Camp Lit 2018

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Graphic Medicine @SingLitStation

I have enjoyed helping organise Graphic Medicine workshops over the last few months at Sing Lit Station. It’s encouraging see the level of engagement from participants. A big thanks to Klarissa and Olivia, Prof Graham, Don and James for their work on this project.

You can read more about Graphic medicine in Singapore here and you may also want view our FAQ on Graphic Medicine.

We are looking for funding to continue the workshops next year so please do contact me if you are interested in helping out.

Sing Lit Station Prose Bootcamp 2018

Sing Lit Station’s second Prose Manuscript Bootcamp was held from 3-5 August 2018 at 3A Jalan Kubor with campers, Hidhir Razak (a novel "Kemunting"), Aleithia Low (a creative non-fiction text "Written By Light"), Jocelyn Suarez (a novel "The Literature Historian") and Annabel Tan (a short story collection "Potted Jungle").

I was honoured to be a judge at the camp with Yu-Mei Balasingamchow and Wena Poon.

Well done to Tse Hao Guang on a very well organised event, and a big thank you to all the panellists. At the end of the weekend the other long listed writers joined the camp.

Images from the last Prose Bootcamp in 2016 are here.

On 18 August at 2pm a reading will be held at Sing Lit Station where the four campers will read from their work.

Sing Lit Station 2017

Sing Lit Station is a literary community and registered charity based in Singapore. We're really proud of what we achieved in 2017.

In 2017 we helped bring readers and writers together running over 40 free creative writing poetry and prose workshops with migrant workers, dedicated poets and writers, with members of the public at Toa Payoh Library and The Arts House, and with writers when we ran prose & poetry manuscript bootcamps at our office in Jalan Kubor.

We also ran poetry and prose workshops with some of Singapore's finest writers & educators in over 15 secondary schools in Singapore, reaching over 1,600 students and selling over 100 books of Singapore literature. 

We ran a translation retreat with Literature Across Frontiers in Malaysia, CampLit - a creative writing holiday program for students, and Sing Lit Body Slam with GrappleMax Dojo combining poetry & professional wrestling. We launched a new prize to promote South East Asian poetry, The Hawker Prize. And we continue to run the things we usually do like SingPoWriMo and poetry.sg.

But we need your help so we can continue to support your Singapore literary community: PLEASE DONATE HERE. We can't continue to do the things we do unless we have your generous support.

And do let us know your thoughts on how we can improve and what you'd like to see in the future at Sing Lit Station.

Sing Lit Body Slam - Even more Poetry & Pro Wrestling from 7 Oct 2017

On 6 and 7 October Sing Lit Station and Grapple Max presented Sing Lit Body Slam, the inaugural Poetry & Pro Wrestling Performance, at Aliwal Arts Centre in Singapore.

What a night. The room was packed with standing room only at the back. My doppleganger Jon Gresham would be proud.

Here are the images:

• Before the event
• 6 October event
• More images from the 6 October Event
• 7 October event

And here is the aesthetic case for the event from Hamid Roslan.

All images are copyright Jon Gresham. All rights reserved. Please ask beforehand if you wish to use an image.

Sing Lit Body Slam - Poetry & Pro Wrestling

On 6 and 7 October Sing Lit Station and Grapple Max presented Sing Lit Body Slam, the inaugural Poetry & Pro Wrestling Performance, at Aliwal Arts Centre in Singapore.

What a night. The room was packed with standing room only at the back. My doppleganger Jon Gresham would be proud.

Here are the images:

• Before the event
• 6 October event
• More images from the 6 October Event
• 7 October event

And here is the aesthetic case for the event from Hamid Roslan.

All images are copyright Jon Gresham. All rights reserved. Please ask beforehand if you wish to use an image.

Sing Lit Station Prose Bootcamp June 2017

At the end of 2016, Sing Lit Station held its first Prose Bootcamp with Clarissa Goenawan, Ng Yi-Sheng, Toh Hsien Men and Teoh Ren Jie, and a cast of writers, publishers, agents, academics and editors.

In June 2017 Krishna, Daryl and I regrouped with the Clarissa, Yi-Sheng and Hsien Minh and spent a very pleasant Saturday afternoon going through their manuscripts.

Here are some of the images.

SingPoWriMo 2017 Closing Party

SingPoWriMo 2017 closing party at Sing Lit Station.

The roti prata was very nice. The poetry even nicer. Well done to all the winners. 'Bread talks, but the kopi tiam.'

Don't forget to support the SIngPoWriMo 2017 Anthology at Indiegogo

This year's anthology will be edited by Ruth Tang, Stephanie Dogfoot and Daryl Qilin Yam.

Writing The City FB Page & Shanghai

Writing the City, the craft based writing workshop for Singapore based writers run by Sing Lit Station now has a Facebook page here.

So do join up!! The schedule for workshops this year is below. Do email me if you would like further information.

Sing Lit Station Prose Bootcamp 2016

Images from the inaugural Sing Lit Station Prose Bootcamp with various writers, academics, publishers, and agents. Thanks to our four prose writers: Teoh Ren Jie, Clarissa Goenawan, Toh Hsien Min and Ng Yi-Sheng, and to the wonderful support from many of Singapore Literature's leaders and supporters including:

• Balli Kaur Jaswal
• Boey Kim Cheng
• JY Yang
• Ann Ang
• Alfian Sa’at
• Suning Kay
• Kenny Leck
• Ng Kah Gay
• Fong Hoe Fang
• Richard Angus Whitehead
• Darryl Whetter
• Neil Murphy
• Suzanne Choo
• Helen Mangham
• Cyril Wong
• Tania Leong
• Andrea Low

... and a big thanks to Daryl Qilin Yam - for doing most of the heavy lifting, Tse Hao Guang - for impersonating Ng Yi-Sheng, Joshua Ip - for whisky and venue, and Krishna Udayasankar - especially for her input on the texts.

I'm looking forward to regrouping in the middle of next year to see how these four texts turn out. 

Sing Lit Station Prose Bootcamp

Hao Guang's ear, Hsien Min listening to Kenny Leck with Clarissa Goenawan and Hoe Fang's hand in the background