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Sat, 24 Oct 2009

Bedbugs & Bedlam
Time: 10:00 am
Venue: Box Office Foyer

Graftera
Time: 10:00 am
Venue: Film Gallery

Hello, Singapore Literature
Time: 10:00 am
Venue: Gallery, Print Gallery

Meet the Author: Wena Poon
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Blue Room

Like a Woman Scorned
Time: 11:30 am
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: John Boyne
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: LAT
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

An Alphabet Zoo Phonemic Adventure with Rainbow Bear by Julia Gabriel
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Listen to This
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Living Room

Outside Looking In: Imagining Lives
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: Mark Waid
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Cultural Diplomacy: Seeking New Readers through Translation
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Living Room

It’s a Small World After All
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Meet the Author: O Thiam Chin
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

UnderCovers: New Australian Writing
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Writing Story and Song Seminar: Writing the Story
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Meet the Boy in the Striped Pyjamas: A Tale of Friendship
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Meet the Author: Leung Ping-kwan
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Comics – A Timeless Narrative
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Meet the Author: Anwar Ridhwan
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: Qiu Xiaolong
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Tell Me a Story – Storytelling for Parents and Children
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

A Global Perspective on Literature
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Meet the Author: Baha Zain
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Children’s Stories from Singapore
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: KS Maniam
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Literary Talent in the Musical World
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Book Launch: First Time Writers and Illustrators Publishing Initiative 2009
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: Hyoung-Su Park
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Kurnia (Gift): Launch of Creative Works by Isa Kamari
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Meet the Author: Shamini Flint
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Living Room

Poetry OPEN MIC!
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Sun, 25 Oct 2009

The Proper Care of Foxes by Wena Poon
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Earshot

Meet the Author: Miguel Syjuco
Time: 11:30 am
Venue: Play Den

Chronicles: The Best of Malaysian Writing
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: Dai Sijie
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Reconciling Ironies
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Mystery Investigators-Five and the Case of the Missing Golden Bird Mask by Rhaimie Wahap and Rizal Wahap
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Writing during a Global Recession: Understanding Economics, Business, and How They Affect Your Chances of Seeing Your Book in Print
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Shifting the Self: Exiled x3
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Days of Our Teens
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Writing for the Masses
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Poetic Formulas
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Learning About Self, Reading & Culture Through Children’s Storybooks
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Change: Female Voices in Contemporary Malay Writing
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: Chris Pash
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

Old School Shoutouts
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

The Little Arts Academy: Suburbia 268
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Tales from Two Cities
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

The Case Books – Investigating Culture and Crime in Fiction
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Let’s Play! – Spotlight on Singapore Theatre
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

L’Eden et après (Eden and After)
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Meet the Author: Pauline Parry
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Write Wing Congress 2009
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Five Little Pills… And Then There Were None: A Journey from Manic Depression to Recovery by Choo Kah Ying
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Mon, 26 Oct 2009

Sharing Borders: Singapore / Malaysia Writers Symposium 2009
Time: 9:00 am
Venue: The Arts House

Inspector Singh Investigates: A Bali Conspiracy Most Foul by Shamini Flint
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Tue, 27 Oct 2009

Literary Pioneer Series: An Evening with Edwin Thumboo
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Wed, 28 Oct 2009

The Business of Books – Publishing Symposium
Time: 9:00 am
Venue: Blue Room

Poetry in the Park
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Raffles Institution, Humanities Hub

OUTCASTE ETERNAL
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Discovering New Writers, Finding New Readers: An International Perspective
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Singapore Shorts
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Thu, 29 Oct 2009

The Business of Books – Publishing Symposium
Time: 9:00 am
Venue: Blue Room

Uncover the Comic Artist within
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Finding your Inner Voice
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Writing Historical Fiction
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

The Flea Market – Where All Memories Come with a Price by Joyce Gan
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Uniquely Singapore Poetry Writing Competition 2009
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

Big Ideas from a Small Press: A Success Story
Time: 8:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Fri, 30 Oct 2009

Crafting Anthologies
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Creating Credible Characters
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Travel Writing
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Launch of Tumasik: Contemporary Writing from Singapore
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

Parzania
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Boom by Jean Tay
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Experience Singapore Literature
Time: 11:30 pm
Venue: Possibility Room, Level 5, National Library Building

Sat, 31 Oct 2009

Workshop: Story Craft Level 1 by Monsters Under the Bed
Time: 9:30 am
Venue: Play Den

Plotting Away…
Time: 9:30 am
Venue: The Hall

Fictional Look at History
Time: 10:30 am
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: Hyejin Kim
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: Ma Jian
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Chamber

Singapore: A Biography by Mark Ravinder Frost & Yu-Mei Balasingamchow
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Earshot

Meet the Author: Perihan Magden
Time: 11:30 am
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: Taichi Yamada
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Film and Writing
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: The Hall

Our Roots
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Sudden in Youth: New and Selected Poems 1998 – 2009 by Felix Cheong
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Meet the Author: Miguel Ángel Mendo
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Living Room

Comics Entrepreneurship… How to Make a Living out of Drawing Comics
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Freedom Interrupted
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In)
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Meet the Author: Yan Lianke
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Enchantment of the Mind: Children’s Stories from Spain
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

NaNoWriMo Kickoff Launch
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Point of View: New Singapore Writing
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: Duo Duo
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

From Book to Film
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: The Hall

Neil Gaiman
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Meet the Author: Chart Korbjitti
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Heart of Darkness
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Blue Room

The Proletariat Poetry Factory
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Box Office Foyer

Migration and Displacement: New Indian Writing
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

The Most Beautiful Times
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Who Killed Amanda Palmer
Time: 4:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Award-Winning Writers from Singapore
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Bunny Finds The Right Stuff by Emily Lim
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

Chaos
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: John Ajvide Lindqvist
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

The Creative Writing Experience
Time: 6:00 pm
Venue: The Hall

Joint launch of Georgette’s Mooncakes & The Beaded Slippers (Adeline Foo and Lee Kowling), and Guai Wu the Chinese Elf (Adeline Foo and Christine Lim Simpson)
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Meet the Author: Patrick Forsyth
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Speak Your Mind: Female Tamil Writers
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

The Kitchen
Time: 7:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

Tesis (Thesis)
Time: 7:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

The Graveyard Party with Amanda Palmer
Time: 9:30 pm
Venue: Front Lawn

Sun, 01 Nov 2009

Joint launch ofThe Tessellated Path and Different Voices: The Singaporean/Malaysian Novel
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Earshot

Meet the Author: Giddens
Time: 11:30 am
Venue: Chamber

Coraline
Time: 11:30 am
Venue: Screening Room

Wong Yoon Wah
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Place and Memory – Travelling through Israel and Singapore
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: Mohammed Hanif
Time: 12:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

Bit Rate Creations
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Our Local Superhero
Time: 12:30 pm
Venue: Earshot

Perihan Magden
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

SEA Write Award Winners
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

The Controversy of Diversity
Time: 1:00 pm
Venue: Play Den

Bright Young Stars: First Words
Time: 1:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Meet the Author: Naldo Rei
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: Neil Gaiman on Graphic Novels and Fantasy
Time: 2:00 pm
Venue: Victoria Theatre (venue changed from the Chamber)

White Dot Competition and Temasek Novel Competition
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Play Den

Ai Fak
Time: 2:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Evolution: The Curious Case of Books
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Parents and Children, Lovers and Dates
Time: 3:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

The Poetry Path
Time: 3:30 pm
Venue: Chamber

Meet the Author: Thangavel Palamalai
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Meet the Author: Ronny Someck
Time: 4:00 pm
Venue: Living Room

Meet the Author: Appala Narasiah
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Blue Room

Dissecting the Merlion
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Chamber

Quest of Love by Suki Tong
Time: 5:00 pm
Venue: Earshot

La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast)
Time: 5:30 pm
Venue: Screening Room

Doors by Raffles Institution Writers’ Guild and Writers Programme
Time: 6:30 pm
Venue: Earshot