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Singapore Writers Festival: ‘We write fiction every day’ – Jeanette Winterson on how she writes

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Jeanette Winterson with moderator Kenneth Kwok, in a session where Winterson shared about her writing process



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Jeanette Winterson with moderator Kenneth Kwok, in a session where she shared about her writing process.

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SINGAPORE – Where she spoke persuasively during her Saturday session about the need for those in the arts to not shy away from tackling technological issues, Jeanette Winterson on Sunday gave Singapore Writers Festival participants a privileged glimpse into how she writes.

Speaking to about 50 aspiring writers and admiring fans who paid an extra $60 for the In A Tiny Room series hosted at the Mandala Club, she revealed that she sometimes limits her reading of novels to retain the integrity of her authorial voice.

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