Come and Revisit our 2023 Litfest
LET'S TALK ABOUT
DIASPORA
AND ALL THE PLACES WE CALL HOME
2023 BOOKS&AUTHORS
MEET THE TEAM IN 2023
A SCREENSHOT FROM ONE OF OUR ZOOM MEETINGS TRYING TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT. CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: EVA WONG NAVA, ALICE CHAO, ANNE CHEN, LIZ WONG, TANIA TAY AND CANDY GOURLAY.
2023 PROGRAMME
2.30pm
REGISTRATION, MEET & GREET
3.00 – 3:15
WELCOME ADDRESS
Bestselling novelist Winnie M Li welcomes everyone to the festival, reminding us of the worlds we share
and the wealth of our diversity.
3:20 – 4:20pm
CURATING CULTURE: WHOSE AUTHENTICITY?
WHOSE GAZE?
Lucy Tandon Copp (forthcoming picture book), Natelle Quek (Wild Wild Wood, The Little Mermaid), Anne Elicaño Shields (Tales from the City), Ella King (Bad Fruit). Chaired by Eva Wong Nava (The House of Little Sisters)
4:30pm - 5:30pm
DO THE SCI FI FANTASY GENRE MASH-UP
Yen Ooi (Sun: Queens of Earth), Mina Ikemoto Ghosh (Hyo the Hellmaker - March 2024), Pim Wangtechawat (The Moon Represents My Heart). Chaired by A.Y. Chao (Shanghai Immortal)
5:30pm - 6:10pm
COFFEE BREAK, BOOK SALES, BOOK SIGNING, NETWORKING
6:10pm – 7:10pm
THE REAL ENGLISH: DEAL OR NO DEAL?
Nadia Mikail (The Cats We Meet Along the Way), Candy Gourlay (Wild Song), Tania Tay (aka Crystal Sung, author of Spellcasters). Chaired by Elizabeth Wong (We Could Not See the Stars)
7:20pm – 8:20pm
TELLING OUR COLONIAL STORY
Zen Cho (Black Water Sister), Cat Aquino (Champion of the Rose), Eva Wong Nava, (House of Little Sisters), L Kiew (More Than Weeds). Chaired by Candy Gourlay (Wild Song)
8:20pm – 9:00pm
BOOK SALES, SIGNING, GOODBYES