Missed your favourite speakers and programmes at AFCC? Watch the video on demand (VOD) sessions on the AFCC website from now until 28 June when you login with your AFCC account!

You can still get your AFCC passes and get access to hear from renowned speakers from all over the world, discover new trends in Translation, Comics, Graphic Novels, and more! Purchase your passes today!

23 May to 29 July 2022 | Virtual and In-Person | $200 to $350* 
*Subsidies available! Contact us.

Words Go Round 2022 brought exciting programmes to several schools such as the Canadian International School, Jing Shan Primary School and Riverside Primary School over the past weeks!

The students learnt to draft a striking opening paragraph for their stories with Ross Welford. They also enjoyed Liew Jia Yi’s interactive storytelling session of Pinto’s Pinky Promises with hand puppets of the characters from the book! Caldecott medallist Jason Chin demonstrated a watercolour painting of the characters from his award-winning book, Watercress, as part of a virtual studio tour of his workspace. Words Go Round 2022 is still open for bookings until July! Bring your students closer to literature with the programmes here.

25 June, Saturday, 9 am to 12 pm (SGT) | In-person, SBC Training Room* | $45, $25 (Students), $36 (Buddy Ticket) (Ticketing charges apply)

Are you an aspiring book reviewer hoping to brush up on your book reviewing skills for professional publications or social media?

Learn the dos and don'ts of writing book reviews with Assistant Life Editor at Straits Times Life, Olivia Ho! Stand a chance to compose a short #bookstagram review for a book of your choice with her too! Olivia has written countless reviews of books, both Sing Lit and abroad! She is also the co-producer of Bookmark This!, a monthly literary podcast by The Straits Times featuring titles in the headlines and sizzling reads.

*There is no lift access to the SBC Training Room

25 June, 1 pm to 3 pm (SGT) | In-Person, SBC Training Room* | $35, $28 (Buddy Ticket) (Ticketing charges apply)

How can poetry enlighten its readers and writers in inhabiting Earth with attention and care? Esther Vincent’s work as an editor and poet engages with nature, culture, the environment and ecology.

Esther is the author of Red Earth, an ecofeminist poetry collection offering meditations on place and the making of home amid the ever-increasing racket of society. Explore the new genre of ecopoetry in this workshop! You will read and discuss a range of ecopoems, engage in creative writing exercises and discover innovative ways you can draft your creative writing to incorporate themes of nature and enhance your eco-message to your readers!