Participants will bring family photo or memorabilia, draw upon personal and historical memories, to cast a literary light on significant characters and formative moments. The workshop includes an introduction to the topic, and an activity where participants learn how to identify the story that is waiting to be told.
Participants will then be guided through the initial outlining process with provided guidance on how to gather information from family members as well as on the resources available to them to study the historical and social landscape of that time period that they are working on.
At the end of the session, participants should have a draft of their short story.
Anitha Devi Pillai is an applied linguist, author, and a teacher-educator at NIE. She has authored and edited creative and non-creative fiction books as well as translated a historical fiction novel. She also loves writing poetry; some of her poems have made their way into classrooms in Singapore, India, Australia, Japan, and the Philippines. Her favourite form of writing is the short story, and she has edited four short story anthologies. Many of her works explore themes such as identity, heritage, and culture. Anitha is the President of the Singapore Association for Applied Linguistics and the Co-Director of the upcoming 16th International Conference on the Short Story in English.
VENUE: National Library Board (Possibility Room)
ADDRESS: 100 Victoria Street, Singapore 188064
EVENT WEBSTIE: Eventbrite (for registration)
DATE AND TIME
4 Mar 2023, 1pm-3pm