Moving House by Theophilus Kwek Jean Boase-Beier as well as poets who’ve

as well as poets who’ve spent time in the North-East

Yet its difficulty—and sheer variety—leaves many readers puzzled or overwhelmed

Staying close to the original throughout

The reading becomes archaeological as layers and layers of meaning

characterised by its energetic humour and McClean’s unique

Moving House by Theophilus Kwek Jean Boase-Beier as well as poets who’veTheophilus Kwek's first UK collection is concerned with the individual and the collective stories that become history. The poems set out from formative moments in the poet's memory, to pivotal moments in the colonial past of Southeast Asia, and finally the political upheavals of the present. Hospitality, precarity, migration these are some of the themes that recur as the poet makes his own journey from Singapore to Europe and back again. Moving House