🖊️ Writing the City is a literary arts platform in Singapore which supports a community of new, emerging and established prose writers to develop their writing craft. We provide a space for writers in Singapore to share their work, and to give and receive feedback. Our purpose is to illuminate all the different, beautiful ways that writing can come to be.
Founded in 2011 with the support of the British Council, the National Arts Council Singapore, Writing The City’s purpose was and always has been to illuminate all the different, beautiful ways that writing can come to be. We do that through three programmes:
① Write-In Sessions:
Here, we come together to create. We'll spend the first hour working on our writing. Or, you can share your project so the rest can share their ideas. In the second hour, we'll have a light discussion on the things we've been working
② Writer’s Cove:
This is a safe space for writers in Singapore to share their work, and to give and receive feedback so you can gain a different perspective on your work. Join us to improve your craft, and mingle with your fellow wordsmiths.
③ Writing Workshops:
In each workshop, we explore a specific thread of the writing craft, from writing about love, to the intricacies of worldbuilding. We've enlisted help from a diversity of local authors, such as speculative fictionist Ng Yi-sheng, and with many more names to come! Watch this space closely to discover who we will learn from next.
About Our Organiser:
Benedict Lim is a sceptical idealist, forever dancing between two profundities. They were born and raised in Kota Kinabalu, the capital of Sabah, Malaysia. Based in Singapore since 2013, they are keen to explore storytelling in all its forms.
In 2021, they worked on thenational.api—a commission for the inaugural Southeast Asian Queer Cultural Festival by ASEAN SOGIE Caucus. The same year, their short story, Your Life in Singapore, was published in Call and Response 2: A Singapore Migrant Anthology.
Besides writing, Benedict is also pursuing the performing arts, appearing in 'The Swimming Pool Library Exhibition' and 'Metazomia, both by Brian Gothong Tan.
🖊️ Programme Schedule
Jun 2023:
9 Jun, 7pm-9pm, Sing Lit Station
Write-In Sessions
17 Jun, 11am-1pm, Sing Lit Station
Writing Workshop
“Punching Above Weight: The Secret to Writing Comedy” with Sam See
27 Jun, 7pm-9pm, Sing Lit Station
Write-In Sessions
Jul 2023:
15 Jul, 11am-1pm, Sing Lit Station
Writer’s Cove
22 Jul, 11am-1pm, Sing Lit Station
Write-In Sessions
Rest of 2023:
11 Aug: Write-In Sessions
19 Aug: Writing Workshop (TBC)
8 Sep: Write-In Sessions
16 Sep: Writer’s Cove
13 Oct: Write-In Sessions
21 Oct: Writing Workshop (TBC)
10 Nov: Write-In Sessions
18 Nov: Writing Workshop (TBC)