In 12 categories, the 2022 biennial Singapore Literature Prize winners are drawn from 43 writers in Tamil, Malay, Chinese, and English.
The Singapore Literature Prize: A 49-Title Shortlist
The pool of submissions for this biennial prize was smaller this year than in 2020, an effect, organizers say, of the pandemic on publishing.
Windham-Campbell’s Michael Kelleher: ‘Not a Book Award’
Ten years after its inception, the Yale-based Windham-Campbell Prizes program is uniquely focused on ‘the love of writers and writing.’
Singapore’s Symposium Honors Translation Pioneers Yang and Chan
The first Singapore Translation Symposium includes a lifetime achievement award for two prominent leaders in Malay and Chinese studies.
Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content Draws More Than 3,000 Views
Making quick adjustments when a new level of COVID-19 alert went into effect, Singapore’s Book Council mounted the AFCC digitally.
Singapore’s Asian Festival of Children’s Content: Fast COVID Adjustments
Having planned its program in a hybrid format, the Asian Festival of Children’s Content is delaying in-person events amid new coronavirus cases.
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.
Rights Roundup: In the Shadow of Frankfurter Buchmesse 2020
Authors whose work is featured today are writing from Singapore, the States, Norway, Italy, Finland, Canada, Germany, and the UK.
Asian Festival of Children’s Content 2020: A COVID-Aware Edition
Singapore’s 2020 Asian Festival of Children’s Content draws from Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and the Americas for its programming.
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.