Monday, June 1st, The Pod at the National Library. It was a rather good turn out especially on a Monday evening! The Pod’s a restricted area on the 16th floor there and the staff there had to beep their cards so we could take the lift up.
Category: The Literary
Being literary and other stuff.
The 3Ds to winning story competitions in Singapore
Mind you, a disclaimer, I’m totally not a judge of any official writing events or an award winning writer or some teacher or whatever. Heck, you can even see that I’m not writing “proper” here. I am just me. A normal typical person.
Okay, I had to laugh insanely a bit there at the previous line.
ANYWHO! Yes, from my observations, you need the 3Ds to win story competitions in Singapore. Mind you, the 3Ds don’t count if it has a specific genre like chic-lit or romance or science fiction (I forgot the name of that event but yes, there was a sci-fi comp for students last year or so).
You need the 3Ds to win in open story competitions where you’re allowed to write whatever story you want. Only you know, that’s not true. You’re allowed to write whatever story you want but the winners will always be the ones that have the 3Ds. What are they?
The 3Ds by Seriously Sarah:
- Descriptive
- Dramatic
- Depressive
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Of semi-secret events and sales!
Okay, here’s a semi-secret event that is going to happen in June. From said invite… Here’s the info!
(That’s a monocle, by the way.)
Reading Between the Lions
(Aka the semi-secret writers reading event that Sarah hopes won’t be too crowded after posting this info up because if it is, then gosh darn!)
Time: 7pm to 9pm,
Date: 3 June 2009
Location:
Polymath & Crust, 86 Club Street, S(069454) Tel: 62229195
READING between the LIONS
Join Wena Poon (“Lions in Winter”), Suchen Christine Lim (“The Lies That Build A Marriage”), Alvin Pang (“City of Rain”) and our very special mystery guest writer for an evening of fun, fiction and intergalactic mayhem at the all-new bookstore POLYMATH & CRUST.
Tash Aw’s book launch, Agnes Meadows talk and Goi essay competition
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- Tash Aw’s Map of the Invisible World
- Agnes Meadows’ masterclass talk about poetry
- Goi Peace Foundation international essay competition
First up, Tash Aw’s book launch:
Date: 1 June 2009
Time: 7pm
Location: The Pod, National Library
Admission is free. To RSVP, email your name and contact no. to zariena@horizonbooks.com.sg / call 64835953
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Conversation with Wena Poon (Plus Sharon Bakar!)
THE VENUE HAS CHANGED!!!
I just wanted to say that. It is too amusing not to. Anywho, yesss. The event got an upgrade since apparently there was a lot of response for it. Bad, bad me. I didn’t rsvp so I signed in right then. They’re popular ladies, you see. Hence the bigger location.
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Little Lit on 24th May 2009
Seriously do not like jpeg mailers, like oh man. ANYWHO, let me retype SOME info.
Ethos Books, Epigram and Monsters Under the Bed
invite passionate book lovers, story-tellers, authors, and illustrators young and old
to ‘Little Lit’ in the Singapore Writers Festival 2009.
Date: Sunday, 24 May 2009
Time: Guests sign in 2pm
Venue: Play Den, level 2, The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane
To register, you need to sign up at http://www.mutb.com.sg. For enquiries, call 6100 4363, or email info@mutb.com.sg .
The Young Immortals by James Lee
Huh, I saw this when I was at Popular bookstore. The Young Immortals by James Lee. Yes, the guy that brought you Mister Midnight. The one on the left is a notebook by the way. Apparently you get a free notebook if you buy the book within this period (while stocks last)!
HSWG of May
There won’t be a session in May, sorta since most of the people are at weddings/school trips/ projects/etc.
Just a note.
We’ll be back on schedule in June.
Cathy Cassidy appearance in Singapore!
Got this from Borders. Author appearance on 16th May, Saturday at 2.30pm. The competition that you can win a breakfast with Cathy Cassidy is here. Entries close on 13 May 2009 so the page will be probably down after then.
The last time there was an author appearance at Borders, lots of fans queued up and all. So be sure to get there early to have a good spot in the line if she’s doing autographs!
Book launches in May! Deadline reminders and SWF things
Competition Deadlines of May:
Commonwealth short story competition – Deadline: 11 May 2009
Mentor Access Project – Deadline: 15 May 2009
Golden Point Award (poetry/short story competition) – Deadline: 29 May 2009
On book launch applications:
Secondly, yo! You guys, yes you. Got a book you’re launching this year? Deadline is 12 June 2009 to apply for a book launch during the Singapore Writers Festival from 24th October to 1st November. Download the from here: SWFappform or you can email phua_shiuanling@toph.com.sg for it. Since I have it here though, you don’t need to email the person for it.
Of 2 book launches in May!
Hohohoho… Yesssss, well okay one of them isn’t a book launch exactly. One’s a reading and discussion while the other is a book launch.
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