Day three at AFCC 2022 was the whole reason I was there. Book launch day! Of course, that was the highlight of my day, so even though that did not technically come first, I’m going to begin with it. Book Launch by Scholastic Asia My book, Red Eyes, has been a long time in the […]
Reflections: Day Two at AFCC 2022
Day two at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content was on 27 May, but I caught up with all the sessions I wanted to just yesterday. I felt like I had a time-turner because I attended three simultaneous sessions, thanks to a virtual AFCC 2022! Here’s an overview of how the day was for me. […]
Reflections: Day One at AFCC 2022
It’s been four years since I attended the Asian Festival of Children’s Content. 2016 – my collection of short stories (now published as Dragonflies, Jigsaws and Seashells) was shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award, so I attended for the first time.2017 – I submitted a paper titled Writing About Us, which was selected as […]
More Books – AFCC 2017
AFCC 2017 had a charming activity that was open to the public. Pick up a public programme and explore the book fair, programme in hand. As you visit each stall, get your book fair map stamped. If you’re among the first 20 to get all the stamps, you win a book voucher worth ten dollars! Walking through the […]
Reflections: AFCC 2017
The first two days of the Asian Festival of Children’ Content were the highlights for me, but sessions here and there stood out too. On the first day of the teachers’ congress, I attended a lovely session on reading and empathy conducted by Maria Alessandrino. More than the first half of the session, I thoroughly […]
Reflections: Day Two at AFCC 2017
This is probably the only time in my life when I signed a contract, committing to playing Illustrationary, the AFCC version of Pictionary, at a certain date and time. But when have I not enjoyed a game of Pictionary? I’m getting ahead of myself, though, because the highlight of the day was my book launch! […]
Reflections: Day One at AFCC 2017
When I went for the Asian Festival of Children’s Content last year, I wondered when – and whether – I would go again. Yes, it was a wonderful experience, but Singapore … Again … Expensive, and all that. But my paper ‘Writing about Us’ was accepted through the call for entries and then, how could […]
The month ahead
There’s so much around the corner! This month, apart from all the regular workshops, I’m going to be part of The Lit Bug Fest! The Lit Bug Fest is a children’s literary fest to be held on the 29th of April at Persistent Systems, Bhageerath, Senapati Bapat Road. It is an all-day event, and I’m […]
AFCC 2017
Last year, I attended the Asian Festival of Children’s Content for the first time because I was shortlisted for the Scholastic Asian Book Award. This year, I’ll be attending it again–as a speaker! I’m speaking as part of a panel discussion titled “Writing about Us”. Here’s a little about where the whole thing came from. […]
Reflections: Day Three at AFCC 2016
The last day of my first ever literary festival … I began day three at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content by attending a roundtable discussion on entering markets abroad, conducted by Cynthea Liu, Emily Lim, Helen Mangham. What was particularly wonderful about this event was the rounded perspective it had, as the speakers comprised one publisher, one writer […]
Reflections: Day Two at AFCC
Visiting a place for the first time can’t be work and work alone, especially when there’s so much to see and do. On days two and three at the Asian Festival of Children’s Content, I attended fewer sessions, trying to make the most of my time in Singapore! Penning for the Preteen, conducted by Holly Thompson, […]
Reflections: Day One at AFCC 2016
The Asian Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore was the first literary festival I attended. Here’s what I did there. The first session, Cracking the Golden Egg at Literary Festivals, was conducted by Felicia Low-Jiminez and Maria Alessandrino. It was a useful panel discussion, even though it focused more on how to deal with being […]