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Writecamp Singapore 2011Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (GMT+0800)Singapore City, Singapore |
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Event Details
Writecamp is an 'unconference' to be held on Oct 29, 2011 at the National Museum of Singapore, as part of the Singapore Writers Festival under the Off the Page section.
Writecamp is focused on writing/publishing/literature and other issues pertaining to writing, crowdsourced from the community. Off-the-wall topics are encouraged!
The aim of Writecamp is for participants learn from each other and to share their knowledge and thoughts on writing and publishing.
The event is free. You do not need a SWF pass to attend. If you wish to attend please register, so we can have a gauge on number of people coming.(You won't need to print out the tickets sent by Eventbrite as well; they're for our records to get an idea of people coming.)
If you're interested to be a speaker, please go to the booth tomorrow. Please note that only two non-projector enabled slots are available.
Timetable (tentative)
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Seminar Room 1 |
Seminar Room 2 |
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2 pm |
Bringing digital publishing tools to writers - Pandamian |
Writing and publishing engineering, spiritual and self-help books – a personal journey |
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2:30 pm |
Journey from manuscript to a published book |
Bookmaking 101 |
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3 pm |
A financially sustainable approach towards becoming a writer |
A day in the life of a travel writer |
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3:30 pm |
Break/Bookswap |
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4 pm |
Why E-books suck |
Open slot |
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4:30 pm |
Singapore Literature: The next step |
Open slot |
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5 pm |
Genre Fiction in Singapore |
Is This a Children's Bookstore? |
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5:30 pm |
Break/Bookswap
Proposed Topics
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| Topic | Speaker | Description | |
| Singapore Literature: Where we should be going | Laremy Lee |
@laremylee | Laremy Lee discusses why Singapore Literature needs to be taught in Singapore schools, why this hasn't been happening and what Singaporean writers should do to reverse this trend. |
| A day in the life of a travel writer | Yu-mei Balasingam Chow |
@bubblevicious | Do travel writers really lie around the pool all day, party all night, and then pen purple prose about the places they've seen? Yu-Mei Balasingamchow has written for Lonely Planet as well as Singapore and international magazines, and co-written a Singapore travel app for the iPhone. She spills the beans on what travel writing really involves. |
| Bookmaking 101 | Pooja Makhijani |
@notablia | Participants will learn about the tools and materials needed to create books as they learn about folding structures (such as the accordion fold) and binding structures (such as the three-hole pamphlet-stitch) and the different ways text functions in the space of a book. |
| A financially sustainable approach towards becoming a writer | Chris Ng | @NgWaiChung | It is difficult to pursue your artistic goals in Pragmatic Singapore. This talk focuses on generating income from passive source like the local stock market while using the latest web tools like the Amazon Development Platform to rapidly generate e-book products for the Amazon Kindle. It highlights a pragmatic and low-risk approach towards becoming a successful writer. |
| Journey from manuscript to a published book | V. Gopalakrishnan | V. Gopal will be releasing his first novel titled "The Mythical Emblems of Gragodon - Part 1", an epic Adventure-Fantasy novel, during SWF. Gopal will share with the audience the long road that he took from conceptualizing the plot of the story till the final leg of having his book published. He will give the audience an idea of what they are up against if they intend to embark on an authoring journey. | |
| Bringing digital publishing tools to writers - Pandamian | Pandamian | @pandamian | We are building Pandamian with the hopes of helping writers simplify their digital publishing process. We are currently in free beta stage and would like to have an open discussion with writers on the problems they are facing and how internet tools can help them. Will be doing a short presentation on the features we have built on Pandamian, based on the problems we have identified, and how it helps writers. Q&A will focus on getting feedback from writers on whether they feel that Pandamian is the tool for them and if not, why. |
| Genre fiction in Singapore | Joyce Chng | @jolantru | Writer Joyce Chng will discuss the possibilities of writing genre fiction in Singapore. Plus tips on writing genre fiction for aspiring writers and how to hook your publisher. Think big, think beyond SG. Joyce Chng writes Young Adult and Science Fiction & Fantasy. She has published Urban Fantasy books under her penname J Damask with Lyrical Press, a US publisher. |
| Why Ebooks suck (and why they are great) | Peter Schoppert | This version was presented at BarCamp SG a couple of months ago, updated to take into account recent developments. | |
| Writing and publishing engineering, spiritual and self-help books – a personal journey | Dr. Tommy Wong | Dr. Wong has written engineering, spiritual and self-help books. He has also published these books through an international, a local and self publishers. In this talk, he will share his personal journey on how he managed to write and publish these books of completely different genres. | |
| Is this a children's bookstore? | Woods in the Books | Woods in the Books is an independent bookshop that specialises in picture books for all ages. They have just opened their second bookstore at Millenia Walk, with their main branch in Club street. Store owners Mike Foo and Shannon Ong talk about the bookselling trade, the secret to their success and survival, how they got started and other insights into the book selling business. | |
| Bookswap |
Bring a book to swap with other attendees during the break! |
We suggest that you keep your presentation to 15-20 minutes, with some time left for Q&A and discussion.
Regards,
Writecamp Team
When & Where
National Museum of Singapore Seminar Rooms 1&2
93 Stamford Road
National Museum
Singapore City,
Singapore City 178897
Singapore
Saturday, October 29, 2011 from 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM (GMT+0800)
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