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THE ANTI-ART AUTHOR [2 Dec 2018]
By Althea Duncombe Diploma in Creative Writing for Television and New Media Singapore Polytechnic Desmond Kon Zhicheng- Mingdé is an avid lover of words and poetry. (Photo Credit: Althea Duncombe) Fourteen years ago, Desmond Kon Zhicheng-Mingdé wrote down three wishes on a napkin with some friends. One… Details
THE SEARCH FOR HER TRUTH [1 Dec 2018]
By Yap Ying Ting, Megan Diploma in Creative Writing for TV and New Media Singapore Polytechnic One would expect to feel happy after winning a prestigious award. However, Danielle Lim had mixed feelings instead. Her debut novel, The Sound of SCH, was the co-winner of the Singapore Literature Prize in 2016. It is the… Details
A CYNIC’S HOPE [25 Nov 2018]
By Kerrick Peh Qihao Diploma in Creative Writing for Television and New Media Singapore Polytechnic Growing up, Cyril Wong never had the chance to watch television. His family was poor and lived in a crowded flat. The others in the house would dominate the television, watching Cantonese dramas that lasted hundreds… Details
LITERATURE IS ART, NOT AN EXAM [21 Nov 2018]
By Ip Oi Kei Diploma in Creative Writing for TV and New Media Singapore Polytechnic Colin Cheong, who teaches at the School of the Arts (SOTA), says writing should be for fun and not for the money. (Photo Credit: Ip Oi Kei) Colin Cheong, 53, is an award-winning author and a Literature teacher but surprisingly, he… Details
WHERE THE PAST MEETS THE PRESENT [17 Nov 2018]
By Luther Chuah Diploma in Creative Writing for Television and New Media Singapore Polytechnic “When I see these young people, I say, ‘Why are you all even interested, how did you hear about the book?’” Charmaine Leung, 45, the author of 17A Keong Saik Road, never expected her readers to be… Details
LOOKING BACK ON A LOST PAST [14 Nov 2018]
By Audrey Chan Li Yi Diploma in Creative Writing for TV and New Media Singapore Polytechnic Andrew Koh’s contributions to Singapore’s arts scene make for impressive reading. He is a founding member of The Necessary Stage theatre company and his 1994 novella, Glass Cathedral, won the Singapore Literature… Details
Thank-you and farewell [28 Jul 2017]
Dear friends, I am calling it a day. At the recent Annual General Meeting held on 14 July, my retirement as Executive Director (ED) from the National Book Development Council of Singapore (The Book Council) was announced by our Chairperson, Ms Claire Chiang. My last day with the organisation is on 31 July 2017.… Details
The journey to realising the All In! Young Writers Festival [21 Feb 2017]
For someone with a teaching background, it was challenging to make the transition from academia to project management. I was grateful that my media background came in handy when I joined NBDCS, and especially when I was tasked to manage the All In! Young Writers Festival, immediately after its run in 2014.… Details
A Peek Into the Life of an Awards Manager [14 Feb 2017]
I have been with the Book Council for nearly three years, and have been running the awards programmes since then. It’s been a pretty wild ride, especially in my first year when I was thrown in the deep end and made to run the newly-expanded Singapore Literature Prize as soon as I joined. “Awards… Details
Food, fantasy, and Indonesia… [24 Jan 2017]
Last year, as part of the festivities for NBDCS' literary festival for children's books, the Asian Festival of Children's Content, we brought back our popular online illustration contest, the afccSKETCH, to encourage both budding and established illustrators from around the world to submit creative and… Details