Past Courses

Safe Space Stories

Safe Space Stories fosters a space for group writing in which all voices are equally heard and appreciated. It is a safe s pace to encourage creativity in writing, freedom from criticism, and affirmation of everyone’s voice. Details

Telling Stories With Pictures (Talk + Workshop)

Learn how to tell a story using pictures, through understanding the basics of structure, art style, characters, layout, rhythm and visual symbolism. This workshop is ideal for illustrators (or anyone with basic drawing skills) to try their hands on creating a short, illustrated story. Details

Telling Stories With Pictures (Talk)

Learn how to tell a story using pictures, through understanding the basics of structure, art style, characters, layout, rhythm and visual symbolism. This workshop is ideal for illustrators (or anyone with basic drawing skills) to try their hands on creating a short, illustrated story. Details

Introduction to Literary Translation

Understand the requisites of literary translation and the makings of a great translator. Details

Young Author Scheme

Write your own 3,000-word narrative and get a chance to enter a regional writing award. Details

Introduction to Storytelling I

Learn the tools and confidence to learn and tell more stories. Details

The Art of the Eye: Haiku and Photo-Haiga

This workshop is for those who wish to explore haiku writing and smart phone photography. Details

Mindfulness Writing Session

Find fresh ways to jump start your writing process.through mindfulness Details

From Life to Writing: Explore Creative Non-fiction, Including Travel Writing, Memoir and the Persona

Be introduced into the fascinating possibilities of creative non-fiction. Details

Alohomora! Create Your Own Fairy Tale

Learn to convert ordinary settings into a fairyland. Unleash your creative power and construct a fantastical world with your own pen. Details

Crafting for Comics with Lewis Trondheim

Craft stories through comics Details

Editing for the International English Market

Anya Goncharova, from Penguin Random House North Asia, will take participants through the stages of acquisitions, content edits, line edits, and final proofs, showing how each phase in the work is managed. Details

Editing for the Mainland Chinese Market (适合中国市场的编辑)

Li Yuyao, Executive Editor of Foreign Literature and Arts, will offer suggestions regarding the textual norms of English-to-Chinese translation and how to better align the translated texts with the reading habits of Chinese readers. Details

Tarian Pena: Mencoret Luahan Hati (The Dancing Pen: Scribbling the Voices from Within)

This workshop will be conducted in Malay language and suitable for secondary school students. Details

The New Self-Publishing – How the entrepreneurial writer can challenge publishing’s status quo

This workshop will look at taking advantage of this publishing revolution and avoiding any pitfalls that might come your way. Participants will leave with a strategic plan to develop their presence, to grow their potential readership and to take their publishing projects from idea to paperback, hardback or eBook.

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