Cat Chong

Poet, publisher, essayist — PhD on gender, genre, & disability (they/them)

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Publications

Collections

Dear Lettera 32 | Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier (2024)
Dear Lettera 32 | Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier (2024)
712 Stanza Homes for the Sun | Cat Chong | Broken Sleep Books (2023)
712 Stanza Homes for the Sun | Cat Chong | Broken Sleep Books (2023)

Pamphlets

‘When Health Becomes Available’ | Cat Chong | Earthbound Poetry Series: Cat Chong (Vol. 7, No. 2) (2026)
‘When Health Becomes Available’ | Cat Chong | Earthbound Poetry Series: Cat Chong (Vol. 7, No. 2) (2026)
Plain Air: an apology in transit | Cat Chong | Broken Sleep Books (2021)
Plain Air: an apology in transit | Cat Chong | Broken Sleep Books (2021)

Anthologies

VERSUS VERSUS: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets | Bloodaxe Books
VERSUS VERSUS: 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets | Bloodaxe Books
SIGNAL | Permeable Barrier
SIGNAL | Permeable Barrier
To the Rest of It | The Resting Up Collective
To the Rest of It | The Resting Up Collective
Eff-able: a spicy anthology of queer crip poetry | fourteen poems
Eff-able: a spicy anthology of queer crip poetry | fourteen poems
LURKING | Permeable Barrier
LURKING | Permeable Barrier
Coven Poetry Issue #1 | Coven
Coven Poetry Issue #1 | Coven
Ache Issue No. 3 | Ache
Ache Issue No. 3 | Ache
Alter Egos | Bad Betty Press
Alter Egos | Bad Betty Press

Edited collections

Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore | Ethos Books
Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore | Ethos Books
Moving Mountains: Nature Writing from Disabled and Chronically Ill Authors | Footnote Press
Moving Mountains: Nature Writing from Disabled and Chronically Ill Authors | Footnote Press
M-Boldened: Menopause Conversations We All Need to Have | Flint Books
M-Boldened: Menopause Conversations We All Need to Have | Flint Books

Events

2026

Poetry On Drugs Conference | The Radical Dreams Network | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | University of Southampton | University of Surrey | Birkbeck College, University of London
Poetry On Drugs Conference | The Radical Dreams Network | Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | University of Southampton | University of Surrey | Birkbeck College, University of London

2025

Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain, ‘Grief is a Thing in Pleather’ (Osmosis Press, 2025) – Housmans | Osmosis
Prudence Bussey-Chamberlain, ‘Grief is a Thing in Pleather’ (Osmosis Press, 2025) – Housmans | Osmosis
Small Press Takeover: Small Birds Press | Small Birds Press
Small Press Takeover: Small Birds Press | Small Birds Press
The Living Library | Being Human Festival
The Living Library | Being Human Festival
Arts & Activism: Queer Disabled Creativity in Action | Effable
Arts & Activism: Queer Disabled Creativity in Action | Effable
Poets from Versus Versus | Bloodaxe Books
Poets from Versus Versus | Bloodaxe Books
Special Edition: Spicy Queer Crip Takeover | Southbank Centre
Special Edition: Spicy Queer Crip Takeover | Southbank Centre
Poetry in the Library with Rob Kiely and Cat Chong | Lewisham Library
Poetry in the Library with Rob Kiely and Cat Chong | Lewisham Library
SIGNAL | Permeable Barrier Issue #5
SIGNAL | Permeable Barrier Issue #5
'RHYME AND REASON: QUEER VOICES IN VERSE' | EXILED WRITERS INK
'RHYME AND REASON: QUEER VOICES IN VERSE' | EXILED WRITERS INK
About - Eff-able: a spicy anthology of queer crip poetry | fourteen poems
About - Eff-able: a spicy anthology of queer crip poetry | fourteen poems
RUNNYMEDE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL | Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre
RUNNYMEDE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY FESTIVAL | Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre
Dr Cat Chong: 'A poetics of trans-bio-sabotage: genre queerness in the work of Maggie Nelson and Paul Preciado'. | Contemporary Innovative Poetry Research Seminar
Dr Cat Chong: 'A poetics of trans-bio-sabotage: genre queerness in the work of Maggie Nelson and Paul Preciado'. | Contemporary Innovative Poetry Research Seminar
Cat Chong, Editorial Assistant | Pamenar Press
Cat Chong, Editorial Assistant | Pamenar Press
Guest Editor: Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier Issue 5
Guest Editor: Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier Issue 5

2024

The Ecology of Anthology | Singapore Writer's Festival 2024
The Ecology of Anthology | Singapore Writer's Festival 2024
Slub 7 | Slub Press
Slub 7 | Slub Press
Liam Bates presents The Poetry Portal | Liam Bates
Liam Bates presents The Poetry Portal | Liam Bates
PREORDER: VERSUS VERSUS 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets | Bloodaxe Books
PREORDER: VERSUS VERSUS 100 Poems by Deaf, Disabled & Neurodivergent Poets | Bloodaxe Books
Royal Holloway Broken Sleep Showcase | RHUL & BSB
Royal Holloway Broken Sleep Showcase | RHUL & BSB
Cat Chong - Genrecripping human/non-human collaborations: the role of queerness and disability in Abi Palmer Invents the Weather at Gender and Genre: Medical Humanities and the Moving Image | IMH Durham University
Cat Chong - Genrecripping human/non-human collaborations: the role of queerness and disability in Abi Palmer Invents the Weather at Gender and Genre: Medical Humanities and the Moving Image | IMH Durham University
63. Finding a form: Cat Chong and Lydia Hounat | Ledbury Poetry Festival
63. Finding a form: Cat Chong and Lydia Hounat | Ledbury Poetry Festival
Surrey Poetry Festival 2024
Surrey Poetry Festival 2024
Mirela Baciak: Institutional Hospitality and Care Against All Oddities | PW Magazine
Mirela Baciak: Institutional Hospitality and Care Against All Oddities | PW Magazine
From Salzburg to Hannover: What Constitutes Normality? | Ocula Magazine
From Salzburg to Hannover: What Constitutes Normality? | Ocula Magazine
The Myth of Normal. Chronic Contradictions - Interview with Cat Chong | Salzburger Kunstverein
The Myth of Normal. Chronic Contradictions - Interview with Cat Chong | Salzburger Kunstverein
The Myth of Normal - Announcements | e-flux
The Myth of Normal - Announcements | e-flux
Opening The Myth of Normal: Chronic Contradictions | Salzburger Kunstverein
Opening The Myth of Normal: Chronic Contradictions | Salzburger Kunstverein
The Myth of Normal: Chronic Contradictions | Salzburger Kunstverein
The Myth of Normal: Chronic Contradictions | Salzburger Kunstverein
Drifting space: a poetry workshop | Make Space
Drifting space: a poetry workshop | Make Space
Placeholder Poetry: Cat Chong, Susmita Bhattacharya, J Pyrite | Wire Wool Events
Placeholder Poetry: Cat Chong, Susmita Bhattacharya, J Pyrite | Wire Wool Events
BOOK: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier
BOOK: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier
BOOK LAUNCH: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier
BOOK LAUNCH: Dear Lettera 32 by Cat Chong | Permeable Barrier
Words from the Wild: the Nature of Poetry | Royal Holloway
Words from the Wild: the Nature of Poetry | Royal Holloway

2023

Queer Poetics: Recorded Online Readings and Discussion | Red Bean Poetry Festival
Queer Poetics: Recorded Online Readings and Discussion | Red Bean Poetry Festival
Queer Poetics: Online Readings and Discussion | Red Bean Poetry Festival
Queer Poetics: Online Readings and Discussion | Red Bean Poetry Festival
Book Launch: Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry and Plays of Jack Spicer | Housmans
Book Launch: Be Brave to Things: The Uncollected Poetry and Plays of Jack Spicer | Housmans
Cultures of Madness Seminar: Self-harm and suicidality in video games | Institute for Medical Humanities
Cultures of Madness Seminar: Self-harm and suicidality in video games | Institute for Medical Humanities
BOOK LAUNCH: 'Moving Mountains' Launch Event | Manchester Poetry Library
BOOK LAUNCH: 'Moving Mountains' Launch Event | Manchester Poetry Library
Crip digitality: A poetic writing workshop with Cat Chong | CHASE Medical Humanities Network
Crip digitality: A poetic writing workshop with Cat Chong | CHASE Medical Humanities Network
Textual Porosity Exhibition | Poem Atlas
Textual Porosity Exhibition | Poem Atlas
BOOK LAUNCH: Cat Chong and Briony Hughes | Burley Fisher Books
BOOK LAUNCH: Cat Chong and Briony Hughes | Burley Fisher Books
Broken Sleep Books April 2023 Launch | Broken Sleep Books
Broken Sleep Books April 2023 Launch | Broken Sleep Books
Placeholder - Poetry Night #8 | Hope and Ruin
Placeholder - Poetry Night #8 | Hope and Ruin
Bring Down the Haus: Tottering State | Book Haus Bristol
Bring Down the Haus: Tottering State | Book Haus Bristol
Pertinent Actions: RHUL Poetics Research Centre | Osmosis Press
Pertinent Actions: RHUL Poetics Research Centre | Osmosis Press
HARDBACK BOOK: Moving Mountains: Nature Writing from Disabled and Chronically Ill Authors | Footnote Press
HARDBACK BOOK: Moving Mountains: Nature Writing from Disabled and Chronically Ill Authors | Footnote Press
Paper Ink Print Festival 2023 | Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre
Paper Ink Print Festival 2023 | Royal Holloway Poetics Research Centre
Recording: Unearthing Robin Boothroyd's Unearthed | Osmosis Press
Recording: Unearthing Robin Boothroyd's Unearthed | Osmosis Press
Unearthing Unearthed by Robin Boothroyd | Osmosis Press
Unearthing Unearthed by Robin Boothroyd | Osmosis Press
Introductions - Digital Editor: Cat Chong | Osmosis Press
Introductions - Digital Editor: Cat Chong | Osmosis Press
Writing my way out: A Poetics of Illness and Disability | The Polyphony
Writing my way out: A Poetics of Illness and Disability | The Polyphony
BOOK: Cat Chong - 712 Stanza Homes for the Sun | Broken Sleep Books
BOOK: Cat Chong - 712 Stanza Homes for the Sun | Broken Sleep Books
Carving out a place of hope amidst the inhospitable | Attunement by Ethos Books
Carving out a place of hope amidst the inhospitable | Attunement by Ethos Books
BOOK: Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore | Ethos Books
BOOK: Not Without Us: Perspectives on Disability and Inclusion in Singapore | Ethos Books

2022

The Caring Imagination – Make Art with Compassion | AngelHouseBooks
The Caring Imagination – Make Art with Compassion | AngelHouseBooks
Bearing Witness Book Launch | Difference Engine
Bearing Witness Book Launch | Difference Engine
Meet Me Here if the World Ends – Poems of Refuge | Singapore Writer's Festival 2022
Meet Me Here if the World Ends – Poems of Refuge | Singapore Writer's Festival 2022
Poetics Research Centre at the 2022 Small Publishers Fair | RHUL Poetics Research Centre
Poetics Research Centre at the 2022 Small Publishers Fair | RHUL Poetics Research Centre
Small Publishers Fair - Green Room Readings 2022 | RHUL Poetics Research Centre
Small Publishers Fair - Green Room Readings 2022 | RHUL Poetics Research Centre
Self-Harm and fiction | Make Space
Self-Harm and fiction | Make Space
Review: Alton Dapanas' autotheoretical collection Towards a Theory on City Boys | Mercurius
Review: Alton Dapanas' autotheoretical collection Towards a Theory on City Boys | Mercurius
Offering[s]: Hughes, Chong, Jenkins | Osmosis Press
Offering[s]: Hughes, Chong, Jenkins | Osmosis Press
A Hem Press Book Launch: Just Meat Not God by JD Howse — The Betsey Trotwood | Hem Press
A Hem Press Book Launch: Just Meat Not God by JD Howse — The Betsey Trotwood | Hem Press
Carnival of Poetry: Human and Nature | Sing Lit Station and Migrant Writers of Singapore
Carnival of Poetry: Human and Nature | Sing Lit Station and Migrant Writers of Singapore
swell by Christopher Lanyon: LAUNCH | Bad Betty Press
swell by Christopher Lanyon: LAUNCH | Bad Betty Press

2021

The Great Grey Shrike | New Fruits: Creative Eco-Writing from NTU & Leeds University Emerging Writers
The Great Grey Shrike | New Fruits: Creative Eco-Writing from NTU & Leeds University Emerging Writers
We miss you every day: Poetry pamphlets and the Michael Marks awards in 2021, André Naffis-Sahely | TLS
We miss you every day: Poetry pamphlets and the Michael Marks awards in 2021, André Naffis-Sahely | TLS
Extract from dis/content: An Archive of These Dreamings | Experiment O
Extract from dis/content: An Archive of These Dreamings | Experiment O
BOOK: Plain Air: An Apology in Transit | Broken Sleep Books
BOOK: Plain Air: An Apology in Transit | Broken Sleep Books
Reading from Plain Air: An Apology in Transit | Broken Sleep Books
Reading from Plain Air: An Apology in Transit | Broken Sleep Books
An Archive of These Dreamings by dis/content [INSTALLATION] | Permeable Barrier
An Archive of These Dreamings by dis/content [INSTALLATION] | Permeable Barrier
Extracts from Below 38 degrees C | Vessel Poetry
Extracts from Below 38 degrees C | Vessel Poetry
Crisis teaching crisis: pedagogy and COVID-19 at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore :: Cat Chong (Singapore) | Teach311
Crisis teaching crisis: pedagogy and COVID-19 at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore :: Cat Chong (Singapore) | Teach311
Pain and the creative-critical memoirs of Anne Boyer and Sinead Gleeson | IMLR Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities
Pain and the creative-critical memoirs of Anne Boyer and Sinead Gleeson | IMLR Contemporary Womxn’s Writing and the Medical Humanities
To Hope is to Invoke | Coven
To Hope is to Invoke | Coven
Extract from "body of declaration and withdrawal" | Singapore Unbound
Extract from "body of declaration and withdrawal" | Singapore Unbound
Dear Lettera 32, Part 2 | Live From Babel Tower: For One Magical Night Only
Dear Lettera 32, Part 2 | Live From Babel Tower: For One Magical Night Only

2020

Abracadabra guts of a ghost season (3am) | Wong Weng Yew
Abracadabra guts of a ghost season (3am) | Wong Weng Yew
Dear Lettera 32, Part 1 | The Babel Tower Notice Board
Dear Lettera 32, Part 1 | The Babel Tower Notice Board
—I’m writing my way out – and this is a place of refuge— | Briony Hughes Dorothy Launch
—I’m writing my way out – and this is a place of refuge— | Briony Hughes Dorothy Launch
'Inhabiting a Space of Love': Cat Chong & Jen Hadfield | Guillemot Press
'Inhabiting a Space of Love': Cat Chong & Jen Hadfield | Guillemot Press
Plain Air: An Apology in Transit [INSTALLATION] | Permeable Barrier
Plain Air: An Apology in Transit [INSTALLATION] | Permeable Barrier
Extract from 341 / Af- / ter / Gre / at / Pai / n – A / For / mal / Fee / lin / g / com / es / x | Ache Magazine
Extract from 341 / Af- / ter / Gre / at / Pai / n – A / For / mal / Fee / lin / g / com / es / x | Ache Magazine
PhD Postgraduate in Medical Humanities at NTU, Singapore | Nanyang Technological University
PhD Postgraduate in Medical Humanities at NTU, Singapore | Nanyang Technological University
it's okay to be swhite | Permeable Barrier
it's okay to be swhite | Permeable Barrier

2019

Review: Afterwardness by Mimi Khalvati | Stride Magazine
Review: Afterwardness by Mimi Khalvati | Stride Magazine
bodies of love and walruses | Bad Betty Press Alter Egos Anthology
bodies of love and walruses | Bad Betty Press Alter Egos Anthology
Review: Harpies by the CTC Collective | Nikki Dudley
Review: Harpies by the CTC Collective | Nikki Dudley
Review: In the process of becoming - Harpies: CTC anthology | Stride magazine
Review: In the process of becoming - Harpies: CTC anthology | Stride magazine
Civil Maintenance | Stride Magazine
Civil Maintenance | Stride Magazine
Crested Tit Christmas: Poetry Reading | The Poetry Society
Crested Tit Christmas: Poetry Reading | The Poetry Society

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