The Evolution of the Singapore Writers Festival and its Impact on Singaporean Authors

The Singapore Writers Festival is a 10-day event that includes panel discussions, workshops, lectures, and performances. What started in 1986 as a biennial festival is now a highly anticipated, global, yearly event. The mission of the festival is to not only present the world’s major literary talents to the people of Singapore, but also to promote new and emerging Singapore and Asian writing to a wider public. Marc Nair, poet and partner at The Creative Voice, has been participating in the festival...