Epigram Authors at Singapore Writers Festival 2026
This year's theme is Hidden in Plain Sight, and our authors are everywhere: on crime panels, at book launches, on a scent walk through Chinatown and in the closing debate. Here is where to find them, day by day.
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10am–10pm
Tracing the Invisible: A Scent Walk Through Chinatown
Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray
Lobby, Kreta Ayer Community Club
Balli Kaur Jaswal — Growing into Yourself
Balli Kaur Jaswal
Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, National Gallery Singapore
When Pictures Do the Thinking: Exploring Complex Themes in Picture Books
Quek Hong Shin
Blue Room, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Tech Talks: Playing Out of Bounds in Interactive Narratives
A.J. Low (Adan Jimenez) · Moderator
Asian Civilisations Museum
Rachel Smythe – Reimagining Myth for a New Generation
A.J. Low (Felicia Low-Jimenez) · Moderator
Asian Civilisations Museum
Spirits, Serpents and Sacred Fears: Mystical Belief in Fiction
Ng Yi Sheng
Blue Room, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Writing Crime from Different Angles
O Thiam Chin
Ning Cai · Moderator
Chamber, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Incognito Animals: Picturing Life in the Wild
Anngee Neo
Screening Room, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Laurent Binet — Murder, Mystery and the Renaissance
Ning Cai · Moderator
Blue Room, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Something Borrowed, Something New: How Music Shapes Verse
Cyril Wong
Chamber, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Storytelling Shiok!: The Value of Humour
Suffian Hakim
Dance Studio, Victoria Theatre and Victoria Concert Hall
The Space Between Languages: Translating with Jeremy Tiang
Jeremy Tiang
Chamber, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
The Happiness Quotient: Can Poetry Thrive on the Bright Side?
Robert Yeo
Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilisations Museum
Festival Keynote Talk: Silvia Moreno-Garcia — Writing Between the Real and Unreal
Balli Kaur Jaswal · Moderator
Victoria Theatre
Book Launches – CODA: His Final Solo by Anita A Thomas and A Strange Case of Erasure by Jaclyn Lim
Jaclyn Lim
Ngee Ann Auditorium, Asian Civilisations Museum
Darkness and Delight: Writing Magic for the Real World
Low Ying Ping
A.J. Low (Felicia Low-Jimenez) · Moderator
River Room, Asian Civilisations Museum
Every Book is Born Twice: Writer and Reader in the Making of Meaning
Balli Kaur Jaswal
Chamber, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Book Launch — Snakes of Singapore: A Slightly Unhinged Field Guide by Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray
Juliette Yu-Ming Lizeray
Screening Room, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Crime, Memory and Moral Ambiguity: A Conversation Between Shuang Xuetao and Jeremy Tiang
Jeremy Tiang
Ngee Ann Kongsi Auditorium, National Gallery Singapore
Ning Cai
A.J. Low (Adan Jimenez) · Moderator
Chamber, The Arts House at the Old Parliament
Festival Closing Debate: This House Believes that the Better Strategy is Hide but Not Seek
Daryl Qilin Yam
Victoria Theatre