Gaudy Boy

Gaudy Boy From Latin "gaudium" meaning joy, Gaudy Boy is a new press publishing voices of Asian heritage that seek to delight readers.

From the Latin "gaudium" meaning joy, Gaudy Boy publishes Asian writing that seeks to delight readers. The name is taken from “Gaudy Turnout,” a poem by Singaporean author Arthur Yap, about his time abroad in Leeds, UK. Similarly inspired, Gaudy Boy brings literary works by authors of Asian heritage to the attention of an American audience. We are interested in publishing poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction of exceptional merit. Please query Jee Leong Koh at [email protected] with a book proposal.

Fresh off the press! Minor Destruction is now available to purchase via these links below, which can also be found in ou...
09/01/2026

Fresh off the press! Minor Destruction is now available to purchase via these links below, which can also be found in our link in bio. Get yours today.

Minor Destructions is a poetic testament of faith after loss and grief. Moving between Korea and the United States, Minor Destructions testifies to the fractures of adoption, the intimacies of grief, and, eventually, the recovery of faith. In Mark Kyungsoo Bias’s debut, loss is not an isolated event but an ongoing condition, a residue that stains desire and stifles prayer long after the moment of rupture has passed.

Singapore
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USA
https://asterismbooks.com/publisher/gaudy-boy
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What's next for Hong Kong after the National Security Law? Hong Kong has undergone profound changes in recent years, eve...
08/03/2026

What's next for Hong Kong after the National Security Law? Hong Kong has undergone profound changes in recent years, even as it continues to evolve. Earlier in July, Asia Society in New York brought together authors and observers of Hong Kong to reflect on the city’s past, consider its present, and speculate about its future.

Xu Xi, Gaudy Boy author of new release Horizon Hong Kong, was one of them. She was joined by Mark Clifford, author of The Troublemaker (2024); Anna Kwok, Board Director of the Hong Kong Democracy Council; and moderator Simon Elegant, author of City on Fire (2026). Catch the full panel here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKBnVGm_cio.

We are really excited for the launch of Minor Destructions, Mark Kyungsoo Bias' powerful debut about faith, loss, and gr...
07/29/2026

We are really excited for the launch of Minor Destructions, Mark Kyungsoo Bias' powerful debut about faith, loss, and grief. Learn more about Mark in this little Q&A, including what he is currently reading, and what he is working on next.

Minor Destructions will be released in September 2026 - preorder your copy today (link in bio)!

Moving between Korea and the United States, Minor Destructions testifies to the fractures of adoption, the intimacies of...
07/21/2026

Moving between Korea and the United States, Minor Destructions testifies to the fractures of adoption, the intimacies of grief, and, eventually, the recovery of faith. In Mark Kyungsoo Bias’s debut, loss is not an isolated event but an ongoing condition, a residue that stains desire and stifles prayer long after the moment of rupture has passed.

Scroll to read some of the critical acclaim Minor Destructions has received.

Minor Destructions will be released in September 2026 - preorder your copy today (link in bio)!

Say hi to Mark Kyungsoo Bias, the author of Gaudy Boy's upcoming poetry collection, Minor Destructions!Mark Kyungsoo Bia...
07/15/2026

Say hi to Mark Kyungsoo Bias, the author of Gaudy Boy's upcoming poetry collection, Minor Destructions!

Mark Kyungsoo Bias is the author of the poetry collection Minor Destructions, winner of the 2025 Gaudy Boy Poetry Book Prize and forthcoming in fall 2026. His work has appeared in AGNI, New England Review, Gulf Coast, Georgia Review, Cero Magazine, The Adroit Journal, Narrative, The Common, Washington Square Review, and the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s The Margins, among other journals. He has received scholarships and awards from Tin House, the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Kundiman, the Academy of American Poets, and the Asheville Poetry Review. He holds an MFA from the University of Massachusetts Amherst where he was a REAL Fellow. He currently lives in Seoul.

Learn more about Minor Destructions through our link in bio🔗

Thank you, Asian Cha and contributors, for reviewing Horizon Hong Kong by Xu Xi—22 stories about a city in flux from one...
07/14/2026

Thank you, Asian Cha and contributors, for reviewing Horizon Hong Kong by Xu Xi—22 stories about a city in flux from one of Hong Kong's most prescient and unapologetic writers. Read the reviews on Asian Cha here: chajournal.com

Want to get a copy? Check out our purchase links on Word Image, Asterism, and Bookshop.org on our link in bio.

Singapore Independent Media Fair 2026Saturday, July 25, 1:00 PM - 7:00 PMGolden Village CineleisureExhibition is free an...
07/13/2026

Singapore Independent Media Fair 2026
Saturday, July 25, 1:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Golden Village Cineleisure
Exhibition is free and open to the public. Panels and workshops are ticketed. Check out the day's agenda: https://luma.com/nimbus26

07/06/2026

The always-excellent Xu Xi reading from her story, Rubato, at the launch of Horizon Hong Kong at Accent Sisters.

Missed the launch of Horizon Hong Kong in June? Fret not—you can find their conversation on our website with the addition of a few questions that were skipped because of time constraint. The conversation is lightly edited for clarity and concision. Link here: https://singaporeunbound.org/suspect-journal/2026/6/30/upsetting-the-order-of-things.

If you would like a copy of Horizon Hong Kong, check out our purchase links on Word Image, Asterism, and Bookshop.org on our link in bio.

Missed the book launch for Horizon Hong Kong on Saturday? Fret not, we have another reading coming up next month!Xu Xi i...
06/29/2026

Missed the book launch for Horizon Hong Kong on Saturday? Fret not, we have another reading coming up next month!

Xu Xi in conversation with Robert Siegel
Thursday, 30th July, 7pm - 8:30pm
Yu & Me Books
44 Mulberry St, New York, New York 10013
Register on yuandmebooks.com

One of Hong Kong’s leading English writers, Xu Xi investigates and invigorates the transnational, transcultural, and translingual dimensions of her beloved city in these 22 stories covering the 1960s to the present day. Xu Xi will read from Horizon Hong Kong and be in conversation with Robert Siegel, author and professor.

Xu Xi 許素細, xuxiwriter.com, an Indonesian-Chinese-American from Hong Kong, has published sixteen books—five novels, nine prose collections, one memoir, one coauthored textbook—and edited four anthologies of English Hong Kong literature. Her recent titles include Monkey in Residence and Other Speculations (2022), This Fish is Fowl: Essays of Being (2019), Dear Hong Kong: An Elegy for a City (2017), the novel That Man in Our Lives (2016), and the textbook The Art and Craft of Asian Stories.

Robert Anthony Siegel is the author of a memoir, Criminals, and two novels, All Will Be Revealed, and All the Money in the World. His work has appeared in The New York Times, Smithsonian, The Paris Review, The Drift, The Oxford American, and Ploughshares, among other places, and has been anthologized in Best American Essays 2023, O. Henry Stories 2014, and Pushcart Prize ###VI. He has been a Fulbright Scholar in Taiwan, a Mombukagakusho Fellow in Japan, a Paul Engle Fellow at the Iowa Writers Workshop, and a Writing Fellow at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and at Hawthornden Brooklyn.

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