Eileen Chong

Eileen Chong
Born 1980
Singapore
Occupation Poet

Eileen Chong is a contemporary Australian poet.

Biography

Eileen Chong was born in 1980 in Singapore. She moved to Sydney, Australia in 2007.

She won the Poets Union Youth Fellowship in 2010 and was the Australian Poetry Fellow for 2011-2012.

She was the poet-in-residence at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney and the Bundanon Trust in 2016.

She has been mentored by the Australian poets Judith Beveridge and Anthony Lawrence.

Selected Bibliography

Burning Rice (single author poetry collection). Chong, Eileen. 2012. Australian Poetry New Voices Series 2012, Melbourne, Australia. Reprinted 2013. Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney, Australia.

Peony (single author poetry collection). Chong, Eileen. 2014. Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney, Australia.

Painting Red Orchids (single author poetry collection). Chong, Eileen. 2016. Pitt Street Poetry, Sydney, Australia.

Interviews

14 July 2011, 6 to 6.30pm with Justine Poon on 'Something Else' Podcast of interview can be streamed online at http://www.cpod.org.au/feed.php?id=308 (Last accessed 25 July 2011), or downloaded at http://www.cpod.org.au/download.php/6673.mp3

11 Dec 2013, Poets' Corner with Maisy Stapleton on Eastside Radio 89.7FM http://eastsidefm.org/2013/12/poets-corner/

Videos

Eileen Chong reads her poem 'Mid-Autumn Mooncakes' at the NSW Parliamentary Poetry Soiree 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jsp5mWL40Wo

Eileen Chong reads at the Gun Club in Newcastle, 2 Oct 2011 as part of This is Not Art! festival. http://whenpressed.net/work/eileen-chong/reads-at-the-gun-club/

Awards

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