The All In! Young Writers’ Seminar is the first seminar-conference I’ve heard about that specifically targets post-secondary students from JCs, polys, and universities. I’d go, but I have exams that week so unfortunately I can’t ):
Quick details:
All In! Young Writers’ Seminar: Writing and the New Media
Venue: The Arts House (1 Old Parliament Lane)
Date: 20 Feb 2010, Sat
Time: 9.30am to 6pm
Admission is free
It’s organised by the National Book Development Council, the Arts House and the NUS Literary Society, with NUS being the National University of Singapore.
Here’s a rundown of what the gist of the seminar is all about:
This seminar will provide an insight into:
- How the Internet and web technologies have evolved and are evolving
- How has the traditional publishing value chain been affected by IT and the new media
- Writing in the larger context of Digital Media
- How to keep up to date with new developments
- Future trends like e-books, e-readers, interactive and multimedia content
- Responsible blogging
Things like comics and online journalism will also be covered during the session, so go forth and register! The flyer with the registration info can be found here.