It was great to see Paolo in action (he won the “best debater” award), and to spend a bit of time with him as well, something that doesn’t happen often enough.) (L to R: Harris Jahim (prop), Verena Tay (prop), Charlene Shepherdson (prop), Margaret Supramaniam (opp), Carolyn Camoens (mod), Paolo Chikiamco (opp), me (opp), and William Phuan (director of TAH). I was totally freaking out that Sjón was there, because I’m such a big fan of his work I got to meet him several days later, after one of his panels, and talk to him just for a bit before he had to rush off.) (Audience Q&A, L to R: Felicia Low-Jimenez, Adan Jimenez, Josephine Chia, Sjón. Chesterton that appears at the beginning of Neil Gaiman’s Coraline.)
(I was on the opposition team, and led my argument with the epigraph by G.K. Participating in the SWF Fringe debate, “ Fairy Tales Screw Us Up“, even though it took place in the old Parliament chambers at The Arts House, because that wasn’t intimidating at all. (I still spazz a bit when I look at this signature.) (L to R: me, Terri Windling, Jasmine Ann Cooray) Hanging out with Terri Windling, one of my literary heroes, and one of the biggest influences on me as an editor. (Dean and me goofing around afterward at the signing table. (L to R: me, Rajeev Patke (mod), Dean Francis Alfar.
Photo by Ann Ang.)īeing on the “ Alternate Realities” panel with Dean Francis Alfar, who is even more handsome and charming in person. (BNSSS contributors, L to R: Stephanie Ye, Wei Fen Lee, Alvin Pang, Yu-Mei Balasingamchow, Alfian Sa’at, me. Launching three books I edited for Epigram Books: The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza by Cyril Wong, Ministry of Moral Panic by Amanda Lee Koe, and The Epigram Books Collection of Best New Singaporean Short Stories: Volume One. This year seemed even more packed than previous ones, and I was exhausted by the end of it, but had such a fantastic time.
(Although I do have the excuse that the last few months have been freakishly busy, but still, I was feeling bad about it.) By its nature, this will be quite long, and in chronological order, but at least you’ll have some pictures with which to break it up.īack at the beginning of November, I was once again a featured author at the Singapore Writers Festival.
Today is Chinese New Year in Singapore, and so I thought I’d finally update this blog after being so negligent for the past few months.
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