PROGRAMME DETAILS

First Editions of Sing Lit
Mini Lectures
DATE / TIME
3 Nov, Sun
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM
60mins
Festival Pass Event
LANGUAGE
This session is in English
MODERATED BY
Alvin Pang
DESCRIPTION
Join book Lovers and acclaimed poets Robert Yeo and Alvin Pang as they talk about their personal libraries and first editions of seminal works in Sing Lit. What historical and collector’s value do these books hold?
FEATURING
Robert Yeo
Singapore
Robert Yeo has written poems, plays, and librettos for operas staged in Singapore and abroad. He received the Southeast Asia Write Award in 2011. His major publications include the collection of political plays, The Singapore Trilogy (2001), and the collected poems, The Best of Robert Yeo (2012). His latest book is The Eye of History (2016), a play about the imagined meeting of Stamford Raffles and Lee Kuan Yew.
Robert Yeo is featured in the following SWF event(s):