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Sing Lit: Read Our World
Hold on to your hats because this July is bursting with events, activities and exciting open calls! ๐ฌ๏ธ๐ Find the full round-up complete with links in our Telegram channel, โ๐๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ช๐ต ๐ช๐ด ๐๐๐! ๐ฅโ. Join us there at t.me/singlitislit, or via the link in our bio and stay up to date with all things #SingLit. ๐๐
Featuring: Book A Writer, TWorks Singapore, Gaudy Boy, Sing Lit Station and Migrant Writers of Singapore.
And donโt forget - you can always find out about upcoming literary events via the calendar on the Sing Lit Station website at: singlitstation.com/calendar ๐๏ธ
Sing Lit: Read Our World
๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐: Elodie Kyra is Singaporeโs youngest bestselling author! Elodieโs trilogy starts with Rage, which documents strange happenings in a school for the gifted โ students, who seem to be becoming brainwashed. ๐ตโ๐ซ
Why donโt you pick up the whole series from Bubbly Books for the young aspiring writer in your life? Who knows, maybe youโll inspire them to become the next young best selling author in Singaporeโฆ๐โ๏ธ
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Sing Lit: Read Our World
๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ by Janice P. Nimura is an incredible look into the lives of two sisters who not only brought medicine to women, but women to medicine, and saved countless lives in the process. ๐ฉโโ๏ธโ๏ธ Unfortunately, there are still many mysteries to be solved in regards to the human body, but that is no reason to remain in the dark about the facts that we DO know! ๐ ๐ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ฑ, ๐ข ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ, ๐ข ๐๐ฆ๐ญ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ: ๐ ๐๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐บ by Andeasyand (Nurulhuda Izyan) is a hilarious and insightful look into the menstrual journey of six different women who are at different stages in their lives. Reminisce about your first period, learn what itโs like to undergo menopause, or just laugh through the cramps. Pick up a copy today from Difference Engine! ๐ฉธ #singlit #readlocal #southeastasian #sgbookstagram #bookrecommendation #readtheworld #readdiversebooks #ownvoicesbooks #whatareyoureadingsg #readingnationsg #feministhistory #menstrualawareness #periodhumour
Sing Lit: Read Our World
Good morning gang! ๐โ Hereโs a bit of mental caffeiene for you:
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๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐: ๐๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ข๐ต ๐๐ข๐ธ๐ฏ was translated from Malayalam into English. ๐ค
Whether you got it right or wrong, leave us a comment with one of your favourite translated #SingLit books. Weโd love to know! ๐ And if you donโt have one, now is the ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ time to start reading more translated local lit.
#readlocal #southeastasian #sgbookstagram #bookrecommendation #readtheworld #readdiversebooks #ownvoicesbooks #whatareyoureadingsg #readingnationsg #translatedfiction #translatedliterature Epigram Books
Sing Lit: Read Our World
๐ฃ Calling all aspiring curators, art managers, producers and writers: Sing Lit Station is working with the Singapore Writers Festival again this year to curate their Youth Fringe programmes!
Last yearโs open calls brought you fun programmes like ๐๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ต: ๐๐ฏ๐ฑ๐ข๐ค๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐๐๐ and ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ธ๐ข๐บ, ๐ ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ช๐ด๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐๐ข๐ฆ - and if you enjoyed them and think you have a cool idea for a programme, hereโs your chance to conceptualise and execute your own. ๐คฉ
Weโre beyond excited to invite students between the ages of 13 to 18 to sign up for this opportunity. Go behind the scenes and learn about curating, planning and running literary programmes for SWF 2022.
Shortlisted students will be guided through the journey of pitching and developing a programme for a writers festival, while students who aren't selected for the incubation workshops can opt to train as moderators for the upcoming panels, or join the Youth Outreach Team. ๐ค
There are just 10 days left to apply so don't delay and click here: bit.ly/youthfringe22,
And for more information, head on over to the Book A Writer Facebook page, or Instagram account at: @bookawriter. Good luck! โ๏ธ๐
Sing Lit: Read Our World
๐ฐ: URA ADVISED TO ADVANCE PLANS FOR FLOATING ARCHITECTURE IN LIGHT OF HEAVY FLOODS.
๐ฃ๏ธ: As a result of flood predictions, URA have been strongly advised to speed up any and all plans to develop flood resistant architecture.
๐ท: Danist Soh
Are you a fan of a well done facade? Do you love a good gazebo? Have a passion for perfect panelling? Then this anthology is for you! ๐๏ธ๐
๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ๐บ๐ด by Clara Chow is a collection of creative fiction inspired by the hypothetical and imaginative buildings from some of the best local architects. Each story is preceded by an interview with the architect of these constructions, giving you more insight into how these creative minds work. ๐๏ธ๐ญ
Copies are available in digital and physical form from Ethos Books, or you can pick up a copy from your local Public Libraries Singapore branch.
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Sing Lit: Read Our World
Having post-Pink Dot blues? ๐ฅบ Come on down to UltraSuperNew this Sunday to hear Alfian Saโat and Lune Loh for a reading of their work! There will also be an opportunity to read your own work at the open mic, and if you bring an LGBT-authored book, you can engage in a book exchange with someone else at the event. ๐คฉ๐ค
This event is hosted by Singapore Unbound, with tickets priced at $5 that can be purchased via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.com/e/pink-reads-iv-with-book-exchange-tickets-351333095747
PINK READS IV (with Book Exchange)
PINK READS returns to celebrate Pink Dot and to call for equality now!
Sing Lit: Read Our World
Another session of Book Talk by Epigram Books has arrived! ๐๐ฌ
Join the author of ๐๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ช, ๐๐ถ๐ง๐ง๐ด & ๐๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, Pallavi Gopinath Aney, for an intimate conversation as she shares more about the book and discusses second chances, friendship, and what follows after dreaming. ๐ฅ
This session is taking place tomorrow at the Epigram Coffee Bookshop at SAM at Tanjong Pagar from 5-6pm, with tickets priced at $5! Head on over to Peatix and get your ticket ASAP! epigram-booktalk2.peatix.com/ โจ
Book Talk: Pallavi Gopinath Aney
Book Talk: Pallavi Gopinath Aney Date and Time: 25 June, 5pm - 6pmAddress: Epigram Coffee ... powered by Peatix : More than a ticket.
Sing Lit: Read Our World
๐ค ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐:
๐๐ถ๐จ๐ข๐ณ๐ฃ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฅ by Balli Kaur Jaswal was Shortlisted for the Popular Readers' Choice Awards in 2016, the Singapore Book Awards in 2017 and for the Singapore Literature Prize in 2018! Sugarbread was also a Finalist for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize! ๐ฑ๐ Balli is also the author of ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช ๐๐ช๐ฅ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ด, which was famously chosen by Reese Witherspoon in 2018 for her book club, Reeseโs Book Club.
Pick these books up wherever good books are sold or borrowed. ๐ค๐
#singlit #readlocal #southeastasian #sgbookstagram #bookrecommendation #readtheworld #readdiversebooks #ownvoicesbooks #whatareyoureadingsg #readingnationsg Epigram Books
Sing Lit: Read Our World
Binged the first half of Stranger Things 4? Rewatched ALL of Stranger Things?? ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฒ Maybe itโs time you read a book or two about other roving gangs of misfits going up against the world and all things freaky!
Set in a post-apocalyptic Singapore, this debut novel by Khor Kuan Liang explores what happens when machines become symbols of our ambitions and extensions of our will, and what role do they serve when we fight to survive? Just like #StrangerThings, ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐จ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ฏ ๐๐ฅ๐ข๐จ๐ช๐ฐ is a testament to the strength and endurance of the human spirit. ๐ง๐๐ค
#readlocal #southeastasian #sgbookstagram #bookrecommendation #readtheworld #readdiversebooks #ownvoicesbooks #whatareyoureadingsg #readingnationsg #postapocalypticfiction Epigram Books
