Various locations across Singapore
UQP Authors at Singapore Writers Festival
The Singapore Writers Festival, one of Asia's premier literary events, started in 1986 as a biennial festival. Now organised by Arts House Limited, SWF is a highly anticipated event on the cultural calendar, presenting the world's major literary talents to Singaporeans while shining a spotlight on homegrown and Southeast Asian creative talents.
Over the years, the Festival has evolved into a vibrant gathering for writers, academics, and thinkers, offering a diverse array of panel discussions, workshops, lectures, and performances. It has featured literary luminaries such as two-time Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood, Whitbread First Novel Award winner Zadie Smith, British Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Nebula Award winner Ted Chiang, and Lambda Literary Award winner Roxane Gay.
The Singapore Writers Festival is one of the few multi-lingual literary festivals in the world, celebrating the written and spoken word in Singapore's official languages – English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.
The theme for the 2024 Singapore Writers Festival is 'In Our Nature.'
With the changing climate, we are hard pressed to re-examine the close relationship we share with our natural environment. SWF invites you to get back to basics and contemplate: What’s truly in our nature – as humans, as writers and readers, as global citizens – navigating the world we live in?
Check out the UQP author sessions below.
November 16, 1:30pm-2:30pm
Indigenous Narratives: Dismantling the Master's House
November 17, 3:30pm-4:30pm
Sarah Malik
November 17, 1:00pm-2:00pm
Ink and Equality: The Role of Female Empowerment in Modern Literature
November 17. 4:00pm-6:00pm
Life’s Pages: Memoir Writing Adventures with Sarah Malik
Festival passes can be purchased here.
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