Ethos Authors at the Singapore Writers Festival 2018

2 Nov

Mabel Moves to Singapore
10:00 - 10:45 AM  
with Fleur Vella-Chang

《不可预期—诗精50首》" 新书发布会
11:30 – 12:30 PM
with 孤星子, 洪均荣，陈文慧

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Growing Literary Audiences: A Dialogue between Hong Kong and Singapore
1:30 - 3:00 PM  
with 孤星子 

The Blessing of Restlessness
3:00 - 4:00 PM 
with Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé

Stepping Outside One's Comfort Zone
3:00 - 4:00 PM  
with Marc Nair

Social Upheavals in Modern Chinese Fiction
4:30 - 6:00 PM
with Yeng Pway Ngon

3 Nov

Social Upheavals in Modern Chinese Fiction
4:30 - 6:00 PM
with Yeng Pway Ngon

Engendering Change
5:00 - 6:30 PM
with Marylyn Tan, Rosemarie Somaiah, Joshua Ip

Love Poetry I @ Gallery
5:00 - 6:30 PM
with Theophilus Kwek

Things That Go Bump in the Night I: An Open Mic
8:00 - 9:30 PM  
with Felix Cheong, Rosemarie Somaiah, and Joshua Ip

Between Me and Make-Believe
8:30 - 9:30 PM
with Grace Chia

Engendering Change
5:00 - 6:30 PM
with Marylyn Tan, Rosemarie Somaiah, Joshua Ip

Love Poetry I @ Gallery
5:00 - 6:30 PM
with Theophilus Kwek

Make or Break: Running a Journal in Asia
11:30 - 12:30 PM 
with Cyril Wong

Between World(s): Individual and Homeland
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM 
with Christine Chia

Getting Out of the Echo Chamber
12:00 - 1:00 PM
with Quah Sy Ren

Of Intersections and Crossroads
1:00 - 2:30 PM
with Alvin Pang and Madeleine Lee

Right of the Soil Book Launch
2:00 - 3:00 PM
with Yong Shu Hoong

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Voicing the Voiceless
2:00 - 3:30 PM
with Teo You Yenn

4 Nov

The Texts of Inspiration
5:30 - 7:00 PM
with Alvin Pang, Grace Chia, Jinny Koh and Josephine Chia

Finding Oneself in the Landscape of Fiction
7:00 - 8:00 PM 
with Clara Chow

The Familiar and the Alien
7:00 - 8:00 PM 
with Krishna Udayasankar

Savouring the Pains and Pleasures of the Lyric Poem
7:00 - 8:00 PM
with Madeleine Lee and Tse Hao Guang

Can Poetry Save the World?
8:30 - 9:30 PM
with Alvin Pang

What is Home?: The Meaning of Rootedness
8:30 - 9:30 PM
with Yong Shu Hoong

Turn Me On(line): Singaporean Poetry and Social Media
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
with Gwee Li Sui

 Readings from Alluvium, the Literary Shanghai’s journal
7:30 - 9:00 PM 
with Cyril Wong and Tse Hao Guang

The Next Wave: Singapore’s Emerging Writers Speak Out  
8:30 - 9:30 PM  
with Marylyn Tan

The Ties That Bind Critic and Artis
8:30 - 9:30 PM
with Theophilus Kwek

Late Night Confessions: "I Never Told Anyone..."
9:00 - 10:30 PM
with Gwee Li Sui

5 Nov

TrendLit x Matter.Less -- Never Before
12:30 - 2:00 PM
with Ang Jin Yong, Gu Xing Zi, Tan Boon Hui

Keep It Real
2:00 - 3:00 PM 
with Christine Chia

Re-imaginging and re-telling spaces
2:00 - 3:00 PM  
with Josephine Chia

Learning to Love the World
3:00 - 4:00 PM
with Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Knotty Writing: Connecting Singapore and the World
5:00 - 6:00 PM
with Alvin Pang

Do Words Heal and Are They Enough?
5:00 - 6:00 PM 
with Charmaine Chan and Danielle Lim

6 Nov

From English to Singlish to the Blue Yonder
6:00 - 7:00 PM
with Gwee Li Sui and Joshua Ip

A Touch of Zen: Haiku Open Mic
8:00 - 9:00 PM  
with Marc Nair

Through the Generations: Women Writers Speak Out
8:00 - 9:00 PM
with Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Greek Gods in HDB: Myths in Modern Living
8:00 - 9:00 PM
with Clara Chow

Poetry By the People, For the People
8:30 - 9:30 PM  
with Gu Xing Zi

Singaporean Poetry -- Laying Down the Foundation
7:30 - 9:00 PM
with Edwin Thumboo, Kirpal Singh, and Heng Siok Tian

Do Judge a Book By its Cover
8:30 - 9:30 PM  
with Jacintha Yap

9 Nov

Across the Universe: Three Poets Address The State of the World
10:00 - 11:30 AM
with Shirley Geok-lin Lim

Reaching Out to Youth with Learning Disabilities
12:00 - 1:00 PM 
with Cassandra Chiu

The Gift and Spectre of Mortality
12:00 - 1:00 PM 
with Charmaine Chan and Yong Shu Hoong

The Write Way to Parent
12:30 - 2:00 PM  
with Jinny Koh

Live to Dream, or Dream to Live
1:30 - 3:00 PM
with Shirley Geok-lin Lim and Theophilus Kwek

Monsters of the Muslim World
2:00 - 4:00 PM
with Nazry Bahrawi

10 Nov

The Blockchain Economy: Rewriting the Story of Us
2:30 - 3:30 PM
with Aaron Lee

The "I"s in Identities
3:30 - 4:30 PM 
with Cyril Wong

What It Means to be a Better Global City
5:00 - 6:00 PM
with Anju Mary Paul and Cassandra Chiu

Love Poetry II @ Gallery
5:00 - 6:30 PM
with Edwin Thumboo, Euginia Tan, Ow Yeong Wai Kit, and Yong Shu Hoong

The Gods Will Hear Us Eventually Book Launch
6:30 - 7:30 PM
with Jinny Koh

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The Write Walk
9:00 - 10:30 AM
with Josephine Chia

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A Hundreth of a Second: The Story Behind UK Shyam's National Record
10:30 - 11:30 AM  
with Kenneth Khoo and UK Shyam

Resurrecting the Bad Old Days: Researching the Dark Side of Pre-war Shanghai & Singapore
12:00 - 1:00 PM
with Adeline Foo

Singaporeana — The Things which Make Us
2:00 - 3:00 PM
with Anju Mary Paul

A Common Philosophy
2:00 - 3:00 PM 
with Ho Chee Lick and Anne Lee Tzu Pheng

11 Nov

Of Art and Flash Fiction
2:00 - 4:00 PM  
with Eva Wong-Nava

Chicken Rice and Adobo: What We Love about the Philippines and Singapore
3:30 - 5:00 PM
with Aaron Lee, Felix Chong, and Heng Siok Tian

Pitfalls to Avoid in Writing Authorised Biographies
3:30 - 4:30 PM  
with Kenneth Khoo

Adapting Literary Classics for Modern Tastes
5:00 - 6:00 PM 
with Clara Chow and Krishna Udaysankar

Faithfulness Vs Originality
5:00 - 6:00 PM 
with Dave Chua

This House Believes that Singaporeans are Better Off With Social Media
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
with Gwee Li Sui