Koh Buck Song (b. 1963)
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Poetry
1992 – A Brief History of Toa Payoh and Other Poems. Singapore: Imperial Publishing House.
2001 – The Worth of Wonder. Singapore: Times Books International.
2003 – The Ocean of Ambition. Singapore: SNP International.
2008 – Heartlands: Home and Nation in the Art of Ong Kim Seng. Singapore: Ong Kim Seng.
2023 – the world anew: Poems and Haiga Inspired by Art in Pandemic Times. Singapore: National Gallery Singapore.
Fiction
1994 – Bugis Street: The Novel. Singapore: Pacific Theatricals.
Non-Fiction
1997 – Southeast Asian Art: A New Spirit. Singapore: Art & Artist Speak.
2000 – Toa Payoh: Our Kind of Neighbourhood. Singapore: Times Media for Housing & Development Board.
2002 – Heart Work: Stories of How EDB Steered the Singapore Economy From 1961 Into the 21st Century. Singapore: Economic Development Board.
2005 – How Not To Make Money: Inside Stories From Singapore’s Commercial Affairs Department. Singapore: Singapore Police Force.
2007 – Home At Mount Pleasant: The Senior Police Officers’ Mess of the Singapore Police Force. Singapore: Singapore Police Officers’ Mess, Singapore Police Force.
2011 – Living With the End in Mind: A Study of How to Increase the Quality of Death in Singapore. SIngapore: Lien Foundation
2012 – Perpetual Spring: Singapore’s Gardens by the Bay. Singapore: Gardens by the Bay.
2014 – Learning for Life: Singapore’s Investment in Lifelong Learning since the 1950s. Singapore: Workforce Development Agency.
2017 – Keeper of the Wild. Singapore: Wildlife Reserves Singapore.
2021 – Brand Singapore: Nation Branding in a World Disrupted by Covid-19 (Third edition). Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.
2021 – Around the World in 68 Days: Observations of Life from a Journey Across 13 Countries. Singapore: Penguin Random House.
2024 – Singapore’s Orchid Diplomacy. Singapore: Ministry of Foreign Affairs and National Parks Board.
Editorial
1990 to 1993 – Singa: Literature and the Arts in Singapore. Singapore: Ministry of Community Development, Ministry of Information and the Arts, National Arts Council.
1993 – Singapore: Places, Poems, Paintings. Art Ed. Chia Wai Hon. Singapore: Art & Artist Speak.
2002 – From Boys to Men: A Literary Anthology of National Service in Singapore. Eds. Koh Buck Song and Umej Bhatia. Singapore: Landmark Books.
2022 – “One United People”: Essays from the People Sector on Singapore’s Journey of Racial Harmony. Singapore: Marshall Cavendish.
