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Head2Head: Beginnings & Endings

Join the writers as they contextualise beginnings and endings in the structure of their work.

Panelist O Thiam Chin is the author of three novels and six collections of short fiction. His debut novel, Now That It’s Over, won the inaugural Epigram Books Fiction Prize in 2015. His work has appeared in Granta, The Cincinnati Review, Mānoa, The Brooklyn Rail, QLRS, World Literature Today and elsewhere. His latest novel, We Are Not Alone Here, will be published in late 2022. More info here.

Panelist Vicki Virtue always dreamed of travelling the world and at the age of nineteen, set off on a solo expedition to Africa. A career in advertising powered her wanderlust further and travel writing soon followed as she chronicled her adventures. The idea of taking on the formidable task of writing a novel was conceived aboard a glorious dahabiya on the river Nile in Egypt. It was here that Vicki decided to bring back the fun and glamour of the classic whodunnit, setting each book somewhere new and exotic. Vicki is the current Writer-in-Residence at Raffles Hotel, Singapore. More info here.

Moderator Akshita Nanda is the author of two novels: Beauty Queens of Bishan (Penguin Random House SEA) and Nimita's Place (Epigram Books) which co-won the 2020 Singapore Literature Prize for English Fiction. Nimita's Place was also adapted for the stage and shortlisted for the 2019 Singapore Book Awards.


VENUE: Zoom (online)
LINK: To be provided to registrants
EVENT WEBSITE: Eventbrite (for registration)

DATE AND TIME
10 Aug 2022, 7pm-8pm