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PROGRAMMES 4 NOVEMBER
Katmanchew ever achieve total world domination
with the brave Action Dogs around? Bring out your
claws (or paws!) and say, purrhaps next time! Let The
2 Steves, Steve Barlow and Steve Skidmore, entertain
you. For ages 8 and up.
OFF THE PAGE: Pooja Nansi
Sun 4 nov | 2.30pm – 3pm | FREE
festival Pavilion, campus green, Smu
Poet and artist Pooja Nansi explores how music and
poetry speak to and across each other in a set that
delves into the beginnings of love, loss and lamentation.
WORKSHOP: Writing for the Bright Lights
and Big Stage
inStructOr: aubrey mellor
Sun 4 nov | 3pm – 6pm | $30
Seminar room 3-2, School of information Systems, Smu
Grasp the essential elements of dramatic structure
and riveting dialogue for both film and stage. Offering
an overview of genres, form and style, as well as
exercises in script writing, this workshop will leave
participants understanding the three elements
needed in all good plays and film scripts: narrative,
character and theme. Suitable for 18 and above.
LITTLE LIT!: Big Tales for the Little Ones
featuring: grace kalaiselvi
Sun 4 nov | 3.30pm – 4.30pm | FREE
Big Steps, School of information Systems, Smu
Epic literature is made easy with storyteller Grace
Kalaiselvi, as she introduces Indian Classics to children
in fun and entertaining ways, complete with treasure
hunting games! For ages 7 and up.
In English, with some Tamil.
இைளய இலக்கியம்! சின்னஞ் சிகக்கான
ெபரிய கைதகள்
நடத்பவர்: கிேரஸ் க ைலச்ெசல்வி
ஞாயிற்க்கிழைம, நவம்பர் 4 | 4.30pm – 5.30pm |
Big Steps, School of Information Systems, SMU
அமதி இலவசம்
ராண இலக்கியங்கைள ைதயல் ேவட்ைட
விைளயாட்கடன் விவிப்பான, கலமான
ைறயில் சிவர்கக்ப் பைடக்கவிக்கிறார் கிேரஸ்
க ைலச்ெசல்வி. 7 வயக் ேமற்ப்பட்ர் கலந்
ள்ளலாம்.
இந்த நிகழ்ச்சி சிறிதள தமிடன் ஆங்கிலத்தில் இடம்ெபம்.
OFF THE PAGE: Tell Me a Story
Sun 4 nov | 3.30pm – 4pm | FREE
festival Pavilion, campus green, Smu
Back for the second year, professional storyteller
Kamini Ramachandran from MoonShadow Stories will
read us stories by some of SWF’s featured writers. This
weekend she will read from works by Suchen Christine
Lim, Cyril Wong and Pico Iyer.
Another similar storytelling session is on Sat 10 Nov.
In the Beginning, there was the Story...
featuring: michael cunningham
mOderated By: kenneth kwok
Sun 4 nov | 4pm – 5pm | $20
drama theatre, School of the arts
Novels, even the greatest of them, are descended
from an ancient and fundamental human act:
storytelling. At one moment, members of a prehistoric
tribe are huddled around a fire, listening to a man
tell a tale about the day’s hunt, and, at another,
Proust is finishing the first volume of In Search of
Lost Time. At a third moment, someone is sending
out a semi-autobiographical, semi-coherent tale
on the Internet. Although there’s an enormous
distance between the three, all of them are engaged
in essentially the same endeavor. Storytelling has,
since its earliest origins, been an ongoing attempt
to convey to others what it’s like to be alive, what
it’s like to feel, to think, to survive in a world that
has always been both marvellous and dangerous.
Michael Cunningham will talk about the ways in
which storytelling has changed since humans first
developed speech, and the ways in which it has not.
Supported by the United States Embassy, Singapore.
PANEL: Why I Write
featuring: ahmad tohari, S m Zakir
mOderated By: Zizi azah
Sun 4 nov | 4pm – 5pm | FESTIvAL PASS
glass Hall, Sam
How much does one’s background influence one’s
writing? Can writers transcend their origins? Join
prominent writers Ahmad Tohari and SM Zakir as they
share how their lives have shaped their works.
This session is in Malay.
PERBINCANGAN PANEL: Mengapa Saya Menulis
mengemukakan: ahmad tohari, S m Zakir
dimOderatkan OleH: Zizi azah
ahad 4 nov | 4ptg– 5ptg | PAS PESTA
glass Hall, Sam
Sejauh manakah latar belakang seseorang
mempengaruhi penulisannya? Bolehkah seorang
penulis mengatasi asal usulnya? Sertai penulis-penulis
terkenal Ahmad Tohari dan SM Zakir yang berkongsi
bagaimana kehidupan mereka membentuk karyakarya
mereka.
Sesi ini dalam Bahasa Melayu.
BRAND NEW BOOKS: Balik Kampung: Stories of
Connection/Disconnection with Different Parts of
Singapore by Verena Tay| Ayam Curtain by June
Yang and Joyce Chng| Fish Eats Lion by Jason Erik
Lundberg
Sun 4 nov | 4pm – 5pm | FREE
ilovebooks.com Pavilion, campus green, Smu
Three very different anthologies; three different
aspects of Singapore. Balik Kampung: Stories of
Connection/Disconnection with Different Parts
of Singapore takes you back to the village of your
imagination and memory, while Ayam Curtain is a
mix of bite-sized speculative fiction which offers
visions of possible and probable Singapores, from the
quirky to the poignant. And in Fish Eats Lion, we have
more speculative Singapore short stories; looking
at the inherent strangeness of the island nation in a
refreshing variety of voices and perspectives.
MEET THE AUTHOR: Shin Kyung-sook
mOderated By: gwee li Sui
Sun 4 nov | 4pm - 5pm | FESTIvAL PASS
the ixora room, tPm
Join international best-selling author, Shin Kyungsook,
winner of the 2012 Man Asian Literary Prize,
as she shares more about her award-winning work,
Please Look After Mom, and why she is known as the
new voice of her generation.
This session is in Korean with English translation.
Supported by the Embassy of the Republic of Korea.
PANEL: Poetry to Save us All
featuring: Hung Hung , Wu mu, Zou lu
mOderated By: ting kheng Siong
Sun 4 nov | 4pm - 5pm | FESTIvAL PASS
exhibition gallery 2, Basement, nmS
Modernist poetry cuts across cultures and yet
means something different to each one. Come join
Taiwanese poet Hung Hung, SGWritings founder
Zou Lu and Singaporean poet Wu Mu as they explore
the significance of Modernist poetry in each of their
countries. Can the different styles and forms of poetry
be defined clearly? Or does poetry defy labeling?
This session is in Mandarin.
座谈会: 救世之诗
嘉宾: 鸿鸿, 伍木, 邹璐
主持人: 郑景祥
十一月四日, 星期天 | 4pm - 5pm | 作家节通行证
exhibition gallery 2, Basement, nmS
诗歌是否难以归类?该如何明确界定诗歌的风格与形
式?让我们与台湾著名诗人鸿鸿、新加坡诗人伍木,以
及随笔南洋网创办人邹璐共同探讨现代诗对国家社会
的意义与价值。
此节目将以中文进行。
PANEL: Lip-Smacking, Finger-Licking Good Writing!
featuring: leslie tay, Sylvia tan, ladyironchef
mOderated By: tan Hsueh yun
Sun 4 nov | 4pm – 5pm | FESTIvAL PASS
the Salon, nmS
Why do Singaporeans enjoy talking, reading and
writing so much about food? These food writers weigh
in on Singapore’s primary passion, the role of the critic
and where they see the nation’s food culture heading.
LITTLE LIT!: Making Faces with Roger Jenkins
featuring: roger jenkins
Sun 4 nov | 4.30pm – 6pm | FREE
Big Steps, School of information Systems, Smu
There’s a thief, a good game and plenty of curious
creatures in this lively storytelling session using masks.
Watch Roger Jenkins make different faces and create
your own – the first 30 kids (age 7 – 12) to arrive can
paint their own masks and take them home for only $4.
This event is repeated on Sun 11 Nov.
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