Singapore Writers Festival and other AHL Programmes!

Singapore Writers Festival 2022

Organised by Arts House Limited, Commissioned by National Arts Council

Dates:              4 – 20 Nov 2022
Venue:             Various venues
URL:                 https://www.singaporewritersfestival.com
Ticketing:        $30 for Festival Pass, $15 for SWF Youth Pass, $10-$60 for separately ticketed programmes at www.sistic.com.sg
Video Trailer:   YouTube

Photo Credit: Arts House Limited

The Singapore Writers Festival (SWF), one of Asia’s premier literary events, started in 1986 as a biennial festival. Now organised by Arts House Limited, SWF is a much-anticipated event on the cultural calendar, presenting the world’s major literary talents to Singaporeans while shining a spotlight on home grown and Southeast Asian creative talents.

Over the years, the Festival has become an exciting meeting point of writers, academics and thinkers in a choice spread of panel discussions, workshops, lectures and performances over 10 days. It has hosted literati the likes of two-time Booker Prize winner Margaret Atwood, Whitbread First Novel Award winner Zadie Smith, British poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy, Nebula winner Neil Gaiman and Lambda Literary Award winner Roxane Gay.

The SWF is one of the few multi-lingual literary festivals in the world, celebrating the written and spoken word in Singapore’s official languages – English, Malay, Chinese and Tamil.

This year’s 25^th edition of the Festival will be held from 4 to 20 November 2022.

Civic District Art Tour

Organised by Civic District, in collaboration with Singapore Sidecars

Dates:              Ongoing till 2023
Venue:             Civic District
Time:               930am – 430pm
URL:                 https://www.theartshouse.sg/whats-on-details/tours/civic-district-art-tour
Ticketing:        $180 / pax
Duration:          60 / 120 mins
Video Trailer:   YouTube

Photo credit: Singapore Sidecars

Experience Singapore’s Civic District as you hop from sight to sight on one of Singapore’s Sidecars!

Relish the full expanse of this historical quarter with its grand Victorian buildings forming the administrative centre and seat of Government during the Colonial era and learn more about how it has been transformed into a vibrant arts and cultural cluster in the heart of the city today – home to some of the nation’s gazetted monuments, world-class museums and arts centres.

The tour includes stops at Asian Civilisations Museum, Capitol Singapore, National Gallery Singapore, Esplanade Theatres on the Bay, The Arts House, and Victoria Theatre & Victoria Concert Hall.

OUR CULTURAL MEDALLION STORY

Commissioned by National Arts Council
Managed by The Arts House

Dates:              Ongoing
Venue:             The Arts House
Time:                10am – 7pm
URL:                 https://artshouselimited.sg/ourcmstory
Ticketing:        Free Admission
Video Trailer:   YouTube

Photo credit: Arts House Limited

The Cultural Medallion was instituted in 1979 to recognise individuals whose artistic excellence, contribution and commitment have enriched and distinguished Singapore’s arts and cultural landscape.

Discover how the Cultural Medallion award started and what inspires our Cultural Medallion recipients, or dive into their creative journeys through publications written by and about them.

SIFA 2022: LIFE PROFUSION

Organised by Arts House Limited

Date:                No end date for all except +DREAM (20 May – 5 Jun)
Venue:             Online for all except +DREAM
Time:                10am – 7pm
URL:                 https://sifa.sg/life-profusion
Ticketing:        Free to $15 (only for +DREAM)
Video Trailer:   YouTube

Photo credit: Arts House Limited

Life Profusion is SIFA’s virtual platform running parallel to the festival’s liveness. Make your way through five unique content portals: +DREAM, +EAT, +READ, +GROW and +DISCUSS, designed to expand, organise and deepen the profusion of ideas and artistry radiating from each festival edition’s line of thought.

INTERMISSIONS

Organised by Arts House Limited, Held at the Stamford Arts Centre

Dates:              Ongoing
URL:                 https://www.artshouselimited.sg/venues/sac
Ticketing:        Free to view
Videos:            View here

Photo credit: Arts House Limited

INTERMISSIONS is a video series that goes into the artists’ studios at the Stamford Arts Centre, an enclave for traditional arts.

Each of the 4 episodes offers a glimpse behind the scenes as artists share more about the traditional arts and its relevance to contemporary Singapore, and present what they are all about through performance.