Review: Wolf At The Door

In the past few years there have been a number of English-language Singaporean authors with cross-Causeway appeal – Alfian Sa’at and Shamini Flint come to mind – but for the most part, the literary scenes of Kuala Lumpur and Singapore seem to function independently, catering to the tastes of readers in their respective cities.

If the name Joyce Ch’ng is familiar to you, then you are probably a reader of South-East Asia’s niche but gregarious science fiction and fantasy scene. Her novel Wolf At The Door, written under the pseudonym J. Damask, is regionally published and distributed by Malaysian publishers Gerakbudaya.