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , March no. 11 2014 2014 y
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , March no. 11 2014 2014 y
Eileen Chong : Burning Rice; Mathew Abbott: Wild Inaudible; Vanessa Page : Feeding Paper Tigers; Carmen Leigh Keates : One Broken Knife
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 7 no. 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Review , vol. 7 no. 2012 2012 y
Featured Writers Part 1 : New Shoots Commissioned Poets, Mark Tredinnick, Eileen Chong and Eric Avery
Zalehah Turner
,
single work
biography
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , July-September no. 19 2016 2016 y
— Appears in: Rochford Street Review , July-September no. 19 2016 2016 y
y
Dark Matter
Canberra
:
Recent Work Press
,
2018
2018
selected work
poetry
y
y
Painting Red Orchids
Sydney
:
Pitt Street Poetry
,
2016
2016
selected work
poetry
y
y
The Uncommon Feast
( illus. Colin Cassidy
) ,agent
Canberra
:
Recent Work Press
,
2018
2018
selected work
poetry
essay
y
y
Rainforest
World Square
:
Pitt Street Poetry
,
2018
2018
selected work
poetry
y
y
Burning Rice
Melbourne
:
Australian Poetry Centre
,
2012
2012
selected work
poetry
y
y
Peony
Judith Beveridge
(editor),
Sydney
:
Pitt Street Poetry
,
2014
2014
selected work
poetry
y
y
A Thousand Crimson Blooms
St Lucia
:
University of Queensland Press
,
2021
2021
selected work
poetry
y
y
The Crows in Town : Newcastle Poetry Prize Anthology 2017
Eileen Chong
(editor),
Kevin Brophy
(editor),
Newcastle
:
Hunter Writers' Centre
;
The University of Newcastle
,
2017
2017
anthology
poetry
y
y
Pencilled In
no.
3
2018
2018
periodical issue
y
y
Devadatta’s Poems
Artarmon
:
Giramondo Publishing
,
2014
2014
selected work
poetry
y
y
Verity La
Nigel Featherstone
(editor),
Michele Seminara
(editor),
Canberra
:
Verity La
,
2010-
2010
periodical
(127 issues)
y
y
New Shoots Anthology : Poems Inspired by Plants
Ella Skilbeck-Porter
(editor),
Surry Hills
:
The Red Room Company
,
2017
2017
anthology
poetry
y
y
Time
Cassandra Atherton
(editor),
Strawberry Hills
:
Spineless Wonders
,
2018
2018
anthology
short story
y
y
Overland
no.
252
Spring
2023
2023
periodical issue
y
The Hymen Diaries
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 235 2019 2019 (p. 22-23) y
— Appears in: Overland , Winter no. 235 2019 2019 (p. 22-23) y
A Window into Another Universe
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , June no. 38 2018 2018 (p. 49-52) y
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , June no. 38 2018 2018 (p. 49-52) y
The Watch
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2022 2022 y
— Appears in: Meanjin Online 2022 2022 y
In My Fortieth Year, I Realise I Am Not Them
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , July 2020 2020 y
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , July 2020 2020 y
Lunch Hour
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Disappearing Sydney : The Red Room Company , 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: The Disappearing Sydney : The Red Room Company , 2012 2012 y
y
Memory Book : Portraits of Older Australians in Poetry and Watercolours
Cassandra Atherton
(editor),
Jessica Wilkinson
(editor),
( illus. Sierra McManus
) ,agent
Brisbane
:
Melbourne
:
Hunter Publishers
,
2021
2021
anthology
poetry
y
Lu Xun, Your Hands
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , March vol. 69 no. 1 2010 2010 (p. 230) y
— Appears in: Meanjin , March vol. 69 no. 1 2010 2010 (p. 230) y
y
Giant Steps : Fifty Poets Reflect on the Apollo 11 Moon Landing and Beyond
Paul Munden
(editor),
Shane Strange
(editor),
Canberra
:
Recent Work Press
,
2019
2019
anthology
poetry
y
y
StylusLit
no.
2
September
2017
2017
periodical issue
y
y
What We Carry : Poetry on Childbearing
Ella Kurz
(editor),
Simone King
(editor),
Claire Delahunty
(editor),
Canberra
:
Recent Work Press
,
2021
2021
anthology
poetry
y
Poem for My Ancestors
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Any Saturday, 2021, Running Westward Hamilton : Hunter Writers' Centre , 2021 2021 y
— Appears in: Any Saturday, 2021, Running Westward Hamilton : Hunter Writers' Centre , 2021 2021 y
Sweet Truth
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 29 2018 2018 y
— Appears in: Australian Poetry Collaboration , no. 29 2018 2018 y
Singapore Koel
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 39 2018 2018 (p. 199-200) y
— Appears in: Going Down Swinging , no. 39 2018 2018 (p. 199-200) y
My Mother, Painting
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , June no. 38 2018 2018 (p. 44-45) y
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , June no. 38 2018 2018 (p. 44-45) y
Grandmother's Dish
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Women's Work : A Collection of Contemporary Women's Poetry Sydney : Pax Press , 2013 2013 (p. 31) y
— Appears in: Women's Work : A Collection of Contemporary Women's Poetry Sydney : Pax Press , 2013 2013 (p. 31) y
Kumera
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , June no. 30 2017 2017 y
— Appears in: Peril : An Asian-Australian Journal , June no. 30 2017 2017 y
Elementary Chinese
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 May 2011 2011 (p. 7) y
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 29 May 2011 2011 (p. 7) y
My Mother Talks in Numbers
single work
poetry
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 77 no. 3 2018 2018 (p. 83) y
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 77 no. 3 2018 2018 (p. 83) y
Murrumbidgee, Wagga Wagga
single work
poetry
— Appears in: FourW New Writing Twenty-Six 2015 2015 (p. 26) y
— Appears in: FourW New Writing Twenty-Six 2015 2015 (p. 26) y
Mid-Autumn Mooncakes
single work
poetry
— Appears in: The Disappearing Sydney : The Red Room Company , 2012 2012 y
— Appears in: The Disappearing Sydney : The Red Room Company , 2012 2012 y