July 2005
EDITOR’S
NOTE
It’s July 2005…how time flies. I have another interesting
book launch to review this month. For those of you missed the Storytellers’
Course last month, another storytelling event is on this September.
The National Education Seminar is back with more storytelling action
for you to enjoy. Do look out for more details on our website by the
end of this month. Another creative writing contest is on for young
budding writers out there. Details of this and more are in this issue
of e-WordNEWS.
From the NEWS desktop of...
Anita Paul, Editor
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BOOK
COUNCIL EVENTS
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Centre for Literary Arts and Publishing (CLAP)
Please visit www.bookcoucil.sg/clap.htm for an update on the training programme available from August to December 2005. Members of the Publishers Association (Singapore), Singapore Book Publishers Association of Singapore and the Library Association of Singapore are entitled to a 10% discount on all CLAP courses. Please inform us of your membership when you sign up for our workshops.
September Conference
National Education
Seminar 2005
Monday, 5 September 2005 & Thursday,
8 September 2005
Venue: *Furama Riverfront Singapore
November Conferences
& Events
We are pleased to inform you of the
dates for our November 2005 conferences and events.
Asian Congress of Storytellers
Thursday, 10 – Friday, 11 November
2005
Venue: Furama Riverfront Singapore
Storytellers’
Showcase
Saturday, 12 November 2005 –
Monday, 14 November 2005
Venue: DBS Arts Centre (home of Singapore
Repertory Theatre – SRT)
Asian Children’s
Writers and Illustrators Conference
Thursday, 17 November 2005 –
Friday, 18 November 2005
Venue: *Furama Riverfront Singapore
*The Furama Riverfront is located at 405 Havelock Road, the former Novotel Apollo Hotel
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BOOK
LAUNCH REVIEWS
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The Stadium –
Architeture for the New Global Culture
Launch review by
Anita Paul:
Periplus has done it again! It was a unique invitation card. The image on the front of the card was that of a stadium - Estádio da Luz, Lisbon, Portugal. I was wondering what a stadium had to do with the Book Council. I flipped the card over to see that it was a book launch – a book on modern architecture of stadiums around the world. I read further and Periplus published the book. After the awesome launch Periplus had organised in March this year, I had to go for this one. What a set up! The foyer at Circle 3 of the Esplanade Concert Hall was converted into a classy bar. An exhibition of the photographic images found in the book adorned a segment of the foyer. People immersed themselves to the comfort of the set up and ambience. The champagne served was divine…
People were so calm and so comfortable and then it was speech time - the author was introduced. He was a very soft spoken man and yet he had presence. Rod Sheard emphasised the importance of sports and highlighted the impact that sports had made on lives. He thought it would be appropriate to launch this book at the time the International Olympic Committee had convened to bid for the 2012 Olympic Games. His career as an architect spans approximately over 25 years and he specialises in stadium design. He then introduced Patrick Bingham – Hall. Patrick is an architectural photographer who has worked with Rod for about 10 years. He was a rather witty man and you could see his passion for his work. With the speeches over, it was time for book signing. I made sure I got the signatures of both Rod and Patrick. Get the book even if you are not a fan of architecture. The photographic images in the book are really awesome. A job well done again to Periplus and I can’t wait to attend the next launch.
Book Review
The Stadium features 18 sporting venues worldwide and contextualises the evolvement of sports since the codification of sports in the 19th Century. The book also examines the increased significance of the stadium as an architectural icon. Many of the stadia featured in the book have been venues to successful sporting events in the last decade.
(Source: The Stadium: Rod Sheard)
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ABOUT
TOWN
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Archipelago!
Southeast Asian Island Stories and Music
Friday, 12 & Saturday, 13 August 2005
Join MoonShadow Stories and friends for an evening of enchantment! Amidst the evocative atmosphere of Singapore's oldest church, listen to stories and music from Singapore and the Indo-Malayan archipelago and be transported back to a different era... As modern Singapore commemorates its 40th anniversary this year, let's not just celebrate our present-day achievements, but also take the opportunity to re-discover the richness of our folklore and culture. Archipelago!: Southeast Asian Island Stories and Music is an open invitation to one and all from the age of twelve upwards.
For more information or phone bookings, please call 63377800.
Date: Friday, 12 &
Saturday August 2005
Time: 8 pm
Venue: The Armenian Church (60 Hill Street)
Admission: $18 (available from The Substation Box Office, 45 Armenian
Street, 63377800, 12 - 8.30 pm daily)
* Featured storytellers:
Kamini Ramachandran & Verena Tay of MoonShadow Stories
* Guest storytellers: Sheila Wee & Kiran Shah of Asian Storytelling
Network
* Musicians: Thomas Manhart of Artyfakt & members of the NUS Singa
Nglaras Gamelan Ensemble (NUS Centre
for the Arts)
NB: Phone bookings are accepted until, and must be collected by, 10 Aug 2005.
This event is kindly supported
by: The Substation, ARTS Fund, The Trustees of the Singapore Armenian
Church of St Gregory the Illuminator, NUS Centre for the Arts, National
Book Development Council of Singapore, Balik Kampung - The Neighbourhood
Spa, and First Printers Pte Ltd.
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BOOK
LAUNCH
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Saturday, 30 July 2005
The Book Council have co-organised a launch with Select Books to be held at the Library@ Orchard on 30 July 2005 at 10.30am. The book is titled Ethical Asian Urbanism and is by William Lim.
Date: Saturday, 30 August
2005
Time: 10.30am
Venue: Library@ Orchard
Admission: Free
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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WORDS+ART 2005
Creative Writing Contest
BUILDING BLOCKS-Inspiration from Architecture
Organised by Marshall Cavendish,
this year’s annual writing competition is for students aged seven
to sixteen. Students are asked to dream up stories using any of six
selected local buildings as inspiration. Winners and their respective
schools will receive awards and prizes at the prize ceremony in September
2005.
Deadline for the essay submission is 2 August 2005. Please visit http://www.marshallcavendish.com/words+art
or call tel. (65) 6325-6030 for an entry form, guidelines and activities.
Singapore Writers’ Festival 2005: 26 August – 4 September 2005
This biennial festival celebrates the literary word in the four offical languages and provides a platform for exchange and showcase of both local and international writers.
2005 NUS Literary Society Creative Writing Competition
The competition is open to full-time students from pre-university (e.g. junior colleges, polytechnics, centralised institutions) and tertiary institutions. Students who are studying in overseas universities and wish to participate must be stationed in or have a permanent address in Singapore at least for the next one year. Each entrant can send in a maximum of 5 poems and 2 short stories. The short stories should not be more than 3000 words in length. Each poem/short story must be submitted with a $2.00 fee. The judges are CYRIL WONG for poetry and GWEE LI SUI for short stories. To attain a registration form and for full competition information, please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
The closing date for all entries is 30 October 2005. Winners will be notified via email or phone. Late entries will be disqualified.
Writers Festival – Ubud, Bali
Writers from Singapore are invited to participate in the Writers’ Festival which is to be held in Udud, Bali from 6 – 11 October 2005. Writers should seek their own funding and the organisers will provide accommodation. This inaugural festival had been a huge success previously and the organisers are hoping to draw an even wider audience this year.
For details, please email Janet de Neefe, Festival Director at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or you may you may write to her to the following address: Janet de Neefe, Honeymoon Guesthouse, Jalan Bisma. Ubud – Bali 80571. Phone / Fax (0361) 973282
