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First up, Tash Aw’s book launch:
Date: 1 June 2009
Time: 7pm
Location: The Pod, National Library
Admission is free. To RSVP, email your name and contact no. to zariena@horizonbooks.com.sg / call 64835953
Continue reading Tash Aw’s book launch, Agnes Meadows talk and Goi essay competition
THE VENUE HAS CHANGED!!!
I just wanted to say that. It is too amusing not to. Anywho, yesss. The event got an upgrade since apparently there was a lot of response for it. Bad, bad me. I didn’t rsvp so I signed in right then. They’re popular ladies, you see. Hence the bigger location.
Continue reading Conversation with Wena Poon (Plus Sharon Bakar!)
Finally it’s online! Beyond the Band: Johnny Axel.
You can watch it here:
Click on the video to watch it in HD form on the youtube site. Meanwhile, we won Best use of Dialogue and Best editing for Singapore.
Oh and this production was an Australian/Singapore collab thing if you didn’t know. We did the script over Skype, international phone calls when it started to lag, Google documents and Celtx.
Curtin university students on the Australian side, uhh non-students in the Singapore side and a whole lot of rushing of uploading things online and downloading said clip to and fro both sides of the productions. Heh.
Seriously do not like jpeg mailers, like oh man. ANYWHO, let me retype SOME info.
Ethos Books, Epigram and Monsters Under the Bed
invite passionate book lovers, story-tellers, authors, and illustrators young and old
to ‘Little Lit’ in the Singapore Writers Festival 2009.
Date: Sunday, 24 May 2009
Time: Guests sign in 2pm
Venue: Play Den, level 2, The Arts House, 1 Old Parliament Lane
To register, you need to sign up at http://www.mutb.com.sg. For enquiries, call 6100 4363, or email info@mutb.com.sg .
Huh, I saw this when I was at Popular bookstore. The Young Immortals by James Lee. Yes, the guy that brought you Mister Midnight. The one on the left is a notebook by the way. Apparently you get a free notebook if you buy the book within this period (while stocks last)!
Well, you can:
Go to the Leonardo Da Vinci exhibit at the Science Center…
Go to Borders to meet Cathy Cassidy…
Or well, The pinkdot.sg movement (okay their use for flash makes me frown but still, to read about it click on their timer).
There won’t be a session in May, sorta since most of the people are at weddings/school trips/ projects/etc.
Just a note.
We’ll be back on schedule in June.
They’re selling these food USB at the school bookshop where I am at. Verily amused. There’s mini hamburgers, tarts and other food items too. AM tempted to get the sushi ones. Hmmm. They’re $29.90 and at 2GBs. I know it’s expensive for the size but it’s more for the shape of it.
Meanwhile, had a little class on jewelry manufacturing at JDMIS on Wednesday night. Never have I wanted more jewelry than then. I learnt how people made jewelry and oh man… If you want someone to give you a really expensive wedding ring of sorts. Ask for a good quality pave (I don’t have the special e with the stroke on top on this keyboard) since that would mean the ring would have to be hand made just for youuuu. Anyway hand manufactured jewelry = very very time consuming.
Onwards to the Blogger’s Lounge. It’s been renamed to 247 Lounge at the moment of this post though. You pronounce it as twenty-four, seven lounge. Heh. Not two four seven. It’s hosted by the 24 Seven people. Check their webby to know more about them or their blog.
Continue reading USBs, jewelry and the Blogger’s Lounge aka 247 Lounge
Got this from Borders. Author appearance on 16th May, Saturday at 2.30pm. The competition that you can win a breakfast with Cathy Cassidy is here. Entries close on 13 May 2009 so the page will be probably down after then.
The last time there was an author appearance at Borders, lots of fans queued up and all. So be sure to get there early to have a good spot in the line if she’s doing autographs!
Commonwealth short story competition – Deadline: 11 May 2009
Mentor Access Project – Deadline: 15 May 2009
Golden Point Award (poetry/short story competition) – Deadline: 29 May 2009
Secondly, yo! You guys, yes you. Got a book you’re launching this year? Deadline is 12 June 2009 to apply for a book launch during the Singapore Writers Festival from 24th October to 1st November. Download the from here: SWFappform or you can email phua_shiuanling@toph.com.sg for it. Since I have it here though, you don’t need to email the person for it.
Hohohoho… Yesssss, well okay one of them isn’t a book launch exactly. One’s a reading and discussion while the other is a book launch.
Continue reading Book launches in May! Deadline reminders and SWF things