The Page on Stage: An Interview with Lee Thean-Jeen, Lim Yu-Beng and Janice Koh (Seven Views of Redhill)
Following their last edition of The Page on Stage in July, this October, The Arts House continues their streak of successful stage adaptations of local literary short stories with their third […]
Singapore Writers Festival 2019: A Greater Focus on Language with A Language of Our Own (Preview)
The 22nd annual Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) returns this November with the theme “A Language of Our Own”. Now headed by new Festival Director Pooja Nansi, this edition seeks to […]
Singapore Writers Festival 2019: A Language of Our Own (Preview)
The Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) is back this new November for its 22nd edition, welcoming on board poet Pooja Nansi as Festival Director, following Yeow Kai Chai’s exit. This year’s […]
Review: The Page on Stage – Missing presented by The Arts House
Love goes hand in hand with loss in this moving adaptation of Ng Swee San’s short story. While K. Rajagopal is best known for his acclaimed work on film, the […]
Preview: The Page on Stage – Missing presented by The Arts House
The Arts House’s Page on Stage series has been growing from strength to strength, starting off at the 2018 edition of Textures with an adaptation of short stories from Gopal Baratham, Colin […]
Perusing Pages: Nimita’s Place by Akshita Nanda (Review)
Parallel narratives of an Indian grandmother during Partition and her granddaughter in modern day Singapore make for a satisfying debut. Reading Nimita’s Place feels a little like moving in to a new […]
Singapore Writers Festival 2018: The Ghost In Your Head (Review)
A novel idea with flawed execution. Immersive productions are all the rage these days, with audiences often demanding to experience art beyond the usual mediums. Naturally, one of these art […]
Singapore Writers Festival Director Yeow Kai Chai’s Final Edition Draws To A Close
After 10 days of exciting programmes, pop ups, local and international authors and new ways of engaging with literary arts, the 21st edition of the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) finally […]
Singapore Writers Festival 2018: The State of The World According To David Sedaris, Irvine Welsh, Mariko Tamaki and Margaret Stohl
With a theme like 界(Jie): The World(s) We Live In, it’s impossible for the Singapore Writers Festival not to fill itself with programmes and events that discuss the state of affairs […]
Singapore Writers Festival 2018: Opening Night + Intercultural Theatre Institute’s Between Heaven and Earth
The 2018 Singapore Writers Festival kicked off to a roaring start this week, marking the final year with Yeow Kai Chai as Festival Director. Taking on the title of 界 […]
Singapore Writers Festival 2018: An Interview with Producers Phan Ming Yen and Karine Tan (The Ghost In Your Head)
If you’re a book nerd like us, then you’ve probably had a few experiences where you’ve read something, and wanted desperately to meet the author. Problem is, what happens when […]
Endless Worlds of Endless Possibilities at Singapore Writers Festival 2018
The Singapore Writers Festival returns this November for its 21st edition to maintain its claim as the leading regional literary event. Armed with this year’s theme of 界 (jiè), the Chinese character […]
Preview: Singapore Writers Festival 2018 – 界 (jiè)
The 21st edition of the National Arts Council’s annual Singapore Writers Festival (SWF) returns for two weekends this November. After last year’s theme of Aram, this year’s festival is themed […]
New Names, New Heads: Singapore Book Council Celebrates 50 Years of Promoting SingLit
It’s never too late for a rebranding, and the organisation formerly known as the National Book Development Council of Singapore boldly strides into its 50th anniversary with plenty of newness. […]
A Childhood Dream Come True: A Conversation with Writer Akshita Nanda
“I remember when I first came to Singapore in 1995 on a scholarship, my parents told me to eat the food in this country,” Akshita Nanda comments offhand, as we […]
Review: The Page on Stage – A Performance of Words from the stories of Baratham, Cheong, Jeyaretnam and Tay
There’s magic in words as Rebekah Sangeetha Dorai and Jun Vinh Teoh bring to life classic characters from beloved stories from the 90s. There are some books you read as […]
