tag:peatix.com,2011:1 2022-07-12T18:26:56+08:00 Peatix Poetry Festival Singapore tag:peatix.com,2019:event-1328127 2019-11-05T19:00:00SGT 2019-11-05T19:00:00SGT

Attend the upcoming "CONTOUR" book launch at Singapore Writers Festival! Names of authors who will be speaking at the launch:   Mr. Eric Valles, Poetry Festival Singapore director Emeritus Professor Edwin Thumboo, founder of Poetry Festival Singapore Associate Professor Tan Chee Lay, Co-Director of Poetry Festival Singapore Mr. Azhar Ibrahim, Co-Director of Poetry Festival Singapore Ms K. Kanagalatha, Co-Director of Poetry Festival Singapore Mr. Leonard Ng, Chief editor for CONTOUR CONTOUR is a commemorative bicentennial anthology showcasing poems from all the four major languages that speak to Singapore’s some 700 years of history. Positioned as a lyric cartography, this book attempts to map the literary imagination of a people, to help accent and define the rich cultural landscape in Singapore. Contour charts an intricate cartography of Singapore’s storied history that reflects our people's hopes, dreams, longings and efforts on the occasion of Singapore’s bicentennial year.Book Synopsis:CONTOUR is a commemorative bicentennial anthology that showcases submissions of published or new poems in a call for works that speak to any episode in the country’s some 700 years of history — from pre-colonial times prior to 1819, through its colonial period, right up to modern-day Singapore.Poems are drawn from all the four major languages.Positioned as a lyric cartography, this book attempts to map the literary imagination of a people, that helps accent and define the rich cultural landscape in Singapore.The works published in CONTOUR are selected based on literary excellence. There is a lovely mixture of published and new texts, from writers who are established as well as emerging.If you are interested to order a copy of CONTOUR copy, advance sales price is now at SGD $24.00, inclusive of $1.50 Peatix admin fee (self collection). Please order from http://bit.ly/ordercontour19.We will inform you regarding self-collection details. Additional shipping and packaging fees may be requested if self-collection is not possible.If you wish to view our Data Protection Notice, please click here.