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Singapore Writers Festival 2025

A wish list as audiences grow: more inclusive programming, mid-sized venues, in-depth dialogues

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Attendees at Singapore Writers Festival- Tomorrow's Architects: A Sci-fi Conversation Between Friends held at Victoria Theatre on Nov 9, 2025.
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Attendees at Singapore Writers Festival- Tomorrow's Architects: A Sci-fi Conversation Between Friends held at Victoria Theatre on Nov 9, 2025.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

SG Culture Pass boosts impressive festival with 30 per cent rise in attendees

The packed Singapore Writers Festival bookstore at The Arts House.
The packed Singapore Writers Festival bookstore at The Arts House.

Hop on free buses to over 50 museums and galleries at Art Week Tokyo from Nov 7 to 9

From Nov 7 to 9, lime green buses on seven citywide routes will ferry art lovers for free to the doorsteps of Tokyo’s top contemporary art institutions as part of the annual Art Week Tokyo (AWT), which opened to the public on Nov 5.
From Nov 7 to 9, lime green buses on seven citywide routes will ferry art lovers for free to the doorsteps of Tokyo’s top contemporary art institutions as part of the annual Art Week Tokyo (AWT), which opened to the public on Nov 5.

Master potter Iskandar Jalil exhibits prized works kept in family collection

About two dozen works by master potter Iskandar Jalil will be on show at the Singapore Clay Festival from Nov 6 to 9.
About two dozen works by master potter Iskandar Jalil will be on show at the Singapore Clay Festival from Nov 6 to 9.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025: How poet Victoria Chang handles grief using numbers

American poet Victoria Chang, author of With My Back To The World (2024), will deliver a masterclass talk on geometry in art and grief at the Singapore Writers Festival.
American poet Victoria Chang, author of With My Back To The World (2024), will deliver a masterclass talk on geometry in art and grief at the Singapore Writers Festival.

R.F. Kuang, Ken Liu and Fuchsia Dunlop headline Singapore Writers Festival in November

Authors R. F. Kuang (left) and Ken Liu will headline the Singapore Writers Festival, which runs from Nov 7 to 16.
Authors R. F. Kuang (left) and Ken Liu will headline the Singapore Writers Festival, which runs from Nov 7 to 16.

Singapore artists Robert Zhao, Priyageetha Dia show at Aichi Triennale

Robert Zhao Renhui’s Seeing Forest at Aichi Arts Center.
Robert Zhao Renhui’s Seeing Forest at Aichi Arts Center.

Arts House Group: New name, new era for arts and writers festivals?

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Arts House Limited is rebranding to Arts House Group. Interview with Sharon Tan the executive director of Arts House Group (AHG) on the name change and directions for the organisation which also organises Writers Fest and Arts Fest.

Photographed on Aug 22, 2025.
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Arts House Limited is rebranding to Arts House Group. Interview with Sharon Tan the executive director of Arts House Group (AHG) on the name change and directions for the organisation which also organises Writers Fest and Arts Fest.

Photographed on Aug 22, 2025.

Five things to do at Singapore Night Festival – from kampung chilling to spotting luminous crabs

With more than 80 experiences, the 2025 edition of the Singapore Night Festival continues to be an energetic affair.
With more than 80 experiences, the 2025 edition of the Singapore Night Festival continues to be an energetic affair.

Blown away by bubble art at Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2025

Graham Maxwell performs during the “Flying Bubble Show” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 5, 2025. Performers are delighting crowds with bubble blowing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, using a mixture of dish soap, water and lube — and occasional acrobatics. (Robert Ormerod/The New York Times)
Graham Maxwell performs during the “Flying Bubble Show” at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, in Edinburgh, Scotland, Aug. 5, 2025. Performers are delighting crowds with bubble blowing at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, using a mixture of dish soap, water and lube — and occasional acrobatics. (Robert Ormerod/The New York Times)

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