Singapore Writers Festival: 5 highlights from a rocky festival

The festival is presented by Arts House Limited from Nov 5 to 14 and available on VOD till Nov 28. PHOTO: SINGAPOREWRITERSFESTIVAL
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SINGAPORE - Its theme may have been Guilty Pleasures, but the 24th edition of the Singapore Writers Festival got off to a rocky start when on-site Internet connectivity problems meant several events during its first weekend could not be streamed on Sistic Live.

Though these were later broadcast on video-on-demand (VOD), the delays were perturbing and meant viewers missed out on live question-and-answer sessions at a hybrid festival already heavily curtailed by pandemic restrictions.

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