“Sure, stories are great for learning a language, to socialise. But there is no greater act of love than reading a story to someone.” • Piers Torday, UK author of The Last Wild trilogy and winner of the Guardian’s Children’s Book Award, spoke about writing for children and what makes an award-winning novel. The session featured a live illustration recording by David Liew. • This SWF POP was co-presented with Closetful of Books and supported by Tanglin Trust School. • #swfpop #sgwritersfest (at Bishan Community Library)

Thank you everyone who came down for SWF POP #24! We learnt so much about Ingmar Bergman today, not just as a filmmaker but also as a writer and a person. Thanks to Marie Nyreröd, Clara Chow and Genevieve Loh for the insightful post-show dialogue! • #SWFPOP #sgwritersfest (at The Arts House at The Old Parliament)

Thank you for joining us for SWF POP 23: THE LYRICAL MUSE! . 👉🏼 for snippets of Linying and Tania de Rozario on their music, writing and inspiration . The Lyrical Muse is jointly presented by SWF POP X Foreword February by Esplanade. . #sgwritersfest #swfpop #esplanade #mydurian (at Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay)

#happeningnow - Kelvin Tan @metiokos and Boey Kim Cheng on the confluence of music and literature . 👉🏼 for snippets of their first session . Join us at the Esplanade Concourse now and tomorrow for SWF POP 23 x FOREWORD BY ESPLANADE: THE LYRICAL MUSE. Details on our FB event page! . #sgwritersfest #swfpop (at Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay)

Chilling with Shak’s soothing vocals today at SWF POP... • #SWFPOP continues next weekend with Overtime Project and Firwan Johan at 1pm at the SWF POP Stage (at The Arts House lawn)! 🎼 • #sgwritersfest #swf2017 #swfaram #swfinsider (at The Arts House at The Old Parliament)

Happy birthday Singapore! 🇸🇬 SWF POP celebrated NS50 today with a screening of Army Daze at SAFRA Punggol. For those of you who came down, we hope you had a good laugh! • #swfpop #sgwritersfest (at SAFRA Punggol)

We had fun at our SWF POP #20: KOPI-O ____ DAI at today's Singapore Coffee Festival! For those you who were there, we hope you had fun! Otherwise, catch what went down here (with more on our Instastories). • Audiences got to contribute words to a prose piece or a poem by Felix Cheong and Jennifer Anne Champion while illustrators, Dan Wong from A Good Citizen and James Tan, turned their words into works of art. • #swfpop #sgwritersfest #sgcoffeefest #sgcoffeefestival (at Singapore Coffee Festival)