Pop-up readingThe pop-up reading at the Asian Festival of Children's Content is a fun event organised by Denise Tan of Closetful of Books. Authors who are willing to brave the chaos of the book fair read out a short excerpt of one of their books. Though I had not registered for this in advance, I jumped at the opportunity to read from Dragonflies, Jigsaws, and Seashells. It was a brand-new experience for me - reading from a book of mine that I was seeing for the first time!I read an excerpt from "A Drawing Lesson", the story of a colour-blind girl who triumphs in art class.Celebrating Our StarsAn evening event, this was where all the shortlisted contestants were given certificates. I loved it!When I was shortlisted for SABA in 2016, the award ceremony was held on the day before the festival. This meant that right through the festival, I was one of those who … [Read more...]