Singapore Writers Festival

15 November

Siang Lu: Ghost Cities and Digital Dreams

In this conversation, Siang Lu discusses the real-world phenomenon of China’s uninhabited megacities and how they inspired a story about progress, isolation and illusion in the digital age.

Siang Lu’s participation in this programme is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Time: 3:30-4:30pm

Location: Asian Civilisations Museum, Discovery Room.

Tickets available here.

16 November

Elsewhere at Home: Voices of the Southeast Asian Diaspora

What does it mean to be from a place, but never truly of it? How do writers from the Southeast Asian diaspora make sense of home, heritage and belonging when those concepts are in constant flux? In this conversation, three acclaimed authors explore how diasporic experiences shape language, memory and storytelling. Writing across geographies, these authors interrogate cultural dislocation, generational identity, and the emotional weight of the “elsewhere”. Through fiction, satire and autofiction, they craft powerful responses to being both insider and outsider, local and global.

Siang Lu’s participation in this programme is supported by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.

Time: 11:30am-12:30pm

Location: Asian Civilisations Museum, Ngee Ann Auditorium.

Tickets available here.