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Sing Lit: Read Our World
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๐๐บ ๐๐๐ ๐๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ: ๐๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ by Vivian Teo - Author is a finalist for the Best Middle-grade Book in the 2022 Hedwig Anuar Childrens Book Award? Make sure you pick up the first book in the series before reading this one! ๐ฝ๐
PS: The winners for the Hedwig Anuar Childrens Book Award will be announced live via the Asian Festival of Children's Content Facebook page on 27 May at 6-7pm. Note it down ASAP so you donโt forget to tune in! ๐
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Sing Lit: Read Our World
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Open to writers living outside Australia, it is a residency based at the Centre for Stories in Perth, Western Australia.
Taking place over any three month period between July 2022 and May 2023, selected applicants will receive a monthly stipend of AUD$5,000 for the duration of the residency.
Submission deadline is 30 May 2022. Click here for more information: centreforstories.com/project/patricia-kailis-international-writing-fellowship
Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship
Applications open Monday 21 March 2022 and close Monday 30 May 2022. The Patricia Kailis International Writing Fellowship is valued at $30,000 and is open to writers living outside Australia. It is a residency based at the Centre for Stories in Perth, Western Australia. Dr Patricia Kailis wa
Sing Lit: Read Our World is at Common Ground.
Talking about mental health is not always easy. With discrimination and stigma rife, itโs imperative that those affected are still able to have their voices heard. That said, how do we start such difficult conversations? ๐ค
Let creators Wayne Rรฉe and Nurjannah Suhaimi help you break the ice with ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ๐ด ๐๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต: ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ, during their in-person book launch event. Join them at Common Ground this Thursday, 19 May at 7:15 - 8:45pm. All are welcome - whichever side of the conversation you are on. ๐ค๐
This book launch event is created in partnership with Difference Engine and Singapore Association for Mental Health (SAMH). Admissions is free, however if you choose to purchase a ticket, #DifferenceEngineSG will match these proceeds dollar for dollar and donate them to the Singapore Association for Mental Health. โค๏ธโ๐ฉน
Please head on over to Peatix via worldsapartmh.peatix.com, or head on over to Difference Engineโs Facebook page to find out more. โจ
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Sing Lit: Read Our World
Have a read of this neat interview by AList SG with the talented poet, Gwee Li Sui! Learn what drew him to poetry and how it guides his work. โ๏ธ
โ๐๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ. ๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ด ๐จ๐ถ๐ต-๐ธ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ด๐ช๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ. ๐๐ถ๐ต, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ด ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ฆ๐ต๐ณ๐บ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ง๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข ๐ท๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ. ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ถ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ข๐ค๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ธ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ.โ
Head on over to the link below to read the full article, and make sure you check out his new book, โ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅโ from Landmark Books - Singapore. ๐
www.a-list.sg/an-interview-with-local-poet-gwee-li-sui-what-drew-him-to-poetry-and-guides-his-work/
An interview with local poet Gwee Li Sui: what drew him to poetry and guides his work
Writing prompts have long been used by people as a way to hone their writing skills and inspire curiosity about various topics. They are exercised in many writing forms, such as short stories, journaling, and
Sing Lit: Read Our World
Finished with #Wordle? ๐ Try this mini brain teaser! ๐ง This one should be easy for all the Gen X and Millennials out there: ๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ or ๐
๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐: Mr Kiasu was published for the first time in the 1980s.
Dust off your well loved copy, or get a new one, and revisit an old classic. ๐ค๐ผ๐
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Sing Lit: Read Our World
๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: That the largest Tamil literary collection in Singapore is at the Woodlands Regional Library? ๐ฑ
The collection has been named Tamil Cholai, which translates to Tamil Garden, offers contemporary and classical Tamil works, as well as approximately 1,000 specially curated English, Chinese and Malay works. Non-Tamil speakers can access translated as well as original material related to Tamil history, culture and the arts at the facility as well. ๐
Check out this literary treasure trove ASAP! Read the full article from The Straits Times here: www.straitstimes.com/singapore/parenting-education/singapores-largest-tamil-literary-collection-opens-to-public โจ
National Library Board, Singapore Public Libraries Singapore
Singapore's largest Tamil literary collection opens to public
The collection is made up of 20,000 resources, including 17 translations of Thirukkural, or sacred verses. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
Sing Lit: Read Our World
Happy Vesak Day to those who celebrate!
May you and your loved ones find peace and joy today. ๐ชท๐
Sing Lit: Read Our World
Take a day trip with local authors! ๐๐งญ Explore the island anew through this online literary map of Singaporeโs past and present attractions with Book Trips by Tusitala as part of the Singapore HeritageFest. ๐ฆ๐บ
Rediscover travel and tourism through 15 short stories, essays, and poems, which take you to iconic places like Fort Siloso and Haw Par Villa, as well as off the beaten path to locations like Tanjong Pagar Railway Station and Singapore Race Course. ๐คฉ๐
Read these book excerpts, play simple quizzes, and take touristy photos with AR filters created by local artists. ๐ฒ Click the link to start your journey now! www.sgheritagefest.gov.sg/programmes/book-trips
Singapore Heritage Festival: Book Trips
Explore Singapore through an online literary map of Singapore's past and present attractions, through book excerpts, simple quizzers, AR filters and more!
Sing Lit: Read Our World
๐ค๐ช๐ฉ ๐ค๐ ๐๐ค๐๐ช๐จ
โ๐ช ๐ฌ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฉ ๐ช๐ด ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฌ๐บ,
๐ช๐ณ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฌ๐ด
๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ฆ๐บ๐ฆ๐ด.
๐ฃ๐ถ๐ต ๐ช ๐ฐ๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ
๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ,
๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฌ.
๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ณ, ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ช๐ฆ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค,
๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฌ๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ๐ด ๐ณ๐ช๐จ๐ช๐ฅ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ๐ถ๐ฎ.โ
- Eddie Tay, โDreaming Citiesโ from Math Paper Press
In ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ฆ๐ด, Eddie Tay weaves poems and street photographs of a modern city, laying a poetric geography over the urban landscapes of Hong Kong and Singapore. ๐๏ธ
Read up on Eddie Tay and his accomplishments, as well as other Singaporeans, via www.poetry.sg/, the home for Singapore poetry. ๐๐๏ธ
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Sing Lit: Read Our World
Ethos Books presents: ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐๐ข๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐ข๐จ๐ฆ as part of the Singapore HeritageFest. ๐บ
Join Khairulddin Wahab, Mok Zining and Nadirah Norruddin in conversation with Faris Joraimi as they revisit the sources of our knowing, and try to understand how we relate to our environment and how our โGarden Cityโ can encompass narratives that have been historically suppressed or ignored. ๐ฑ
This is a free talk happening online on 28 May, at 10:30am - 12pm via Ethos Booksโ Facebook page! Make sure to follow them on Instagram as well so you can stay updated. ๐
www.sgheritagefest.gov.sg/programmes/decolonising-our-natural-heritage
Singapore Heritage Festival: Decolonising Our Natural Heritage
Join Mok Zining, Nadirah Norruddin and Khairulddin Wahab and discover our familiar natural icons and landscapes in a different light.
