Back in 2013, I attended a Novel-in-Progress workshop at the Singapore Writers Festival. This weekend, I was back as an author to promote the very same novel, my debut, All the Little Children. I thought I would share these author-eye images from Asia's biggest literary celebration.
Singapore Writers Festival at The Arts House
Back stage pass
With children's author Helle Norup in the festival bookshop
Motherhood panel, with Christina Sng on the mic, author Sunita Lad Bhamray and poet Grace Chia
The view from the book signing desk - JY Yang's fans
The world's hottest Moomin
Sophomore Blues - panel discussion of the tricky second novel with myself, Felicia Yap, Kirstin Chen and Caitlin Somoline, and kept in check by Darryl Whetter from LaSalle.
Kirstin Chen reading from Soy Sauce for Beginners
Felicia Yap reading from Yesterday
The view from the book signing desk - British poet Simon Armitage done for the day
Two Amazon Publishing authors catch up beside the Singapore River
Alternative entertainment - dragon boat racing right outside the venue
In the taxi queue on the way home - with a copy of my colleague Grace Chia's latest poetry collection