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What’s the Story!: Tamil Stories on Singapore Television
A bilingual panel discussing how Singapore Tamil television dramas have shaped screen representations of Tamil identity, gender, and language over the decades. Featuring women who have influenced both on-screen storytelling and behind-the-scenes production, it traces local Tamil TV from landmark dramas to current shows.
The Arts House at the Old Parliament — Play Denadults · seniors - LearningFrom $16 SGD
Every Choice You Didn’t Make: The Story Beneath the Story
A hands-on workshop on interactive storytelling that examines how branching narratives, dialogue trees and hidden paths create meaning. Participants will use tools like Twine and the Assassin’s Creed Odyssey Story Creator to write and critique layered narrative scenarios.
Approximate date, worth checkingVictoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall, Dance Studioadults - TalksFrom $8 SGD
Authenticity or Erasure: Translating with Nazry Bahrawi
A masterclass with Dr Nazry Bahrawi on translation, authenticity, and how colonial-era ideas can shape what counts as a faithful English rendering of Southeast Asian literature. He discusses the tension between fluency and cultural erasure in translating Malay texts.
The Arts House at the Old Parliament — Blue Roomadults - TalksFrom $16 SGD
Writing the Lives at Home
Teo You Yenn and Liang Hong discuss how writers can portray people’s lives at home with honesty, care, and responsibility amid social change. The panel is presented in Mandarin and English with live simultaneous interpretation in both languages.
Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, National Gallery Singaporeadults - TalksFrom $64 SGD
A Literary Walk on St John's Island
Singapore travel writer Yap Seow Choong leads a Mandarin-language literary walk on St John’s Island, sharing how he “reads” an island through walking. The programme includes a visit to the St John’s Island National Marine Laboratory, with round-trip ferry transport included.
Marina South Pieradults · seniors - TalksFrom $48 SGD
The Salon with Pooja Nansi
Pooja Nansi shares the women writers who have shaped her life and work, from Jane Austen to contemporary voices pushing storytelling in new directions. The session explores the books she has loved, returned to, argued with, and learned from.
COMO, Orchardadults - TalksFrom $48 SGD
The Salon with Jemimah Wei
A conversation with author Jemimah Wei about her debut novel The Original Daughter and the pressures, expectations, and unspoken rules that shape daughterhood. The session explores love, independence, identity, and growing up within the family.
Kotuwaadults - LearningFrom $12 SGD
Trivia & Twists: Ultimate Bookworm Trivia Night
A cooperative literary trivia night for book lovers, with three rounds of questions spanning multiple genres and a partial focus on crime and mystery. Teams of two to five will compete for bragging rights in this SWF-commissioned programme curated by Wormhole.
Bricolage, The Arts House at the Old Parliamentadults - LearningFrom $12 SGD
Storytelling Shiok!: The Value of Humour
A workshop with writer Suffian Hakim exploring how comedy, wordplay, and distinctly Singaporean wit can strengthen storytelling. It is part of SWF's Youth Fringe incubation partnership with Wormhole.
Approximate date, worth checkingVictoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall, Dance Studioadults - LearningFrom $16 SGD
Based on Real Life: A Beginner’s Guide to Writing Biography
In this beginner-friendly workshop, Felix Cheong shares how he blends creative nonfiction and illustration to write biographies that are both visually inventive and historically rich. Participants will learn foundational techniques for life-writing, whether they want to write about a family member or a public figure.
Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall, Music Studioadults · seniors - TalksFrom $24 SGD
The Space Between Languages: Translating with Jeremy Tiang
Award-winning translator Jeremy Tiang leads a masterclass on literary translation, discussing how he balances fidelity and readability while translating Chinese-language works into English. He also shares how cultural and historical context across the Chinese-speaking world shapes his translations.
The Arts House at the Old Parliament, Play Denadults - TalksFrom $16 SGD
Escape the Page: The Rise of Immersive Storytelling
This panel looks at how storytelling has expanded beyond books and screens into escape rooms, puzzle hunts, and immersive theatre. It explores why creators are building interactive narratives and how these experiences differ from traditional stories.
Bricolage @ TAH Annexeadults - TalksFrom $8 SGD
Memories and Writing: Stories of Little India Hidden in Plain Sight
A literary walk through Little India’s murals and the histories, migration stories and community life they reflect, ending with a conversation at the Indian Heritage Centre with writers who capture the area’s lived experiences. Conducted in Tamil.
F27 Taxi Stand, Tekka Centreadults · seniors - LearningFrom $16 SGD
The Archive Is Incomplete: Writing Around Absence
This interactive workshop looks at how writers can use erasure, fragmentation, omission and implication to create narratives shaped by absence. Drawing on games like Pentiment, Heaven's Vault and Tacoma, it explores techniques from memoir, archival fiction and crime writing.
Approximate date, worth checkingVictoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall, Music Studioadults - LearningFrom $16 SGD
Shuffle & Draw: The Mystery-Writing Game
A hands-on creative writing workshop at the Asian Civilisations Museum where participants use Old Maid cards to build characters, secrets and a mystery plot. Guided exercises focus on character-building and world-building for an original story.
Asian Civilisations Museum, Discovery Roomadults - TalksFrom $24 SGD
The Last Mansion Standing: Uncovering the House of Tan Yeok Nee
Join architectural historian Yeo Kang Shua for a guided walk through the House of Tan Yeok Nee, tracing its history from 19th-century mansion to its recent restoration. The programme concludes with a conversation at Jing Studio inside the mansion.
House of Tan Yeok Neeadults - TalksFrom $16 SGD
The Wandering Library: From Journaling Game to Story
Award-winning fiction writer Dave Chua leads a participative workshop based on The Wandering Library, a solo journaling role-playing game where participants imagine themselves as travelling librarians. Through prompts and shared responses, attendees explore how fantasy and personal memory can be shaped into a story.
Asian Civilisations Museum, Discovery Roomadults - TalksFrom $8 SGD
Festival Closing Debate: This House Believes that the Better Strategy is Hide but Not Seek
A festival-closing debate asking whether survival and success depend on staying hidden or taking every opportunity to be seen. Expect a lively, provocative discussion at Victoria Theatre.
Victoria Theatreadults - ArtsFrom $46 SGD
Kueh Magnet Making Workshop
A hands-on ceramic workshop where participants sculpt and decorate six traditional kueh-shaped magnets using air-dry clay.
Ongoing14 Arumugam Rd, #08-07family · kids · adults - ArtsFrom $100 SGD
Craft Your Story: A Common Touch Pottery Workshop
A 3-hour pottery workshop where participants learn hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques to create five unique ceramic pieces.
OngoingCommon Touch Craft Unitadults · family - ArtsFrom $100 SGD
Batik Clay Art Experience by Hands On Klay
A beginner-friendly workshop where participants learn to craft batik-inspired clay accessories like earrings and keychains using traditional Peranakan and Malay patterns.
OngoingHands On Klay, Orchardgatewayfamily · kids · adults - ArtsFrom $68 SGD
Nostalgic Workshop
Participate in a nostalgic craft workshop where you can choose to paint a traditional kopitam cup, a mini tingkat, or a classic vacuum flask.
OngoingThe Plazafamily · adults · kids - ArtsFrom $50 SGD
Still Life Drawing and Sketching Workshop
A guided workshop at Visual Arts Centre that introduces foundational drawing techniques, including shading and composition, through the study of still life.
OngoingVisual Arts Centreadults - ArtsFrom $35 SGD
Under One Roof Character-Led Tour Experience - PWD Concession
Step back into the 1950s with an immersive character-led tour of the Chinatown Heritage Centre, followed by a refreshing herbal tea and traditional Kueh Lapis at AMACHA.
OngoingChinatown Heritage Centrefamily · adults · seniors
