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04& 05 Two Thousand Twelve , Big Eyes, Big Minds Big Eyes, , Big Mccloud Fluffly Image From 04& 05 two thousand twelve , Big Eyes, Big Minds Big Eyes, , Big Fluffly McCloud Fluffly Image from www.theartshouse.com.sg www.facebook.com/theartshouse s ual art vis \ tre a e th \ c i s u m \ m l i f \ e c n a d \ s t r a ry ra ite l FROM STAGE TO PRINT WITH HARESH SHARMA ASIAN FESTIVAL FOR LITERARY ARTS AND TAN TARN HOW EPIGRAM BOOKS CHILDREN’S CONTENT CAFETARI MEET READ INVENTING PAPER Living Room \ 18 May \ 7pm \ Free NBDCS AND THE ARTS HOUSE CAFERATI SINGAPORE CHAPTER SPEECH Meet prolific playwrights Haresh Sharma and Tan Tarn How as they jointly launch Model Citizens 26 - 29 May \ Passes available on www.afcc.com.sg Earshot Café \ 21 Apr & 19 May \ 3.30pm - 6pm \ Free Earshot Café \ 26 Apr & 31 May \ 7pm \ Free and Fear of Writing under Epigram Books’ Stage to Print series. Sit back and relax as you watch actors from both plays stage a reading. This will be followed by a roundtable discussion with the The sky’s the limit when it comes to creating content for Asian children. At AFCC Caferati Singapore Chapter invites you to develop IPS in April features Flirt-Gill, a full-length play playwrights to discover their motivation and inspiration behind the two most talked about plays 2012, get the buzz on an untapped industry for young readers with the big potential as we bring together content makers, international buyers and readers looking for your writing skills! Caferati Meet Read is a forum for about a man destroy by his love for an in recent times. books and related materials for children. adult writers in English. You are invited to join us on imaginary child. When Dave leaves Kelly for a new life in New Zealand, Kelly creates the perfect the third Saturday of every month, when we meet at daughter to bring him home. Dave’s new partner, Melinda, must fight his entrancement and SINGAPORE BOOK CLUB persuade him to love their own child. Earshot Café, to share your original writing in NBDCS AND THE ARTS HOUSE English with the group. Newcomers are welcome! Playwright Helen Banner moved from London to study for a MFA in Dramatic Writing at Tisch Asia, NYU. Her play Tranquility, Serenity, Calm will be appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Earshot Café \ 18 May \ 7pm \ Free Festival in August 2012. For more details on the playwright being featured in May, please log on to our website. Eric Alagan’s Code Shield is a peek into Singapore’s secret services. It is a thriller that explores cross border human and drug-trafficking, international crime syndicates and the complicity and internecine jostling of international security agencies. Join the writer as he discusses the inspiration for writing the book and find out how much is fact or fiction. BOOK ILLUSTRATORS GALLERY CITA: SPEAK OUT Gallery \ 25 - 30 May \ Free MILANI AND THE ARTS HOUSE The skill of an artist in creating illustration for a children's picture book often goes SASTERA & SENI unrecognised. The Book Illustrators Gallery presents the work of picture book illustrators THE ARTS HOUSE AND Earshot Café \ 10 Apr \ 7pm \ Free from around the region, showcasing their talent that crosses genres and borders. THE NUS DEPARTMENT OF MALAY STUDIES NEW WORD ORDER PRESENTS GAVIN LEE Speak Out is an open-mic event for poetry reading THE ARTS HOUSE Living Room \ 14 Apr \ 10am – 1pm; 2pm - 4pm \ Free and sharing for poets, prose writers and arts BOOK AND PRODUCT LAUNCHES 26 - 29 May \ Various Timings \ Free enthusiasts for all ages and all languages. Speak Out Cita’s April 2012 lecture will feature Dr Sa’eda Buang who will deliver a lecture entitled Yang Living Room \ 21 Apr \ 2.30pm \ Free Join local and international authors, illustrators and publishers as they launch their new titles and Indah Itu Sastera (Literature is a Thing of Beauty). The lecture is in Malay, followed by a welcomes both first-time readings and breakthrough performances by experienced readers. e-book products. Please visit www.afcc.com.sg for more details. After winning the 3rd prize at the 2007 ST Life! Elephant & Coral short fiction writing commentary by Mr Mohamed Imran B.Taib in English. Lunch is provided. After lunch join us for competition, Gavin Lee set himself the goal of getting published in 5 years. Last year, he a performance of Malay dancing by Ping Yi Secondary school. left his job to complete his debut work of fiction Tell Me Why The Sea Is Blue. CELEBRATING OUR STARS Chamber \ 19 May \ 10am – 1pm; 2pm - 4pm \ Free MUSE ON MONDAYS Gallery \ 25 May \ 4.30pm \ Free A collection of short stories and poetry, its first part leans towards the fantastical in being VERENA TAY AND THE ARTS HOUSE Celebrating Our Stars is a pre-AFCC event for children’s authors, illustrators and Cita’s May 2012 lecture will feature Encik Nadiputra who will deliver a lecture entitled Teater inspired by the volatile element of fire. The second part follows the fluidity of water to Earshot Café \ Every first Monday (April 2 & May 7) \ 7pm – 9pm \ Free publishers in Singapore to gather and share their latest works. Adeline Foo, Melayu dan Mesej Sosialnya (Malay Theatre and its Social Messages). The lecture is in Malay, touch on more sensitive and emotional societal issues. Rosemarie Somaiah and Er Lai Kuan will kick off things with Fits & Starts, Leaps & followed by a commentary by Mdm Kartini Anwar. Lunch is provided. After lunch join us for You’ve slaved over your fiction and wonder if it is any good. Now you can receive professional Bounds: The Singapore Journey of Writing for Children, a retrospective of local drama performances by students from Bukit Panjang Government High School. Gavin will read from his work as well as discuss the perils of self-publishing. He also feedback on your writing. In Muse on Mondays, submit your text (maximum 2,000 words of children’s books published through the decades. Following this, meet ten recently wants to hear your most creative answer to why the sea is blue. prose) to [email protected] by the Wednesday before, and writers Verena Tay and published children’s book creators in a pitch presentation and get to hear their O Thiam Chin will give their assessment in a group critique of your work. personal journeys in writing for children. FROM STAGE TO PRINT WITH HARESH SHARMA ASIAN FESTIVAL FOR LITERARY ARTS AND TAN TARN HOW EPIGRAM BOOKS CHILDREN’S CONTENT CAFETARI MEET READ INVENTING PAPER Living Room \ 18 May \ 7pm \ Free NBDCS AND THE ARTS HOUSE CAFERATI SINGAPORE CHAPTER SPEECH Meet prolific playwrights Haresh Sharma and Tan Tarn How as they jointly launch Model Citizens 26 - 29 May \ Passes available on www.afcc.com.sg Earshot Café \ 21 Apr & 19 May \ 3.30pm - 6pm \ Free Earshot Café \ 26 Apr & 31 May \ 7pm \ Free and Fear of Writing under Epigram Books’ Stage to Print series. Sit back and relax as you watch actors from both plays stage a reading. This will be followed by a roundtable discussion with the The sky’s the limit when it comes to creating content for Asian children. At AFCC Caferati Singapore Chapter invites you to develop IPS in April features Flirt-Gill, a full-length play playwrights to discover their motivation and inspiration behind the two most talked about plays 2012, get the buzz on an untapped industry for young readers with the big potential as we bring together content makers, international buyers and readers looking for your writing skills! Caferati Meet Read is a forum for about a man destroy by his love for an in recent times. books and related materials for children. adult writers in English. You are invited to join us on imaginary child. When Dave leaves Kelly for a new life in New Zealand, Kelly creates the perfect the third Saturday of every month, when we meet at daughter to bring him home. Dave’s new partner, Melinda, must fight his entrancement and SINGAPORE BOOK CLUB persuade him to love their own child. Earshot Café, to share your original writing in NBDCS AND THE ARTS HOUSE English with the group. Newcomers are welcome! Playwright Helen Banner moved from London to study for a MFA in Dramatic Writing at Tisch Asia, NYU. Her play Tranquility, Serenity, Calm will be appearing at the Edinburgh Fringe Earshot Café \ 18 May \ 7pm \ Free Festival in August 2012. For more details on the playwright being featured in May, please log on to our website. Eric Alagan’s Code Shield is a peek into Singapore’s secret services. It is a thriller that explores cross border human and drug-trafficking, international crime syndicates and the complicity and internecine jostling of international security agencies. Join the writer as he discusses the inspiration for writing the book and find out how much is fact or fiction. BOOK ILLUSTRATORS GALLERY CITA: SPEAK OUT Gallery \ 25 - 30 May \ Free MILANI AND THE ARTS HOUSE The skill of an artist in creating illustration for a children's picture book often goes SASTERA & SENI unrecognised. The Book Illustrators Gallery presents the work of picture book illustrators THE ARTS HOUSE AND Earshot Café \ 10 Apr \ 7pm \ Free from around the region, showcasing their talent that crosses genres and borders. THE NUS DEPARTMENT OF MALAY STUDIES NEW WORD ORDER PRESENTS GAVIN LEE Speak Out is an open-mic event for poetry reading THE ARTS HOUSE Living Room \ 14 Apr \ 10am – 1pm; 2pm - 4pm \ Free and sharing for poets, prose writers and arts BOOK AND PRODUCT LAUNCHES 26 - 29 May \ Various Timings \ Free enthusiasts for all ages and all languages.
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