Singapore Writers Festival

Singapore Writers Festival 2026: Catch stars from Amitav Ghosh to Ma Shih-fang to Thuan

(Clockwise from top left) Jim Rion, Ma Shih-fang, Amitav Ghosh, Thuan and Silvia Moreno-Garcia.

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

Author Amitav Ghosh says writers must give voice to marginal communities in works about the climate

Amitav Ghosh is giving a festival keynote lecture at the Victoria Theatre.

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

Writer Thuan sees Vietnamese and French as a ‘happy couple’ in her house of literature

Hanoi-born, France-based writer Thuan will speak at the Singapore Writers Festival 2026.

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

Silvia Moreno-Garcia on the importance of finding yourself

Silvia Moreno-Garcia will give a Singapore Writers Festival keynote on Nov 21 titled Writing Between The Real And Unreal, focusing on A.I. and authenticity.

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

Acclaimed music critic Ma Shih-fang talks Taiwan campus folk, xinyao and translating Bob Dylan

Acclaimed Taiwanese broadcaster, author and television host Ma Shih-fang is coming to the Singapore Writers Festival to do three events on Nov 14 and 15.

Singapore Writers Festival 2026

‘I’ve seen his face’: Translator Jim Rion wishes Uketsu’s puzzles were less language-based

The translator of Uketsu’s hit titles, Jim Rion, will dial in for a Zoom session at the Victoria Theatre on Nov 21.

Amitav Ghosh, Tan Twan Eng and Jim Rion headline Singapore Writers Festival

Yong Shu Hoong, festival director of the Singapore Writers Festival, at The Arts House on Sept 23.

Former Singapore Writers Festival director Yeow Kai Chai to head 30th edition in 2027

Poet Yeow Kai Chai will helm the 30th edition of the Singapore Writers Festival in 2027.

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.

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".

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