Don't just get your nose stuck in one paperback this March. Take a break from your novel and stick your nose in Yong Siak Street instead. The Yong Siak Street party returns to champion and showcase more local literary goodness as part of #BuySingLit on the weekend of March 7 and 8. Discover alternate worlds through a line-up of programmes including book launches, live performances and panel discussions.
On Saturday, aboard the Singapore Biennale shuttle bus and fasten your seatbelts for a ride like no other. Witness the bus transform into a literary presentation space where local authors take centre stage to read their works while journeying from National Gallery Singapore to Gillman Barracks to BooksActually. Got a SingLit quote you can't get enough of? Stamp it on a tote bag to take home. Love a good ghost story? Join in a thought-provoking discussion on the subject of horror and the various ways the genre explores themes of ostracisation, community, and the Singaporean condition.
On Sunday, get your hands on Satori Blues by poet Cyril Wong, and La Kopi by artist Alvin Mark Tan at their respective book launches. Find out how online communities like SingPoWriMo are shaping the local literary scene. Learn more about writing poems, memoirs and fictional stories with some of Singapore's literary heroes.
Let your imagination soar at the Yong Siak Street Party. Registration and admission are free for all programmes. Visit BooksActually for the full line-up.