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My feet are killing me, but I had a good time at the Singapore Writers Festival Opening! I was invited because I’m one of the MLs for the Singapore chapter of Nanowrimo, so today I went down to The Arts House! Nanowrimo represent! Also, I got to feel all literary and posh. (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 [...] Yesterday I was at Polymath & Crust for Reading Between the Lions, also called Writer Flash Mob Takes Over Club Street (it was semi-secret and somewhat impromptu, what can I say?).
Polymath & Crust is located at 86 Club Street – look for the white storefront with “Polymath & Crust” written on the glass door. It’s the sister bookstore to Books Actually, the renowned indie bookstore at Ann Siang Road. Polymath & Crust specialises in non-fiction – from political science to food books (in the vein of Anthony Bourdain’s A Cook’s Tour) and everything inbetween. Polymath & Crust is at Club Street, which is (literally) a stone’s throw from Books Actually. iterally a stone’s throw. Find a stone, take a few steps to the side so you’re standing by the road, and throw. If your aim is good enough, the stone’ll land right in front of Polymath & Crust. Admittedly, it’d have to be a rather hard throw, but they never mention how hard you’d have to throw in the first place. Anyway! This was my first time at Polymath & Crust, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. It is a glorious place. P&C is spectacular – slightly bigger than Books Actually with more space to walk around in. This is the type of bookstores that appear in romantic movies and novels, which basically made it the perfect setting. Reading Between the Lions is a semi-secret event that will be happening on 3 June, featuring readings by authors like Wena Poon and Suchen Christine Lim. Date: 3 June, Wednesday Join Wena Poon (“Lions in Winter”), Suchen Christine Lim (“The Lies That Build A Marriage”), Alvin Pang (“City [...] Photo by Sarah Coldheart On Friday night, I was at the Arts House with Raven Azure and Sarah Coldheart (of Seriously Sarah fame) for Conversation with Wena Poon, a pre-Singapore Writers Festival event organised by the National Arts Council and the Singapore Book Club. Wena is the author of Lions In Winter, which is an excellent collection [...] 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. As part of the Singapore Writers Festival pre-festival event lineup, there’s going to be a series of literary tours called Experience Singapore. Both will start from the National Library. There are limited places available, so you have to register (links are below). Experience Singapore: Nostalgia Time: 10am to 12pm 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. It was Free Comic Book Day today! G&B Comics was one of the hundreds, if not thousands, of comics retailers who take part in the annual event. FCBD is an annual event, held the first Saturday in May – today, in other words. G&B gave out free comic books, specially printed for this event, at their new shop at Rochor Centre! They’re not open at the new location yet, but they’ll be moving in June, so it was a way to introduce the new shop to their costumers. So anyway, off it was to the new place to see the shop and to get free comics! Click through after the picture for more! |
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