Programmes
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How To Fall In Love with Classics
How to Fall in Love with Classics is a lecture series that introduces canonical and beloved works of literature to a wide audience. This series will equip attendees with the relevant literary and historical contexts and inspire reflections on the title’s relevance to our lives today.
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SG Author Series
The SG Author Series celebrates local literature by showcasing Singapore authors from various languages who have contributed to the development of Singapore’s literary landscape.
The next season of SG Author series will be held in March 2022. Click here for more literary programmes.
One Story
One Story is a multi-year project that makes local short stories - originally written in Tamil, Malay, Chinese, or English - available in other languages. The project aims to create a common literary conversation for everyone, regardless of language.
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Think Lit
Think Lit is a literary arts series that addresses contemporary topics in reading, literacy and literature for adults. It aims to promote critical thinking and encourages discussion on trending issues facing the literary world. The series will be conducted by educators, teachers, academics, or industry experts.
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Head2Head
Head2Head seeks to create literary dialogues that pair writers of different genres and interests to negotiate their works in a new light. It features works that tackle facets of Singapore life, from nostalgic fiction writing to urban living, from the spoken word to digital mediums, capturing writing styles that writers constantly return to as they chart the past, present and future of Singapore through their words, images and voices.
Seasons 4 and 5 of Head2Head will be held in Apr and Aug 2022 respectively. Click here for more literary programmes.
Reading in the Age of Distraction
Reading in the Age of Distraction (RAD) is a series of conversations featuring acclaimed international thinkers on the science of reading, and reading well in the digital age. The first installation of the event in 2021 featured speakers such as Nicholas Carr, author of The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains, Rolf Dobelli, author of the Art of Thinking Clearly, Alan Rusbridger, former editor-in-chief of The Guardian and Maryanne Wolf, author of Reader Come Home: The Reading Brain in the Digital World.
Click here to listen to selected RAD 2021’s webinars.
Read Fest!
Read! Fest is NLB’s signature event to encourage Singaporeans to be acquainted or re-acquainted with reading in English and the Mother Tongue languages. Part of the National Reading Movement, Read! Fest features Singapore and international writing of different genres, promoted through a programme line-up celebrating reading with author talks, panel sessions, workshops and reading trails.
Click here to check out what happened at Read! Fest 2021.