Events

All events in Singapore at SGT, unless otherwise noted

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2023

31 May Workshop: Tripping the Heavy Fantastic
Creative Arts Seminar
National University of Singapore, 900am-1200pm
 
1–29 May International Writer-in-Residence
Toji Cultural Foundation Residency Program
Toji Cultural Center, Wonju, South Korea
 
9 Feb Award Ceremony: 2023 Epigram Books Fiction Prize
Conrad Centennial Singapore, 700-900pm
 
7 Feb Radio Interview: Fish Eats Lion Redux
Page Turners with Melanie Oliveiro
CNA938, 830-930pm
 

2022

26 Nov Book Launch Part 2: Fish Eats Lion Redux (moderator)
with Cyril Wong, Felicia Low-Jimenez, Inez Tan & Victor Fernando R. Ocampo
Kinokuniya SIMS, 300-430pm
 
24 Nov Awards Ceremony: 2022 Storytel Epigram Horror Prize
Crane (Robertson Quay), 700-900pm
 
19 Nov Panel: Occupying the “If”: Embracing the Unknown
Singapore Writers Festival
with Barrie Sherwood (mod), Ang Shuang & Clarissa Goenawan
Asian Civilisations Museum, Discovery Room, 1100am – 1200pm
 
13 Nov Panel: A Warning, or a Mirror? – Living in a Dystopian World
Singapore Writers Festival
with Tulika Ahuja (mod), Kass Morgan, Sylvie Denis & Jon Alexander
Asian Civilisations Museum, Ngee Ann Auditorium, 330-430pm
 
12 Nov Panel: Just the World I’m Looking For: The Multiverse and Fiction (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, Nuraliah Norasid & Meihan Boey
Asian Civilisations Museum, Ngee Ann Auditorium, 630-730pm
 
Book Launch Part 1: Fish Eats Lion Redux (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Meihan Boey, Ng Yi-Sheng, Wen-yi Lee & Suffian Hakim
The Arts House, Living Room, 400-500pm
 
4 Nov Book Launch: Counterfeit by Kirstin Chen (moderator)
Kinokuniya SIMS, 730-900pm
 
15 Jul Epigram Books First Look Showcase: 2022H2 titles
Zoom, 1000am-1200pm
 
30 May Prose Writers’ Circle
Creative Arts Seminar
Zoom, 230-530pm
 
28 Feb Book Launch: Metamorphosis by Ning Cai (moderator)
Epigram Books Showroom, 1030-1130am
 

2021

5 Dec Pitch Session: Work-in-Progress Programme (moderator)
Singapore Comic Con
Zoom, 200-430pm
 
4 Dec Panel: Sour Times (moderator)
Book Launch: Lovelier, Lonelier and White Cloud Mountain
with Daryl Qilan Yam and Grace Chia
Facebook Live, 200-300pm
 
27 Nov Panel: A Story Is a Promise: Short Fiction in an Age of Survival (moderator)
Book Launch: Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Five
with Balli Kaur Jaswal, Ng Yi-Sheng, Anittha Thanabalan & Jayashree Panicker
Facebook Live, 200-300pm
 
17 Nov Workshop: Speculative Futures: Imagining a Different Tomorrow
YGL-NTU Executive Education Module
World Economic Forum, Young Global Leaders
NTU Institute of Science and Technology for Humanity
Zoom, 800-900am, 400-500pm (repeat), 800-900pm (repeat)
 
7 Nov Panel: Man Vs Machine (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Becky Chambers, Aase Berg and Victor Fernando R. Ocampo
SWF 2021 Live, 1130am-1230pm
 
6 Nov Panel: Unravelling the Human Psyche in Fiction (video)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Carolyn Camoens (mod), Prayaag Akbar and Clarissa Goenawan
SWF 2021 Live, 400-500pm
 
18 Oct Panel: Language, Poetics and the Writer’s Craft
LASALLE College of the Arts
Faculty Of Fine Arts, Media & Creative Industries
Zoom, 700-800pm
 
12 Oct Reading/Interview: A Fickle and Restless Weapon
NYRSF Reading Series (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
with Jim Freund (mod)
Facebook Live & YouTube (simultaneous streaming), 700-830pm EDT
 
11 Sep EBFP 2021 Forum: So Close Yet So Far (moderator)
with Meihan Boey and Daryl Qilin Yam
Zoom & Facebook Live, 700-800pm
 
4 Sep Panel: How to Author a Book
Asian Civilisations Museum of Singapore
with Melissa Viswani (mod), Meihan Boey and Sebastian Sim
Zoom, 200-300pm
 
16 Jul Epigram Books First Look Showcase: 2021H2 titles
Zoom, 1000am-1230pm
 
3 Jun Workshop: Building Worlds of the Fantastic (repeat)
Creative Arts Seminar
Zoom, 300-500pm
 
2 Jun Workshop: Building Worlds of the Fantastic
Creative Arts Seminar
Zoom, 130-330pm
 
20 May Singapore Literature Book Club: Diary of One Who Disappeared
National Library Board
Zoom, 800-900pm
 
13 Mar Panel: Literary Citizenship
Vermont College of Fine Arts
with Xu Xi (mod), Minh Bui Jones and Jee Leong Koh
Zoom, 845-945am
 

2020

29 Dec Online Lecture: Building Strange New Worlds
Creative Arts Seminar
Zoom, 200-300pm
 
31 Oct Panel: Worldbuilding: The Devil’s in the Details (video)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Wayne Rée (mod), Amie Kaufman and Meihan Boey
SWF 2020 Live, 430-530pm
 
Readings@Home October
with Sumitra Selvaraj (mod), Zen Cho, William Tham, Golda Mowe and Melizarani T. Selva
Readings Malaysia YouTube channel, 330-430pm
 
24 Oct Official Book Launch: A Fickle and Restless Weapon (video)
with Dean Francis Alfar (mod)
Zoom and Facebook Live (simultaneous streaming), 830-930pm
 
22 Jun Radio Interview: A Fickle and Restless Weapon (video)
Your Money with Michelle Martin
Money FM 89.3, 1045-1100am
 
02-03 Mar Editorial/Publication Seminar
Singapore American School, 800am-300pm
 
07 Feb Stories About Stories
Epigram Books First Look Showcase: 2020H1 titles
Epigram Books Showroom, 1000am-100pm
 
16 Jan 2020 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Award Ceremony
Conrad Centennial Singapore, 700-1000pm
 

2019

14 Dec Epigram Books Christmas Market 2019
Epigram Books Offices, 1100am-500pm
 
07 Dec Panel: The Journey Towards Authorship
with May Seah and Anittha Thanabalan
BooksActually, 200-300pm
 
24 Nov Panel: It’s the End of the World as We Know It (podcast link)
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
with Ann Lee (mod), Lokman Hakim and Tiffany Tsao
Ground Floor, UAB Building, China Street Ghaut, 400-530pm
 
23 Nov Panel: Is the Screen Our Enemy? (podcast link)
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
with Tiwin Aji (mod), Dhinesha Karthigesu, Lur Alghurabi and Karoline Kan
Level 1, UAB Building, China Street Ghaut, 930-1100am
 
22 Nov Workshop: Worldbuilding 101: Strange New Worlds
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
Gerakbudaya Bookshop @ Hikayat (Beach Street), 330-500pm
 
16 Nov Panel: Originality Reinvented
with Barrie Sherwood
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 400-500pm
 
11 Nov Panel: Pitching to Publishers
with Ng Kah Gay and Eldes Tran
LASALLE College of the Arts, 700-800pm
 
10 Nov Panel: Not Here, Not There
Singapore Writers Festival
with Mrigaa Sethi (mod), Akshita Nanda and Kamal Al-Solaylee
Asian Civilisations Museum, Ngee Ann Auditorium, 1230-130pm
 
09 Nov Launch: Uniquely Singapore(an)
Book Launch of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Four (FB event)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Cyril Wong (mod), Pooja Nansi, Victor Fernando R. Ocampo, Nidhi Arora & Shreya Acharya
The Arts House, Living Room, 830-930pm
 
Panel: Ruling the Galaxy (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Victor Dixen, Boey Meihan and Victor Fernando R. Ocampo
The Arts House, Living Room, 500-600pm
 
08 Nov Launch: Keeping It Fresh: A Defence of Originality
Book Launch of The Angel Tiger and Most Excellent and Lamentable (FB event)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Barrie Sherwood
The Arts House, Gallery II, 700-800pm
 
02 Nov Panel: The Absurd, the Mundane and Everything in Between
Singapore Writers Festival
with Kristina Tom (mod), Barrie Sherwood and Selja Ahava
The Arts House, Living Room, 630-730pm
 
29 Oct Radio Interview: Most Excellent and Lamentable
Your Money with Michelle Martin
Money FM 89.3, 915-930am
 
16 Oct Radio Interview: Most Excellent and Lamentable
Singapore Today with Melanie Oliveiro
CNA938, 800-830pm (rebroadcast 1130pm)
 
15–16 Oct Author-in-Attendence
Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop, URA Centre, 1030am–530pm
 
28 Jun Stories About Stories
Epigram Books First Look Showcase: 2019H2 titles
Epigram Books Showroom, 1000am-100pm
 
4 Jun JC1 Workshop: Tripping the Heavy Fantastic
Creative Arts Seminar
National University of Singapore, 300-600pm
 
4 May Penang Launch: Diary of One Who Disappeared
with William Tham Wai Liang (mod)
Gerakbudaya Bookshop @ Hikayat (Beach Street, George Town, Penang, Malaysia), 400-600pm
 
22–23 Apr Author-in-Attendence
Huggs-Epigram Coffee Bookshop, URA Centre, 1030am–530pm
 
6 Apr Singapore Launch: Diary of One Who Disappeared
with Cyril Wong (mod)
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 200-300pm
 
2 Apr Radio Interview: Diary of One Who Disappeared
The Curve with Michelle Martin & Bernard Lim
Money FM 89.3, 640-700pm
 
30 Mar Multimedia Reading: Days of Future Past (curator/co-producer)
with Ng Yi-Sheng, Wei Fen Lee and Wayne Rée
The Substation, SAD Bar, 400-530pm
 
16 Mar Spot the Author
#BuySingLit Yong Siak Street Party
BooksActually, 300-500pm
 
18 Jan Stories About Stories
Epigram Books First Look Showcase: 2019H1 titles
Epigram Books Showroom, 1000am-100pm
 

2018

22 Nov 2018 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Award Ceremony
Conrad Centennial Singapore, 700-1000pm
 
10 Nov Panel: The Uncanny (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Han Yujoo, Intan Paramaditha and Jon Gresham
The Arts House, Blue Room, 200-300pm
 
08 Nov Panel: LONTAR Retrospective
Singapore Writers Festival
with Michelle Martin (mod), Victor Fernando R. Ocampo and Christina Sng
The Arts House, Festival Bookstore, 730-830pm
 
05 Nov Reading: Alluvium: The Journal of Literary Shanghai
Singapore Writers Festival
with Tina Kanagaratnam (mod), Chua Chee Lay, Daryl Lim, Xiangyun Lim, Lynette Tan, Tse Hao Guang and Cyril Wong
The Arts House, Gallery II, 730-900pm
 
03 Nov Launch: Short Stories About Home (moderator)
Lion City by Ng Yi-Sheng & Marriage and Mutton Curry by Dato’ M. Shanmughalingam
Singapore Writers Festival
The Arts House, Gallery II, 130-230pm
 
02 Nov Panel: Achieving Utopia
Singapore Writers Festival
with Patrick Williams (mod), Thea Lim and Rachel Heng
The Arts House, Gallery II, 800-900pm
 
26 Oct Meet the Author: Kirstin Chen (moderator)
The Arts House, Blue Room, 700-800pm
 
21 Sep 2018 Singapore Book Awards Ceremony
The Arts House, Chamber, 630-830pm
 
08 Sep Special Event: Singapore Night & Awards Presentation
Asian Festival of Children’s Content
Fullerton Bay Hotel, The Clifford Pier, 630-830pm
 
30 Aug Author Appearance
National University of Singapore, University Scholars Programme
Cinnamon College, University Town, 700-830pm
 
06 Aug Singapore Literature Prize 2018 Awards Ceremony
Stephen Riady Auditorium, NTUC Centre, 630-800pm
 
25 Jun Radio Interview: LONTAR issue #10
On The Scene with Eugene Loh
938 NOW, 300-330pm
 
11 Jun Radio Interview: LONTAR issue #10
The Curve With Michelle Martin & Bernard Lim
Money FM 89.3, 640-700pm
 
30 May JC1 Workshop: Tripping the Heavy Fantastic
Creative Arts Seminar
National University of Singapore, 230-530pm
 
28 Apr Octavia E. Butler’s Parable of the Sower: The Book Club
Singapore International Festival of Arts
The Arts House, Living Room, 1100am-100pm
 
14 Apr Launch: Misdirection by Ning Cai (moderator)
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 200-300pm
 
10 Mar Editorial Consultations – Fiction
Textures: A Weekend with Words
The Arts House, Council Room, 200-500pm
 
05 Feb SIFA 2018 Programme Unveiling
Singapore International Festival of Arts
The Arts House, Chamber, 700-900pm
 

2017

26 Nov Panel: When Immortals Walked Among Us (moderator)
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
with Arshia Sattar, Gerður Kristný, Paul McVeigh, and Zen Cho
Heaven, Bangunan UAB (Penang), 1115am–1215pm
 
25 Nov Panel: Braver Worlds: Visions of the Future/Past (moderator)
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
with Zen Cho, Intan Paramaditha, Dorothy Tse, and Felicia Yap
Heaven, Bangunan UAB (Penang), 315–415pm
 
23 Nov 2017 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Award Ceremony
Pan Pacific Singapore, 700-1000pm
 
14 Nov Pitching Session
StoryDrive Asia

Presented by Frankfurter Buchmesse
Intellectual Property Office of Singapore, Main Conference Area, Level 1, 1100-1145am
 
11 Nov Panel: Writing Between the Genre Lines
Singapore Writers Festival

This session is part of the Speculative Fiction track.
with Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé (mod), Aliette De Bodard and O Thiam Chin
The Arts House, Blue Room, 830-930pm
 
10 Nov Panel: The Evolution of the Singapore Short Story
Singapore Writers Festival

with Koh Tai Ann (mod) Clara Chow and Ovidia Yu
The Arts House, Blue Room, 700-800pm
 
05 Nov Launch: Launch Pad and Regrettable Things That Happened Yesterday [ FB event ] (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Shelly Bryant and Jennani Durai
The Arts House, Gallery II, 400-500pm
 
28 Oct Launch: Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Three [ FB event ] (moderator)
with Cyril Wong (co-mod), Nuraliah Norasid, Clara Chow and Melissa De Silva
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 230-330pm
 
14 Oct Meet the Author: Warran Kalasegaran (moderator)
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 200-300pm
 
09 Sep Launch: Lieutenant Kurosawa’s Errand Boy (moderator)
BookStreet@SMU: The Book Carnival
with Warran Kalasegaran
O’Coffee Club, Singapore Management University #B1-45, Li Ka Shing Library Building, 230-330pm
 
11 Aug Panel: Surreal Worlds of Southeast Asia (moderator)
World Science Fiction Convention (WorldCon 75) (Helsinki, Finland)
with Aliette de Bodard and Victor Fernando R. Ocampo
Messukeskus Helsinki, Expo and Convention Centre (Finland), Room 204, 1000-1100am EEST
 
29 Jun Launch: Once We Were There (moderator)
with Bernice Chauly
Aesop Ion, ION Orchard, 730-830pm
 
08 Jun 2017 Epigram Books Sales Conference
National Library, The Possibility Room, 900am-1230pm
 
31 May S2/3 Workshop: Worldbuilding 101: Strange New Worlds
Creative Arts Seminar
National University of Singapore, 230-530pm
 
JC1 Workshop: Tripping the Heavy Fantastic
Creative Arts Seminar
National University of Singapore, 1030am-130pm
 
22 Apr Worlds Beyond Words: The EBFP2015 Longlist (moderator)
with Daryl Qilin Yam, Imran Hashim and Kevin Martens Wong
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 200-300pm
 
20 Apr 2017 Singapore Book Awards Ceremony
Pan Pacific Hotel, Marina Square, 600-1000pm
 
18 Apr AFCC Evening Event: Makan & Mingle
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

*SCAPE, The Treetop (Level 5), 700-900pm
 
25 Mar Meet the Author: Jason Erik Lundberg
My Imagination Kingdom, 230-330pm
 
07 Mar Author Appearance
Singapore American School, 315-615pm
 
26 Feb BuySingLit with Storytime by Tickle Your Senses
My Imagination Kingdom, 300-400pm
 

2016

27 Nov Panel: The Lives of Others—The Many Lives of Fiction (moderator)
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
with James Scudamore, Zishu Li, Faisal Tehrani and Olga Martynova
Room 1, Wisma Yeap Chor Ee (WYCE), 1115am-1215pm
 
26 Nov Book Launch: Everything About Us: Readings from Readings 3 ed. Sharon Bakar
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
Classroom, Wisma Yeap Chor Ee (WYCE), 100-200pm
 
25 Nov GTLF 2016 Opening Ceremony
George Town Literary Festival (Penang, Malaysia)
Black Kettle, 105 Beach Street, 630-1030pm
 
24 Nov 2016 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Award Ceremony
Pan Pacific Singapore, 700-1000pm
 
12 Nov Panel: The Rise of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival
with Eka Kurniawan and Ng Yi-Sheng
The Arts House, Play Den, 230-330pm
 
Brand New Books: #EBFP2015 Longlist (Kappa Quartet by Daryl Yam and Annabelle Thong by Imran Hashim)
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Gallery II, 1000-1100am
 
10 Nov Panel: The Role of Literary Journals
Singapore Writers Festival

with Cyril Wong (mod), Yong Shu Hoong and Clara Chow
The Arts House, Living Room, 830-930pm
 
09 Nov Brand New Books: Heaven Has Eyes by Philip Holden
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Living Room, 830-930pm
 
05 Nov Brand New Books: We Contain Multitudes ed. Jason Wee & Cyril Wong
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Gallery II, 400-500pm
 
04 Nov An Evening of Sayang
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Entrance, 600-700pm
 
27 Aug Meet the Authors: O Thiam Chin & Balli Kaur Jaswal (moderator)
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 400-500pm
 
22 Jul Now That It’s Over—Author and Editor In Conversation (moderator)
BooksActually, 700-830pm
 
14 Jul 2016 Singapore Literature Prize Awards Ceremony
Regent Hotel, Royal Pavilion Ballroom, 700-1000pm
 
13 Jul The Great Singaporean Novel: Fantasy or Reality?
The Projector, Redrum, 630-800pm
 
25 Jun In Conversation With Krishna Udayasankar
Math Paper Press Day
BooksActually, 1100am-12noon
 
09 Jun Panel: Meet the SLP 2016 Shortlisted English Authors (moderator)
National Library Building, 715-830pm
 
01 Jun Workshop: Worldbuilding 101: Strange New Worlds
Creative Arts Seminar
National University of Singapore, 230-530pm
 
29 May Storytelling Visit
Imagine|Native Creative Fest for Kids
SEA Aquarium, Resorts World Sentosa, 1215-120pm
 
25 May Panel: The Editors Are Your Best Friend (moderator)
Asian Festival of Children’s Content
National Library Building, 1145am-1245pm
 
03 Mar Panel: Once Upon a Time (and Time Again)
Words Go Round
Hwa Chong Institution, 330-430pm
 
28 Feb Storytelling Visit
My Imagination Kingdom, 230-330pm
 
04 Feb Storytelling Visit
Quayside Isle Preparatory School, Sentosa Cove, 1100am-1200pm
 

2015

13 Dec Storytelling Visit
Epigram Books Pop-Up Store

Epigram Books, 200-300pm
 
05 Dec Book Launch: The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two (moderator)
Kinokuniya Neo SIMS, 200-300pm
 
19 Nov Storytelling Visit
Chatsworth Kindergarten Bedok, 900-1000am
 
14 Nov Book Launch: A Curious Bundle for Bo Bo and Cha Cha
Books Ahoy!, Orchard FORUM, 300-400pm
Woods in the Books, Tiong Bahru, 1130am-1230pm
 
08 Nov SWF 2015 Closing Reception
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Entrance, 800-1000pm
 
Panel: Aliens At Home (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Blue Room, 400-500pm
 
05 Nov 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize Award Ceremony
Pan Pacific Singapore, 700-1000pm
 
04 Nov Brand New Books: Big Mole by Ming Cher (moderator) (FB event)
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Gallery, 700-800pm
 
Storytelling Visit
One World International School, 1045am-1230pm
 
02 Nov Boot Camp Workshop and Editing Talk
Select Centre Translators Lab

Singapore Management University, 1000am-330pm
 
01 Nov Brand New Books: Epigram Books Anthologies (moderator) (FB event)
(Launch of The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume Two and LONTAR: The Journal of Southeast Asian Speculative Fiction issues #4 and 5)
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Gallery, 700-800pm
 
Brand New Books: It Never Rains on National Day by Jeremy Tiang (FB event)
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Gallery, 400-500pm
 
Brand New Books: UNION: 15 Years of Drunken Boat, 50 Years of Writing From Singapore edited by Ravi Shankar and Alvin Pang
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Gallery, 230-330pm
 
Brand New Books: Epigram Books Children’s Picture Books (FB event)
(Launch of A Curious Bundle for Bo Bo and Cha Cha)
Singapore Writers Festival

Asian Civilisations Museum, River Room, 1100am-1200pm
 
30 Oct SWF 2015 Opening Night Dinner
Singapore Writers Festival

The Arts House, Entrance, 630-800pm
 
27 Oct Storytelling Visit
Quayside Isle Preparatory School, Sentosa Cove, 1030am-12pm
 
23 Jun Panel: Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy
Singapore Committee for UN Women, Woolf Works, 700-900pm
 
13 Jun Storytelling Visit
British Council Pre-School, Tampines Concourse, 1215-1255pm, 115-155pm
 
03 Jun Celebrating Our Stars
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

National Library Building, The Pod, 630-800pm
 
Workshop: Tripping the Heavy Fantastic
Creative Arts Seminar

National University of Singapore, 230-530pm
 
19 May Storytelling Visit
Learning Vision @ Nanyang Polytechnic, 930-1130am
 
16 Apr Storytelling Visit
Chatsworth Kindergarten Bedok, 1030-1130am
 
11 Apr Panel: Starry Island: New Writing from Singapore
AWP Conference & Bookfair (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
Minneapolis Convention Center & Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
Room L100 F&G, Lower Level, 1200-115pm CST
 
10 Apr Author Signing
AWP Conference & Bookfair (Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA)
Minneapolis Convention Center & Hilton Minneapolis Hotel
Exhibit Space 1514, 200-300pm CST
 
07 Mar Panel: Writing Talk with Authors of SLP-Winning and Shortlisted Books (moderator)
The Book Café, 730-830pm
 
27 Jan Storytelling Visit
EtonHouse International Preschool (Mountbatten 718), 915-1030am
 

2014

05 Dec Joint Book Launch: LONTAR #2 and 3
BooksActually, 730-900pm
 
23 Nov Book Launch: A Luxury We Cannot Afford
The Arts House, Living Room, 400-530pm
 
08 Nov Little Lit: Epigram Books Presents New Picture Books
(Launch of Bo Bo and Cha Cha Cook Up a Storm)
Singapore Writers Festival

SMU Campus Green, Festival Pavilion, 230-330pm
 
Meet the Author: Karen Joy Fowler (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival

National Museum of Singapore, Gallery Theatre, 1000-1100am
 
02 Nov SWF Makan
Singapore Writers Festival

Food For Thought, National Museum of Singapore, 1230-130pm
 
Brand New Books: Epigram Books Presents New Literary Fiction (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival

SMU Campus Green, Festival Pavilion, 1130am-1230pm
 
Brand New Books: Epigram Books Presents Literary Translations
Singapore Writers Festival

SMU Campus Green, Festival Pavilion, 1000-1100am
 
01 Nov Panel: Worthy Failure vs Mediocre Success
Singapore Writers Festival

Singapore Art Museum, Glass Hall, 530-630pm
 
31 Oct SWF 2014 Opening Ceremony
Singapore Writers Festival

SMU Campus Green, Makeover Tent, 530-730pm
 
12 Oct Reading: Encore (Closing Party)
Singapore Literature Festival NYC (New York City, New York, USA)
McNally Jackson Books, 700-900pm EDT
 
Panel: Reading Culture
Singapore Literature Festival NYC (New York City, New York, USA)
Book Culture, 200-400pm EDT
 
11 Oct Book Signing
Singapore Literature Festival NYC (New York City, New York, USA)
92nd Street Y, 600-630pm EDT
 
10 Oct Panel: The Local Cosmopolitan
Singapore Literature Festival NYC (New York City, New York, USA)
Book Culture, 700-900pm EDT
 
09 Oct Reading: What Writing Means in Singapore
Singapore Literature Festival NYC Related Event (Brooklyn, New York, USA)
WORD Bookstore (Brooklyn), 700-830pm EDT
 
08 Oct PEN American Center Members Mingle (New York City, New York, USA)
Prohibition, 503 Columbus Avenue, 630-830pm EDT
 
06 Oct SFWA Annual Reception for Industry Professionals (New York City, New York, USA)
The Manhattan Penthouse, 700-1100pm EDT
 
11 Sep Starry Island: New Writing from Singapore launch
BooksActually, 730-900pm
 
18 Aug Storytelling visit
Gracefields Kindergarten, 1045am-1130pm
 
09 Aug Starry Island: New Writing from Singapore launch
Kinokuniya main store, 330-430pm
 
30 Jul Twenty-Four Flavours: Chicken Rice and Salted Vegetables and Duck Soup launch
BooksActually, 730-900pm
 
13 Jul Let’s Read Together!
National Library Building, Outdoor Atrium, 300-500pm
 
17 Jun Storytelling visit
CitiKids Academy, 1000-1100am
 
04 Jun “Tripping the Heavy Fantastic”
Creative Arts Seminar

National University of Singapore, Junior College Prose-Writing Workshop, 230-530pm
 
03 Jun Makan & Mingle
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

National Library Building, The Pod, 600-900pm
 
“Worldbuilding 101: Strange New Worlds”
Creative Arts Seminar

National University of Singapore, Secondary Prose-Writing Workshop, 1030am-130pm
 
02 Jun Children’s Literature Lecture
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

National Library Building, The Pod, 600-700pm
 
31 May Celebrating Our Stars
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

National Library Building, The Pod, 600-800pm
 
17 May “Can You Be A Translation Editor?”
Singapore International Translation Symposium 2014

The Arts House, Living Room, 300-430pm
 
08 May Storytelling visit
Chatsworth Kindergarten Bedok, 1030-1130am
 
27 Mar The Unbeatables: The Queen of Hearts x The King of Caldecott Hill
The Vault, 800-1000pm
 
19 Mar Babette’s Feast
Artistry Café, 700-900pm
 
13 Feb Speakeasy #9: The Valentine Edition
Artistry Café, 730-900pm
 
09 Feb Bo Bo and Cha Cha and the New Year Gift launch
Woods in the Books, 230-330pm
 
08 Jan The Wayang at Eight Milestone launch
The Arts House, Living Room, 730-900pm
 
07 Jan Embracing the Strange launch
BooksActually, 730-900pm
 

2013

10 Dec Author/Editor Talk
SpeculateINK

The Arts House, Blue Room, 200-300pm
 
23 Nov Typhoon Yolanda Benefit Gig
Artistry Café, 800-1100pm
 
09 Nov Epigram Books Presents: The Tower & Confrontation
Singapore Writers Festival

SMU Campus Green, Festival Pavilion, 230-330pm
 
06 Nov Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales Screw Us Up
SWF Fringe 2013: Once Upon A Time

The Arts House, Living Room, 730-830pm
 
03 Nov Alternate Realities” (with Dean Francis Alfar)
Singapore Writers Festival

Singapore Art Museum, Glass Hall, 400-500pm
 
02 Nov Brand New Books: “Epigram Books Presents: Literary Fiction” (moderator)
Singapore Writers Festival

SMU Campus Green, Festival Pavilion, 1130am-1230pm
 
11 Oct LONTAR #1 launch
BooksActually, 730-900pm
 
23 Sep Storytelling Visit
EtonHouse International Preschool (Orchard), 915-1030am
 
17 Sep Writing Workshop
NUS High School of Mathematics and Science, 100-230pm
 
07 Sep READ! Singapore Presents Ken Liu (moderator)
National Library Building, Multipurpose Room, 500-630pm
 
07 Aug New Word Order Presents Balli Kaur Jaswal (moderator)
The Arts House, Living Room, 730-830pm
 
26 Jul The Math Paper Press Pasar Malam
BooksActually, 700-1030pm
 
25 Jul Eastern Heathens Reading
BooksActually, 730-900pm
 
20 Jul Writer-in-Progress
Lit Up: The Indie Arts Festival

Orita Sinclair School of Design, 12noon-100pm
 
15 Jul Storytelling Visit
NLB Sengkang Library, 330-500pm
 
13 Jul Twenty-Four Flavours: Century Egg launch
Food-O-Philia 2013

The Arts House, Blue Room, 800-900pm
 
06 Jul Storytelling Visit
Popular Bookstore, Serangoon NEX, 200-245pm
 
11 Jun Author/Editor Talk
PublishINK

The Arts House, Blue Room, 230-315pm
 
05 Jun “Worldbuilding 101: Strange New Worlds”
Creative Arts Seminar

National University of Singapore, Secondary Prose-Writing Workshop, 1030am-130pm
 
04 Jun “Tripping the Heavy Fantastic”
Creative Arts Seminar

National University of Singapore, Junior College Prose-Writing Workshop, 1030am-130pm
 
03 Jun Literary Critique Session
Creative Arts Seminar

National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge Hall, 200-400pm
 
28-29 May Writers & Illustrators Conference
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

National Library Building
 
26 May Celebrating Our Stars
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

National Library Building, The Pod, 730-830pm
 
Author Meet & Greet
Asian Festival of Children’s Content

National Library Building, Media Mart, The Plaza, 510-530pm
 
24 May Twenty-Four Flavours: Sushi launch
BooksActually, 730-900pm
 
16 May Storytelling Visit
Gracefields Kindergarten, 1045am-1230pm
 
13 May Singaporean Writers Sharing Session
CHIJ St. Nicholas Girls, 300-400pm
 
02 May Storytelling Visit
PCF Jalan Kayu Kindergarten, 915-1100am
 
29 Apr Storytelling Visit
Chatsworth Kindergarten Bedok, 1030-1130am
 
27 Apr Eastern Heathens Reading
Kinokuniya main store, 400-500pm
 
20 Apr Fish Eats Lion Reading
Kinokuniya main store, 200-300pm
 
04 Apr Storytelling Visit
PCF Kebun Baru Kindergarten, 915-1100am
 
28 Mar Fish Eats Lion Reading
Select Books, 500-645pm
 
23 Mar Eastern Heathens launch
The Arts House, Living Room, 630-800pm
 
14 Mar Career Day visit
Pasir Ris Primary, 930am-12noon
 
23 Feb “Finding Your Voice in the Forest of Prose”
All In! Young Writers Media Festival

National Library Building, Level 5, 300-400pm