NBDCS Book Awards for works in English(PDF), National Book Development Council of Singapore, archived from the original(PDF) on 23 July 2011, retrieved 31 August 2009. In 1994 and 1996, there were no winners for the highest award worth S$2,000 in the English language fiction category – Shelley shared the Highly Commended prize worth $1,000 for People of the Pear Tree with Claire Tham's Saving the Rainforest and Other Stories (1993); and for Island in the Centre with Philip Jeyaretnam's Abraham's Promise (1995): "Record 42 book awards given, no winner for English fiction", The Straits Times, 20 November 1994; Elisabeth Gwee (12 October 1996), "Judges, swamped by horror, hold back top prize for fiction at book awards", The Straits Times.
Winners of the Singapore Literature Prize (1992–2008)(PDF), Singapore Book Development Council of Singapore, archived from the original(PDF) on 23 July 2011, retrieved 31 August 2009; Ong Sor Fern (14 December 2000), "Winning work of imagination", The Straits Times.
Yusof, Helmi. "Tomes that show us how we live". The Business Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
NBDCS Book Awards for works in English(PDF), National Book Development Council of Singapore, archived from the original(PDF) on 23 July 2011, retrieved 31 August 2009. In 1994 and 1996, there were no winners for the highest award worth S$2,000 in the English language fiction category – Shelley shared the Highly Commended prize worth $1,000 for People of the Pear Tree with Claire Tham's Saving the Rainforest and Other Stories (1993); and for Island in the Centre with Philip Jeyaretnam's Abraham's Promise (1995): "Record 42 book awards given, no winner for English fiction", The Straits Times, 20 November 1994; Elisabeth Gwee (12 October 1996), "Judges, swamped by horror, hold back top prize for fiction at book awards", The Straits Times.
Winners of the Singapore Literature Prize (1992–2008)(PDF), Singapore Book Development Council of Singapore, archived from the original(PDF) on 23 July 2011, retrieved 31 August 2009; Ong Sor Fern (14 December 2000), "Winning work of imagination", The Straits Times.
Yusof, Helmi. "Tomes that show us how we live". The Business Times. Singapore Press Holdings. Archived from the original on 4 January 2015. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
