Category: The Literary

Being literary and other stuff.

Reminder for this week’s HSWG #4

Date: 18th April

Time: 2pm (come around 3pm or so if you’re from Script Frenzy wanting stickers)

Location: Geek Terminal (55 Market Street)

Agenda:

  • Book thingies
  • Script Frenzy thingies
  • Any other thingies
  • In the making of secret thingies
  • Thingies.

Okay, no SPECIFIC agenda but we’re going to be there with our written stuff. Feel free to come and whatnot!

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (now in Singapore!)

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is available in Singapore! Yay! It released on 1st April in the US and I had been looking out if there were any yet here. Kinokuniya had it few days later and on the 4th, I GOT MY COPY! I was informed of it via twitter that it was spotted near the cashier and new books! Hurray! At the moment of this post, I don’t know if Borders has stocked them up yet.

And yes, I actually went to get a picture of it with the Merlion in the background just to show it’s here, cause hey, it is a landmark!

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Book exchange at the National Library!

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Hohohoh, have some old books that you want to exchange for others? Well then, lock in 25th April 2009 in your calendars!

The details!

Date: Sat, 25 Apr 2009
Time: 10.30am to 6pm
Venue: The Plaza, National Library Building,100 Victoria Street

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HSWG #4 reminder!

It’ll be at Geek Terminal (55 Market Street).

Time: 2pm till 4.30pm (but we tend to be really early or stay till near closing time)

Date: 18th April 2009

Agenda:

  • Sci-fi story
  • General editing of own stories
  • Or Script Frenzy writing
  • Any of the upcoming short story competition deadlines discussions
  • Randomness of bookish things

Oh since I’ll be there (probably slightly late than normal since I’ll be going to an open house before that) at the cafe, SFers can get their stickers from me too if you’re around in the area.

Next posty on Seriously Sarah up on Monday regarding… DUH DUH DUUUH, Levis’ Shoebox competition.

HSWG #3 recap (plus minor Script Frenzy promo)!

So it was last Saturday (as always) and this time, we’ve got Maya coming by to meet us! She’s actually a nanowrimo-er too! Anywhooo, a little recap goes like this:

  • We’re gonna have something for the Singapore Writers’ Festival.
  • Gosh, darn. We’re hoping to finish and confirm things by early June so the NAC people can put it in their programme. We have a list but we want to make it neat for them.
  • Nerwen and me fangirled over Maya’s book, The Undercover Tai Tai because it is awesome and why are you not reading it yet? It’s funny, chic lit and well… FUN.
  • It always rains the day we have meetings at Geek Terminal.
  • Oh and we got our copies autographed by Maya since she was there.

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Mentor Access Project applications are up!

NAC’s Mentor access project is up again! I’m going to try for the playwriting bit. And here’s copy pasting the info!

The Mentor Access Project (MAP), organised by National Arts Council, is now open for applications for its seventh intake starting in July 2009. MAP is an 18-month mentorship programme to ensure the sustained development of emerging writers by providing them with mentorship opportunities and ongoing critical feedback.

Apart from having the privilege of being tutored by an established writer/playwright, participants will enjoy opportunities for peer interaction and to foster stronger connections with the Singapore literary scene.

Selected applicants can also participate in Masterclass Talks and workshops conducted by established writers, public readings, as well as discussion forums and talks covering the business of publishing, such as copyrights and literary representations (agents).

The New Book Initiative enables promising original works submitted by MAP participants to be considered for book publication, in conjunction with NAC’s Publishing and Translation Grant. This is on top of enjoying publishing opportunities in an online literary journal to be produced by MAP at the end of the mentorship period.

Application is now open to Singaporean citizens or permanent residents, aged 18 years and above, writing in the field of poetry, prose or drama in any of the four official languages.

Deadline for application: May 15, 2009

For the newly-released 2009 application form, please email: mentoraccess@yahoo.com

Oh snap! I got to prepare a little portfolio before the end of May! I can do that, I think.

EDIT 24 March 2009:

Updated info with forms here!