Let Me Tell You Something About That Night: Strange Tales
Cyril Wong
Illustrations by Jason Wing
$32.95 AU HB
ISBN 978-0-9805717-1-4
 
Be warned. Mothers should not read these stories to their children, even though they might contain a lonely elf, a talking moon, a butterfly that wants to be a rabbit, or a boy who was born with a flower as an unfortunate appendage. Hovering within the realm of fables, myths and fairy tales, here are unlikely bedtime stories that are best read on a dark, stormy night, and at the risk of wounding the soul.

 
“Cyril Wong is proving himself to be a prose stylist of a calibre that threatens to outdo his poetry, with words so poignant and heartfelt, and a narrative drive that’s often direct and bold yet breathtaking in its fragile beauty.”
—Gerrie Lim, author of Invisible Trade and Inside the Outsider


“… his work expands beyond simple sexuality … to embrace themes of love, alienation and human relationships of all kinds.” —TIME (Asia)

Cyril Wong is the author of seven poetry collections, including tilting our plates to catch the light (firstfruits 2007) and Excess Baggage & Claim (Transit Lounge 2007). He has received both the Singapore Literature Prize (2006) and the National Arts Council's Young Artist Award for Literature (2005) in his country. His poems have appeared in Chinese Erotic Poems (Everyman's Library 2007) and Language for a New Century (W. W. Norton 2008), as well as in journals like Atlanta Review and Poetry International. He is presently on a Ph.D. research scholarship for English Literature at the National University of Singapore. www.cyrilwong.org

 

Jason Wing is an International contemporary artist with Cantonese and Aboriginal heritage. Wing has a visual Arts degree from Sydney College of the Arts Sydney Australia and a Graphic design Degree from Sydney Graphics College, Sydney Australia. Wing is represented by ARC 1 Gallery in Melbourne. For more information please visit www.jasonwing.net