The annual literary get-together attracted a markedly smaller but more engaged audience.
SINGAPORE – A steady, low-key tenor was the order of the day at the Singapore Writers Festival 2024, which traded the festive extravaganza of yesteryears for higher-quality panels pitched more directly at the local literati.
Yong, who wanted to also reach out to those working in the central business district, said more analysis is required to see if his strategy worked, though he is generally happy with the turnout.“We will continue to be inclusive in our programming to direct attention on marginalised segments of society, such as persons with disabilities and ex-offenders.”
Whatever the naysayers’ gripes, this proved a fertile plot. Solid programmes ran the gamut from indigenous writing and Singapore’s own overlooked relationship with its island peoples to an insect-inspired poetry jam, topped off with Best-selling South Korean novelist Baek Se-hee put in her first appearance at an international writers’ festival. PHOTO: MOONRISE STUDIO
Sometimes, they were in dialogue with headliners. It was one such event on writing about visual arts – with Singapore artists Shubigi Rao and Robert Zhao, together with Edugyan – that several veteran festivalgoers cited as their favourite of the line-up.
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