The first Singapore Translation Symposium includes a lifetime achievement award for two prominent leaders in Malay and Chinese studies.
Singapore’s Anugerah Persuratan Announces Malay Literature Winners
The Singapore Book Council hosts a new biennial round of the Malay literature awards, yielding six honors, one of them posthumous.
Singapore Book Council Names its 2020 Literature Prize Winners
The Singapore Literature Prize program honors work in the four official languages of the island nation: Chinese, English, Malay, and Tamil.
Coronavirus Impact: Singapore Book Council Opens an Illustrators’ Gallery
The annual Asian Festival of Children’s Content–itself postponed to October–this year takes its illustration show online with 13 nations’ illustrators represented in the curated collection.
Taking Stock of a Half-Century of Service: Singapore Book Council’s William Phuan
As the Singapore Book Council turns 50th, executive director William Phuan cheers its accomplishments and talks about promoting the country’s literature.
Asian Festival of Children’s Content Runs This Week in Singapore
The latter part of the week sees the ninth Asian Festival of Children’s Content in Singapore with the island nation itself as Country of Focus, in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Singapore Book Council.
Programming Announced for the 2018 Singapore Asian Festival of Children’s Content
The three-day Asian Festival of Children’s Content this year features two awards programs and days of conference programming for attendees, amid 50th anniversary observances for the Singapore Book Council.
Singapore Book Council, in Its 50th Year, Confers 2018 Literature Prize Honors
In Chinese, English, Malay, and Tamil, the Singapore Literature Prizes are conferred every other year in categories of fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry. The Singapore Book Council, announcing the winners tonight, is celebrating its 50th year of service.