Join these writers as they discuss ways in which they interrogate dominant narratives in queer representation and use fiction to explore societal expectations and assumptions about gender and sexuality in SEA.

This programme is co-presented with the Singapore Book Council.

Celebrate these new voices at the public reading by the mentees of the pilot run of SBC Mentorships for Emerging Writers & Translators. They will also be joined by the apprentices of the Singapore Apprenticeship in Literary Translation (SALT) 2023. Together, they present excerpts from their completed works and translations and share more about their experience--an evening of literary delight!

After that, stay on to congratulate our mentees, meet and chat with fellow writers, poets, translators. To another evening of conversation about all things literary, this is the perfect opportunity to meet and connect!

This programme is free and does not require a Festival Pass to attend. 

Close in geography yet diverse in identity, is there a Southeast Asian sense of humour that arises from the feeling that we're "same same but different"? We talk to these comedians and writers how our shared regional social norms, when juxtaposed with linguistic differences and cultural idiosyncracies, set the stage (and page) for their witty comebacks, juicy punchlines, and leave audiences and readers laughing in 555s (shorthand in Thai for HaHaHa).

This programme is co-presented with the Singapore Book Council and supported by Sing Lit Station.