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Overview | Singapore Arts Festival | Singapore Art Show | Singapore Writers Festival |
Singapore Biennale | ArtReach Events | Music Competitions | Golden Point Award | Sing Singapore |
Noise Singapore | Busking Scheme | Other Events
A city where writing empowers and transforms lives.
To present the world’s major literary talents to the people of Singapore, and to promote new
and emerging Singapore and Asian writing to a wider public.
A unique feature of the festival is that it is one of the few truly multilingual literary festivals in the world,
i.e. showcasing of literature in four languages – English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil.
The SWF features a diverse range of literary programmes from graphic novels to multi-disciplinary activities that
intertwine literature with other art forms like music, theatre and film.
In 2007, the nine-day festival will feature over 100 exciting programmes including film screenings (of literary
adaptations), a book exhibition, panel discussions, literary tours and lunches, literary-related music performances and of course talks,
book signings and readings by prominent writers.
The festival will be presenting, for the first time, a professional symposium, specifically focusing on the
literary publishing industry. Industry experts from all over the world will be invited to give talks and take part in panel discussions.
These sessions will also be opportunities for industry networking and information sharing among the key players in the literary ecosystem.
To generate buzz for the festival in December and to nurture a sustained interest in the literary arts, there will be
monthly literary events leading up to the festival from February to October 2007.
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