5:00PM – 6:00PM | via Zoom

SBC Academy | Publishing

Join Jacaranda Agency's founding partner Jayapriya Vasudevan as she provides tips on how to get your manuscript ready for submission.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing | SBC Academy

Organise and preserve treasured items and memories, search for family history through online databases, and share your family stories.

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room (no lift to this venue)

Storytelling | Reading

This is the second module of a two-module introduction to storytelling course. Gain a deeper understanding of the storytelling process and create stories that reflect your own storytelling voice and style.

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling | Reading

Get a comprehensive understanding of stories and storytelling with professional storyteller Sheila Wee. These two-module workshops will provide hands-on training in a warm and supportive group environment and equip participants with the tools and confidence to tell their stories.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing | SBC Academy

Get tips from Amazon #1 bestselling travel book author, Shivaji Das and embark on your journey!

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Are you inspired to write a short memoir but are uncertain about how to write down your reflections in a cohesive and engaging manner? Join experienced writer-editor Verena Tay in this short course and complete that short memoir under her guidance.

4:00PM – 6:00PM | Online

Publishing | SBC Academy

Ever wanted to make a podcast? No idea where to start? Nat Amoore, children’s author and podcast host, will take you through the basics of creating your podcast content.

7:30PM – 9:00PM | Various online platforms

Programmes

Facilitated by Zelda Tatiana Ng of GroundZ-0 原。空間 a Singapore-based, multilingual, intercultural and interdisciplinary space that aims to explore and produce thought-provoking works, this programme serves as a platform to experiment with the translation and adaptation of print to stage.

Submit a proposal of your plans to either translate or adapt the poem "Quiet" by Eleanor Wong and get a chance to present it to audiences in Singapore and the region.

Find out more here.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Online

Writing

Through this series of online workshops, participants will learn how picture books of all genres, including graphic novels as well as silent picture books, are created for the traditional publishing market.

There will be a one-to-one manuscript critique session with the facilitators as part of the course.

3pm (SGT) | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Anugerah Persuratan

Anugerah Persuratan merupakan usaha berterusan Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura (MBMS) dalam mengiktiraf para penulis yang bergiat dalam seni persuratan. Majlis Bahasa Melayu Singapura telah menganjurkan acara dwitahunan ini sejak tahun 1993.

3pm (SGT) | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Anugerah Persuratan

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

What does the adage ‘Show, don’t tell’ really mean? What is its relevance? How do you actually apply it? This hands-on workshop will lead you to some answers!

7:30PM – 9:00PM | Online

Translations

How does translation play out on stage? Join this free panel with these notable theatre practitioners as they reveal how original work is adapted for audiences in a different language.

10:00AM – 12:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Programmes

Join us in a celebration of the late Cultural Medallion and Singapore Literature Prize winner 英培安 (Yeng Pway Ngon). Writers, translators and publishers will gather to reflect on his life and contributions to the literary arts scene, delving into his works and beliefs, as well as his impact on writers and readers today. The late Mr Yeng wrote close to 30 works, including acclaimed novels such as《騷動》(Unrest, 2002),《我與我自己的二三事》(Trivialities About Me and Myself, 2006) and《画室》(Art Studio, 2011), which all won the Singapore Literature Prize.

Join the live stream here.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling | Reading

Ingin bercerita dalam Bahasa Melayu tapi tidak tahu bagaimana untuk mula? Mari ikuti bengkel pengenalan oleh Jumaini Ariff @ Nek Selampit, pencerita profesional Singapura dan mulakan pengembaraan anda sebagai seorang pencerita.

8:00PM – 9:00PM | Online

Translations

This course will equip translators with the skills and knowledge to prepare them for publication with top international publishing houses.

10:00AM – 11:00AM | Online

Translations

Author Zhang Ling, translator Shelly Bryant, and editor Liza Darnton share their experiences working together on A Single Swallow.

3:00PM – 4:30PM | Online

Writing

Embracing the weird in your writing means taking risks and breaking rules. Let's explore how writing in unusual ways can unlock creativity.

3:00PM – 5:00PM | Online

Storytelling | Reading

Let’s celebrate the Silver Generation! Get hands-on tips on how to connect, or reconnect with the senior loved ones around you.

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Reading

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Reading

3.00pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

S.E.A. Write Award

Since 1979, the S.E.A. Write Award, or the Southeast Asian Writers Award, has been presented annually to poets and writers in Southeast Asia. 

8:00PM – 9:30PM | Online

Translations

Spend the evening with authors and translators to celebrate International Translation Day 2020!

7:00PM – 8:30PM | Online

Translations

This workshop has been postponed. Please email us at [email protected] if you have queries or wish to receive more updates on this workshop.
This course will equip translators with the skills and knowledge to prepare them for publication with top international publishing houses.

3:00pm – 5:00pm | Zoom

Singapore Literature Prize

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Online

Writing

If you are an aspiring illustrator and but want to break into the exciting business of freelance illustration, this course is for you!

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Online

Storytelling | Reading

Learn the strategies of adapting a story to the stage and get an introduction to the basics of dramatic writing with playwright Jean Tay.

8pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Singapore Literature Prize

This biennial competition is open to Singapore citizens and Permanent Residents whose works of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction have been published in Singapore or abroad during a specified period of time in any of Singapore’s four official languages — Chinese, English, Malay, or Tamil.

8:00pm – 9:30pm | Online

Singapore Literature Prize

9:30AM – 5:30PM | SINGAPORE BOOK COUNCIL TRAINING ROOM

Writing

8:00pm – 9:30pm | Facebook Live

Singapore Literature Prize

8:00pm – 9:30pm | Facebook Live

Singapore Literature Prize

7:30PM – 9:00PM | Online

Storytelling | Reading

A panel where the creatives share how the novel 17A Keong Saik Road was brought from page to the stage as a dramatised reading.

8:00pm – 9:30pm | Facebook Live

Singapore Literature Prize

8:00pm – 9:30pm | Facebook Live

Singapore Literature Prize

8:00pm – 9:30pm | Facebook Live

Singapore Literature Prize

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling

7:30PM – 9:30PM | Online

Writing

Learn how to write compelling true stories, from family memoirs to true crime from the author of a New York Times Bestseller!

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling

10:00am - 10:45am | Online

Programmes

11.15am – 12.00pm | Online

Programmes

1.00pm – 1.45pm | Online

Programmes

2.15pm – 3.00pm | Online

Programmes

3.30pm – 4.15pm | Online

Programmes

10:00am – 4:15pm | Online

Reading | Storytelling

Get ready for a day filled with fun storytelling, writing and drawing activities! Join some of our beloved children’s book writers and illustrators online as they show us how to do dramatised storytelling, write wacky poems, learn about emotions and out-draw each other in an epic illustrators' battle! Light up your day with all these free activities as kidlit comes alive!

4:00pm – 5:30pm | Living Room, The Arts House

Awards

With the COVID-19 pandemic on the rise, this session has been postponed to 4 July.

ASEAN has 10 country members and 11 official languages, boasting a diverse range of literatures and cultures.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Online

Translations

The workshop will address the mindsets and issues underlying the process of literary translation and is ideal for aspiring translators.

4:00PM – 5:30PM | Online

Publishing

Get an overview of editorial considerations and insights into what international editors are looking for in a manuscript submission.

10:00AM – 9:30PM | Online

Writing

Master short stories and fiction writing in Malay with award-winning and best-selling author, Okky Madasari.

7:30PM – 10:00PM | Online

Publishing

Are you editing your work day and night with little direction? Join Smita Khanna in this talk as she guides you through the process of self-editing, both fiction and non-fiction manuscripts

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing | Publishing

Through these workshops, participants will learn step-by-step how picture books of all genres are created for the traditional publishing market.

10:00AM – 4:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

For those who want to write fiction, mastering writing short story and novel, and dream of becoming a published writer, or simply want to enhance writing skills, this is a perfect opportunity with an award-winning and best-selling author in town

4:00pm – 5:30pm | Living Room, The Arts House

Awards

4:00pm – 5:30pm | Living Room, The Arts House

Awards

In this conversation, Peter Augustine Goh will share his vast experience in various literary genres, spanning over 40 years of impactful contribution to both Singapore and Malaysia Malay literary scenes.

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing | Publishing

This workshop is targeted at professional creatives who want to explore the boundaries between written and visual storytelling.

7:00PM – 9:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Xavier Comas will be sharing stories from his three decades of experience as a designer that will amuse, surprise and even shock you.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

For anyone who has ever felt passionately about a dish, a food culture or an ingredient, this workshop invites you to explore its significance in your life.

7:00PM – 9:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Publishing | Writing

This talk will introduce aspiring authors, especially first time authors, to the publishing industry.

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Learn the nuances of children's book writing, and the art of perfect pitch with Cynthea Liu.

7:00pm – 8:30pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Discover how books for children cross borders of genres, subject and language

7:00PM – 8:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Extending your audience through translation

2:30PM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Children learn to improve their descriptive and vocabulary skills

7:30PM – 9:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Publishing

Navigate the Chinese publishing market

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

A non-technical guide to creating email marketing that your subscribers will welcome in their inbox

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

A fun workshop to help you to write more persuasive copy no matter how specialist your product or service

7:00pm – 8:30pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Translations

3:00pm – 5:00pm | Potato Productions

Translations | Writing

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

In the age of 'Instagram points' and commercialisation of traditional hospitality seen in the rise of Airbnb, what can a travel writer now write about?

9.00am - 6.30pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Scholastic Picture Book Award

The Scholastic Picture Book Award (SPBA) is a joint initiative between the Singapore Book Council (SBC) and Scholastic Asia, and it is presented biennially to an outstanding unpublished picture book with distinct Asian themes by an Asian team of writer and illustrator.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Learn the techniques of how to shape your personal milestones into vivid and memorable narratives for the reader.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling | Reading

The course will explore the different ways of storytelling. Participants will be introduced to storytelling in Chinese using creative methods such as props, nursery rhymes and
tangrams.

2:00PM – 5:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Safe Space Stories fosters a space for group writing in which all voices are equally heard and appreciated. It is a safe s pace to encourage creativity in writing, freedom from criticism, and affirmation of everyone’s voice.

7:00PM – 9:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling

Learn how to tell a story using pictures, through understanding the basics of structure, art style, characters, layout, rhythm and visual symbolism. This workshop is ideal for illustrators (or anyone with basic drawing skills) to try their hands on creating a short, illustrated story.

7:00PM – 9:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling

Learn how to tell a story using pictures, through understanding the basics of structure, art style, characters, layout, rhythm and visual symbolism. This workshop is ideal for illustrators (or anyone with basic drawing skills) to try their hands on creating a short, illustrated story.

10:00am – 1:00pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Programmes

Learn how to improve your story and portfolio to pitch for publication!

9:30AM – 12:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Understand the requisites of literary translation and the makings of a great translator.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing | Publishing

Write your own 3,000-word narrative and get a chance to enter a regional writing award.

9:30AM – 5:45PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Reading | Storytelling

Learn the tools and confidence to learn and tell more stories.

10:00AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

This workshop is for those who wish to explore haiku writing and smart phone photography.

10:00am – 6:00pm | Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre

Book Launch

《诗心牵影》是为庆祝新加坡书籍理事会于2018成立50周年而特别出版, 新书发布会也为配新加坡开埠200周年而举行。与此同时，理事会也将举办一个画作及诗歌的展览，假新加坡华族文化中心从4月27日至5月5日展出。

The special publication of Poetic Hearts, Lingering Shadows marks the 50th anniversary of the Singapore Book Council in 2018, while the book launch is also held in conjunction with the Singapore bicentennial. As part of the book launch, there will be an exhibition of the ink paintings and poetry at the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre from April 27 to May 5.

7:00pm – 8:30pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling

Join us for this special talk by Fernando M. Reimers, renowned educator and author of the children’s book series, The Adventures of Filomena.

6:30pm – 9:00pm | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Find fresh ways to jump start your writing process.through mindfulness

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Be introduced into the fascinating possibilities of creative non-fiction.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

Learn to convert ordinary settings into a fairyland. Unleash your creative power and construct a fantastical world with your own pen.

11:00am – 12:00pm | Ang Mo Kio Public Library, Level 1, Programme Zone

Storytelling

The Mahabharatha is an Indian epic that has been retold in many forms and to many audiences. This great tale has introduced us to magnificent jungle landscapes, deceitful saboteurs and finery of India in prose and plays.

6:30PM – 9:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Publishing

Craft stories through comics

10:00AM – 12:30PM | National Gallery Singapore

Storytelling | Reading

This workshop is for beginning, emerging, and established writers working in the English language who hope to break into the international market.

10:00AM – 12:30PM | National Gallery Singapore

Storytelling | Reading

Anya Goncharova, from Penguin Random House North Asia, will take participants through the stages of acquisitions, content edits, line edits, and final proofs, showing how each phase in the work is managed.

2:00PM – 4:30PM | Rooftop Studio 1

Writing

Li Yuyao, Executive Editor of Foreign Literature and Arts, will offer suggestions regarding the textual norms of English-to-Chinese translation and how to better align the translated texts with the reading habits of Chinese readers.

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

This workshop will be conducted in Malay language and suitable for secondary school students.

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Publishing

This workshop will look at taking advantage of this publishing revolution and avoiding any pitfalls that might come your way. Participants will leave with a strategic plan to develop their presence, to grow their potential readership and to take their publishing projects from idea to paperback, hardback or eBook.

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling | Reading

Participants will explore and put into practice a variety of editing techniques and develop a new editing-focused approach to their work.

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Publishing

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Storytelling | Reading

10:30am – 12:30pm | Writers Lounge, Singapore Book Council

Publishing

9:30AM – 5:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Publishing

9:00AM – 5:00PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Publishing

9:30AM – 12:30PM | Singapore Book Council Training Room

Writing