tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2021-11-15T10:23:09+08:00 Peatix Poetry Festival Singapore tag:peatix.com,2019:event-1306023 2019-08-25T13:00:00SGT 2019-08-25T13:00:00SGT

WRITE AND BURN! is Poetry Festival Singapore's upcoming poetry challenge , open to all students aged 15-18! Come and watch the finalists shine! Final RoundDate: Sunday, 25 August 2019Time: 1.00pm - 4.30pmVenue: National Library Singapore, The Pod at Level 16 (Private access via Lift No. 7).Limited seats. Audience encouraged to register prior to attending. Seats may be given to walk-ins based on first-come-first-serve basis. Book sales may be available. Bring cash for purchasing books!About the JudgesFELIX CHEONG is the author of 14 books, including five volumes of poetry, two young adult novels, a trilogy of flash fiction and a children’s picture book. His works have been nominated for the prestigious Frank O’Connor Award and the Singapore Literature Prize. Conferred the Young Artist of the Year for Literature in 2000 by the National Arts Council, he has been invited to read at writers’ festivals all over the world: Edinburgh, West Cork, Austin, Sydney, Brisbane, Christchurch, Kuala Lumpur, Ubud and Hong Kong. Cheong, who holds a master’s in creative writing from the University of Queensland, is currently an adjunct lecturer with Murdoch University, University of Newcastle, Singapore University of Social Sciences and LASALLE College of the Arts.DEBORAH EMMANUEL is a Singaporean poet, multidisciplinary artist and professional speaker. She has written When I Giggle In My Sleep (2015), Rebel Rites (2016) and Genesis (2018). Her work has been invited to things like the Barcelona International Poetry Festival, TEDx Singapore and Q Berlin Questions. She likes to make mad music with Wobology, Mantravine and the producer Kiat. Sometimes she concocts movement pieces from poems. Sometimes she teaches performance workshops. Sometimes she paints. Other times she meditates.STEPHANIE DOGFOOT is the author of the poetry collection Roadkill For Beginners (Math Paper Press). She has won national poetry slams in the UK and Singapore, represented Singapore at the Indian Ocean Poetry Slam Championships, and represented the UK at the Poetry World Cup. Her work has been featured at the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival, Singapore Writers Festival and Glastonbury Festival, among many others. Stephanie founded and runs Spoke & Bird, a poetry night featuring local and international artists and was the co-editor of the SingPoWriMo 2017 anthology. She has been published in various local and international journals and anthologies, including QLRS, Asia Literary Review, Griffith Review, Body Boundaries: The EtiquetteSG Anthology.--If you wish to view our Data Protection Notice, click here.