Book A Writer

Look back at some of our school workshops across 2024 👀👀👀 This year we saw a mix of traditional workshops and talks, along with new and collaborative classes featuring multi-disciplinary forms of creative writing.

What a year it’s been - with over a 150 workshops booked, our Education Manager, Matin () has been busy! We’ve brought writers to over 5,000 students across Singapore ✨

As we prep for the next year, we’d like to thank all the teachers and schools for their support and bookings over the year. Happy school holidays, and here’s wishing everyone a restful break 💪

SWF 2024 is here and we’re IN THE THICK OF IT!

This year Sing Lit Station’s Youth Outreach team is doing things a little differently 😘 We have three incredible teams of content creators and event photographers roaming the grounds of the festival to give you a glimpse of the festival from the eyes of the youth!

As we wrap up weekend 1 of the festival, here’s are some photos by our ace team of young photographers Amadeus () and Joshua ().

Weekend one also saw the debut of our youth moderators and the youth curated programmes for the festival’s Youth Fringe:

🌿 Akshta () for the panel ‘How to Tell a Million Stories Before Grandma Dies’ curated by Fitrah ()
🌿Norman (.man.p) for the panel ‘pov: you’re not like other girls’ curated by Fallace ()
🌿 Priyanshi (.moh_ty) for ‘We Are Here: Embarking on Inherited Journeys’ curated by Shrujay
🌿 Patrick for ‘Rubrics for Success: How SG’s Education System Shapes Our Future’ curated by Dorine ()
🌿 Kethy () for ‘Fluent, Forgetten, Found: Poetic Journeys Through Bilingualism’ in collaboration with Poetry Translation Centre ()

If you see them around, say hi! They’re all wearing lanyards with ‘Sing Lit Station’ on them. The young energy is 🫨infectious🫨. See you at weekend 2!!

Bringing our Book A Writer workshops to the public was one of the best things we’ve tried this year!

Featuring some of Singapore’s most prolific writers, the Book A Writer Open Classes offer members of the public a chance to learn from the best, over a wide variety of genres.

So far, we’ve had workshops from
✒️ Amanda Chong ()
✒️ Daryl Qilin Yam ()
✒️ Neil Humphreys ()
✒️ Alfian Sa’at ()

And upcoming workshops with Stephanie Chan and ArunDitha! Get your tickets here: https://bawopenclasses-spokenword.peatix.com/view

SEE YOU AT SINGAPORE WRITERS FESTIVAL’S YOUTH FRINGE!

This year, Sing Lit Station received over 80 programme proposals by young, passionate youths across Singapore in our Youth Fringe Open Call… and finally, here are the programmes curated for youths and by youths at this year’s Singapore Writers Festival.

We are proud to present various programmes at the festival this year, and even prouder to watch fresh, new faces take to the stage. Please come down to support the programmes put together, moderated and even marketed by our community of young, literary enthusiasts!

Get your tickets for SWF here: https://tickets.swf.sg/en
Early bird ticket sales are on until 28 Oct!

All this would not have been made possible without the support of Singapore Writers Festival () and Arts House Limited ().

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Bringing the chaos of Sing Lit Station and Book A Writer to this year’s festival, come get literary and jiggy with us at our two interactive programmes!

🔥HOT SEAT: Join our climate change trivia game show and stand a chance to win $200 worth of bookstore vouchers! Open to participants between 15 and 24 years old, sign up here: https://airtable.com/appf7hkNzPZhYkA3k/pagVSOl3ZoySZw96t/form

🏃THE POETRY CHASE: AMONG US! But make it poetry. Work in teams to craft a poem based on a secret prompt, except one team is an imposter 😋 Figure out who it is! Sign up with your friends here: https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com/programme-details-2024/experiential-participatory/the-poetry-chase



See you there!!! We can’t wait.

We’re back with a special, one-time only workshop with Alfian Sa’at ()!

Fresh off our sold-out run in June, Book A Writer is proud to present yet another mini edition of our Open Classes. Limited seats available, so get your tickets now!

📅 19 October 2024, Saturday
⏰ 2pm - 4pm
📍 Sing Lit Station, 22 Dickson road, #02-01

Click the link in our bio for tickets or visit: https://bawopenclasses-alfiansaat.peatix.com/

🔺Workshop Round Up: How to Write Funny 🔺

Last Saturday, Neil Humphreys brought his popular school workshop to Sing Lit Station. The same stories, anecdotes and laughs but to a room of writers and readers of all ages and levels. The result? An afternoon of laughs, introspective reflections from participants and many new friends made.

Thank you for coming down to Sing Lit Station, and for and outrageously fun time 🔥 Two more workshops left for our sold out Book A Writer: Open Classes series, we can’t wait to see you ✨

Join the SLS team as a youth curator for Singapore Writers Festival 2024: Youth Fringe! Get together with fellow literary enthusiasts and learn the ropes of programming and producing a literary event.

Our Youth Fringe Open Call has produced some of SWF’s most exciting programmes like
🔥“Cinderella or Tinderella? The Evolution of Dating”
🔥“If Opposites Attract: When Experimental Poets Meet Instapoets”

Submit your ideas and have your programmes come to life at this year’s Singapore Writers Festival.

Apply now and join a team made out of

✍🏻 Youth Curators: Learn the basics of art programming and pitch your ideas to this years SWF. Open to those aged between 13 and 18 years old.

🎤 Youth Moderators: Learn how to host and facilitate Youth Fringe panels and programmes. Open to those aged between 13 and 21 years old.

📸 Youth Outreach Team: Learn the ropes of festival and event photography, along with opportunities for on-ground media activations. Open to those aged between 18 and 25 years old.

Apply at bit.ly/youthfringe24 or click the link in our bio

✨ Great Programmes, Glowing Reviews ✨

Our mission to bring writers down to schools has resulted in amazing responses from both students and teachers about our workshop and programme offerings!

🔥 92% of student attendees in 2024 have rated our programmes “good”’or “excellent”

🔥 Teachers have commended on the effectiveness of having practising writers conduct workshops in making the study and practice of the written form more accessible to students

🔥 More than HALF of our student attendees this year would like to attend our programmes again.

Our success would not be possible without the support of schools, students and our roster of fantastic writer facilitators!

Book your next workshop and keep our programmes going by emailing [email protected]

🆕NEW PROGRAMME OFFERINGS🆕

Introducing some of the new programmes being offered by our existing writers under Book A Writer! Two of these workshops also debuted during our annual creative writing camp, Camp Lit to positive responses from participating campers.

🖍️ Writing for Fun and Occasional Profit with A.J Low

🎭 Stepping into Character: Crafting Characters That Come to Life with Verena Tay

👻 Horror and Metamorphosis with Natalie Wang

🗣️ Spoken Word Can Change the World with ArunDitha

Here at Book A Writer, we are constantly updating our programme and workshop offerings to best engage the youth and incite their love of literature and the written form.

For inquiries and bookings, email us at [email protected]

🍀 SPECIAL STUDENT DISCOUNT🍀

If you’re a student who has an affinity with words and plants, get 30% off Verena Tay’s creative writing workshop about finding inspiration with plants on the 2nd of March.

Limited student tickets available here: https://proliferate-finding-inspirations-in-plants-verena-tay.peatix.com

This workshop is open to writers aged 16 and above, who are fluent with the English language and must have their own material at hand.

Work on your writing and meet fellow writers in the cosy Sing Lit Station office under the guidance and teaching of Verena Tay (editor of the bestselling Balik Kampung series and more).

That’s a wrap! Thank you for another successful run of Camp Lit 2023. Sending all campers and crew the warmest well wishes and seeing new friendships blossom makes us feel fuzzy inside🌈 keep writing! There’s always a home for your writing here ❤️