We're gearing up for our biggest Asian Festival of Children's Content yet! The sixth edition of AFCC will be back this year with 8 days of exciting talks and seminars, workshops, conferences, masterclasses and night activities.
Asian Festival of Children's Content
30 May - 6 June 2015
National Library Building, Singapore
This year, we'll be hosting over 110 speakers, including 57 local speakers and 54 international speakers from countries like the United States, the United Kingdom, China, Australia, France, Philippines, New Zealand and Korea.
In celebration of the 25th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and Singapore, our country-of-focus this year will be China.
Join this fascinating panel discussion as the speakers discuss augmented reality, the physical and digital book markets, the “real†and “fictional†worlds, and the future of storytelling apps.
Storytelling from an App Date: 5 June 2015 (Fri) Time: 12 - 1pm Venue: Level 5 Possibility Room National Library Building 100 Victoria Street
Register for the Media Summit pass early to enjoy a discount!
Are you pitch perfect?
Speed Pitching (Writing) Present your children’s book ideas to top literary agents and publishing representatives from Singapore, China, India and Philippines! If you think your manuscript is The Next Big Thing, sign up here.
Speed Pitching (Media)
Whether it's an idea for a television series, web series, transmedia project or an interactive app, here's your chance to sell your ideas to our panel of media professionals. Get details here.
Twilight Tales is an all-new literary arts initiative organised by NBDCS. This series of intimate sharing sessions for adults, held and hosted by friends in their cosy homes, will feature well-known writers and/or storyweavers.
We invite you to join us in taking the literary arts to the neighborhood!
About the guest writer: Suchen Christine Lim is the recipient of the S.E.A Write Award in 2012. Her novel, Fistful of Colours, was awarded the Singapore Literature Prize in 1992. She is also the author of The River’s Song, which is an exploration of identity, love and loss set against the social upheaval created by the rise of Singapore.
Kinokuniya Highlights
Meet-the-Author: Lianne Ong of Stacey Goes To The Peranakan Museum
14 March 2015 (Sat) | 2pm | Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store, Crossroads
Meet-the-Author: Melanie Lee and David Liew of The Adventures Of Squirky The Alien series
14 March 2015 (Sat) | 3.30pm | Kinokuniya Singapore Main Store, Crossroads
