Singapore Writers Festival

TBR (To Be Read)

How I finally understood the joy of having a book signed

Author Fuchsia Dunlop (right) signing a book for a fan at her Salon session at Belimbing restaurant.

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.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

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

ST20251109_202556300550: Gin Tay/ shswf10/ Shawn Hoo/
Attendees at Singapore Writers Festival- Tomorrow's Architects: A Sci-fi Conversation Between Friends held at Victoria Theatre on Nov 9, 2025.

SWF 2026’s Hidden In Plain Sight could explore crime fiction, memoirs, medical writing, journalism

Singapore Writers Festival director Yong Shu Hoong's debut festival was in 2024 and he has just concluded the 2025 edition, which some have described as feeling more "buzzy".

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

Writers like R.F. Kuang and Fuchsia Dunlop rave about Singapore food, museums and the fest

R.F. Kuang (left) eating a bowl of laksa and Fuchsia Dunlop on a food hop in Singapore.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

Poet Pooja Nansi offers spirited keynote on the uses of poetry, especially in age of AI

Pooja Nansi’s keynote session at the Play Den at the Singapore Writers Festival.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

‘History isn’t over’: Historians, authors debate colonial legacy

(From left) Meihan Boey, Anirudh Kanisetti, Ovidia Yu and Sathnam Sanghera at the panel discussion held at Victorian Theatre during the Singapore Writers Festival.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

Why your pumpkin spice latte comes from colonial violence

(From left) Singaporean poet Daryl Lim Wei Jie moderated the Empire On A Plate panel with writers Sathnam Sanghera and Meher Mirza on Nov 15 at the Singapore Writers Festival (SWF).

TBR (To Be Read): Singapore Writers Festival has grown over the years – and so have expectations

China-born American writer R.F. Kuang’s lecture Beyond The Ivory Tower at the Singapore Writers Festival 2025.

Singapore Writers Festival 2025

Singapore author Balli Kaur Jaswal on why she won’t write romantasy and the Aware saga

Daryl Qilin Yam and Balli Kaur Jaswal at Capella Singapore.

E-paper

Newsletters

Podcasts

RSS Feed

About Us

Terms & Conditions

Privacy Policy

Need help? Reach us here.

Advertise with us

MDDI (P) 046/10/2025. Published by SPH Media Limited, Co. Regn. No.202120748H. Copyright © 2025 SPH Media Limited. All rights reserved.