Fish Birth is a collection of eight short stories. The title story, which explores issues associated with pregnancy and existential problems modern people struggle with, won the Golden Point Award in 2015. Another award winning story, Old Shop is a touching tale of the overlapping destinies of an old shop and its owner, showing the conflict between traditional heritage and modern development. In the collection, Sui Ting presents secret stories of modern urban life from a female perspective.
About the Author 何颖舒，笔名随庭，生于中国，2016年于新加坡国立大学中文系获得硕士学位。作品曾获2015年新加坡大专文学奖小说组首奖、联合早报金奖及金笔奖小说组首奖。2019年出版首部短篇小说集《孕鱼》。担任新加坡华文剧评网站”众观”的驻站剧评人和《联合早报》特邀剧评人，发表剧评二十多篇。
He Yingshu, whose pen name is Sui Ting, was born in China and earned her masters degree in Chinese Studies at NUS. In 2015, her short story won first prize in the Singapore Golden Point Award and the Singapore Tertiary Chinese Literary Awards, and she was awarded the Lianhe Zaobao Gold medal. Her first short story collection, Fish Birth, was published in July 2019. She is a practicing theatre critic. Her reviews have appeared in re-viewers.org and Lianhe Zaobao.
