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Arts, Books, Singapore

Preview: Textures 2020 – These Storied Walls at the Arts House

  This March, get ready as The Arts House’s Textures: A Weekend with Words returns to breathe life into literature through a smorgasbord of arts events. Themed “These Storied Walls”, the third edition of the festival dives deep into the venue’s many identities and history. From a Scotsman’s planned estate to a courthouse, assembly house, our nation’s first parliament, and now Singapore’s literary arts centre, … Continue reading Preview: Textures 2020 – These Storied Walls at the Arts House

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Preview: #BuySingLit 2020 – Buy Local, Read Our World

The annual #BuySingLit returns this March in its fourth attempt to continue pushing the public to take an interest in local literature, and purchase local authors. Taking place over two weekends, beyond just book fairs, members of the public can look forward to an islandwide programme of activities that will have words leap off the page via performances, workshops and more. Themed ‘Buy Local, Read … Continue reading Preview: #BuySingLit 2020 – Buy Local, Read Our World

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Review: The Arts House’s Prologue 2020 – Invisible Cities

Held in conjunction with the National Gallery Singapore’s Light to Night Festival, over two weekends, the Arts House saw visitors from all walks of life spill over from the Civic District to the premises, taking in the multitude of programmes the venue had programmed for Prologue – the Arts House’s very first festival of 2020. In our experience of Prologue 2020, we were welcomed at … Continue reading Review: The Arts House’s Prologue 2020 – Invisible Cities

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Preview: Prologue 2020 – Invisible Cities at the Arts House

The Arts House, Singapore’s home for the literary arts, will be lit from both within and without this January. Taking place in conjunction with the National Gallery Singapore’s Light to Night Festival (as part of Singapore Art Week), Prologue marks the start of the Arts House’s 2020 season, presenting a ‘sample platter’ of activities and programmes to look out for in the year to come. … Continue reading Preview: Prologue 2020 – Invisible Cities at the Arts House

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Book Review: Beauty Queens of Bishan by Akshita Nanda

A celebration of womanhood and femininity in all their facets, set against the ever-intriguing world of pageants. Love it or loathe it, everyone wants to feel pretty. And in this age of reality TV, celebrity worship and social media obsession, it’s becoming increasingly harder to match up to society’s standards of beauty, what with the bar being continually raised. The business of beauty is booming, … Continue reading Book Review: Beauty Queens of Bishan by Akshita Nanda

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Preview: Goodman B-Sides 2019 – Get Lost In The Arts

This school holiday season, wander about and get lost in the arts at the latest edition of the annual Goodman B-Sides. For one day only on 16th November, Goodman Arts Centre (GAC) invites all the walk down the paths less trodden, with its community of artists crafting art into an adventure of artistic exploration, where getting lost is the experience. Armed with a map, visitors can follow … Continue reading Preview: Goodman B-Sides 2019 – Get Lost In The Arts

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Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Speaks About Bodies, Pop Culture and the Importance of Media Literacy

Roxane Gay is an icon for our times. Big, black, queer and intellectual, Roxane rounded off the final weekend of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) with a number of talks and events surrounding her work. Best known for her bestselling essay collection Bad Feminist and memoir Hunger, Roxane’s writing deals primarily with issues of identity, femininity (or society’s expectations of it) and how our views of the world have … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Bad Feminist Roxane Gay Speaks About Bodies, Pop Culture and the Importance of Media Literacy

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Singapore Writers Festival 2019 Closes with Literary Stars and Contemporary Topics, Marking New Festival Director Pooja Nansi’s Inaugural Edition

The 22nd edition of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) concluded on 10 November after a stellar 10-day line-up of literary events and programmes headlined by influential Singapore and international writers, speakers and thinkers. Organised by the National Arts Council (NAC) to champion and grow appreciation for literary arts and culture in Singapore, the theme “A Language of Our Own” explores the ways in which verbal, … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019 Closes with Literary Stars and Contemporary Topics, Marking New Festival Director Pooja Nansi’s Inaugural Edition

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Singapore Writers Festival 2019: An Interview with Min Jin Lee, Author of Pachinko and Free Food For Millionaires

“I like writing because I don’t like talking very much,” says author Min Jin Lee. “I was really one of those quiet Asian kids as a child, and it was something I had to work through when I realised that in America, if you don’t know how to talk well, people will think you’re stupid, and I definitely didn’t want people to think that about … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019: An Interview with Min Jin Lee, Author of Pachinko and Free Food For Millionaires

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Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Festival Debate – This House Believes That Men Are Ruining Feminism

In the grand tradition of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF), the ever-popular Festival Debate segment saw a full house at the Arts House Chamber, a historically appropriate venue (as a former space for Parliament to debate policies) to stage it. While still ostensibly taking on the same format as previous editions, something about this edition felt somewhat different, in part perhaps because of the motion … Continue reading Singapore Writers Festival 2019: Festival Debate – This House Believes That Men Are Ruining Feminism

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