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That’s right, Happiness at the End of the World is available in stores now! So far it’s only been spotted at the main Kinokuniya store at Takashimaya, but we expect that the books will hit other Kino stores and other bookstores soon. :D You can find it here in Kino: With GST it’s S$19.26, but you can get it [...] I don’t have many pictures for this, largely because I was too busy to take any! Quite a lot of the photos were by Nerwen. On Saturday was the kick-off party for the Singapore chapter of Nanowrimo, of which I’m proud to be co-Municipal Liaison for. It was also the launch of Happiness at the End of the World, a collection of short stories revolving around the title theme. You can buy Happiness from our publisher, Two Trees! Things started off really well with a gigantic cake box being delivered to my home. I was a little late because traffic was bad, but by the time I arrived at Earshot cafe things were already buzzing. There’s quite a lot of thanks to go around, so I’ll try to fit everyone into my thirty-second speech :P There were competitions and prizes given out, but everything went so fast and so crazy that I completely lost track. I had a heck of a time. I was so pleased with all our Undercover outfits – what with it being Halloween and all. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves.  Rozen undercover as a tourist, winner of the Best Undercover competition
This morning I was at The Arts House again, this time at Earshot cafe for the launch of Wena Poon’s The Proper Care of Foxes, her latest collection of short stories. I was joined by Sarah. The Proper Care of Foxes has been out in stores for a bit now, but today was like the official launch with Wena and her publisher, Ethos Books. Ethos might be a familiar name, because they’re quite well known for publishing local poetry. (Read more) I spent the day at The Arts House at various panels, one of which was the Meet the Author: Wena Poon at the Blue Room! I was with Sarah, (the other) Raven and Nerwen. A bit more on Wena from her profile on the SWF website: Wena Poon (Singapore/United States) Born and raised in Singapore, Wena Poon graduated magna cum laude in English Literature from Harvard and later obtained a degree from Harvard Law School. She has worked as a journalist and lawyer in Hong Kong and the United States. Her first book, Lions in Winter, was listed for the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award and the Singapore Literature Prize. Within two months of its launch, the collection of short stories climbed to No. 6 in The Straits Times’ Top 10 Bestseller List for fiction (February 2008). Her second book is called The Proper Care of Foxes (2009). Wena is a great writer and a friend. She writes serious short stories, currently published as Lions in Winter and The Proper Care of Foxes. My favorite is neither, though! She also has a series called Biophilia that has kickass heroine Imogen Parks, alternate worlds, and some really awesome talking animals. (Read more)
It’s that time of year again! This year, we’ll be merging the NaNoWriMo kickoff party with a book launch. :D Happiness at the End of the World is a collection of short stories written by a few people who did NaNoWriMo last year, and will be on sale at the party-launch.
I got back from holiday a few days ago to find out that Neil Gaiman is coming to Singapore for the Sinagpore Writers Festival in October-November! You need tickets to get in, but I’d already missed the ticketing date — apparently all the tickets were gone within 1.5 hours, but the SWF organisers decided to [...] The library used book sale is back! Basically the NLB takes all its old books and puts them on sale for really cheap. Date: 22 and 23 August Books are going for cheap! English books are $2, while magazines are going for $5 for ten issues. Prices vary according [...] Book Camp is a two-day intensive workshop organised by the National Book Council. Date: 29 & 30 June (Mon and Tues) It’s quite expensive, but it looks like it’s pretty intensive. Over two days, the workshop [...] Map of the Invisible World, a new novel by Tash Aw, will be launched on Monday, June 1, at The Pod! Time: Monday, June 1, 7pm To RSVP, please email Zariena at zariena@horizonbooks.com.sg or call 6483 5953. But I think you can also go without RSVPing. Click through for more information on the book and author. Little Lit: Enriching Minds & Igniting A Writer’s Spark is a series of talks for children’s books writers and illustrators. Time: 2.15pm to 6pm (it’s long, but there are five talks in total) The talks for that day are:
To register for the talks, sign up at www.mutb.com.sg, email info@mutb.com.sg or call 6100 4363. Click through for more details on the talks. |
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